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Short Story Contests |
Every year the SFNovelist writing workshop holds a contest
for the best short stories written by its members.
for the best short stories written by its members.
| Year | Theme/Judge | Placing | Title | Author |
| 2008 |
Extremes
Judge: Don Muchow All Stories |
First | Family Matters | James Gamble |
| Second | The Matriarch | Jeff Robinson | ||
| Third | Coming Home | Keith Howington | ||
| 2007 |
Divergence
Judge: Ken Brody All Stories |
First | CSquared | Richard Womack |
| Second | The Thousand Year Door | Don Muchow | ||
| Third | Time Twist | Allan Kalar | ||
| 2006 |
Unanticipated Consequences
Judge: Don Muchow All Stories |
First | Heat | Victory Crayne |
| Second | A Drop in the Ocean | D. Keith Howington | ||
| Third | Truckin' off to Kalimdor | Bruce Davis | ||
| 2005-June |
(no theme)
Judge: Victory Crayne All Stories |
First | Instant Replay | Vern McGeorge |
| Second | Reyto | D. Keith Howington | ||
| Third | Trojan Horse | Bruce Davis | ||
| 2005-January |
Intelligence
Judge: Victory Crayne All Stories |
First | Harmless | Don Muchow |
| Second | The Harmony | Richard Womack | ||
| Third | Unexpected Intelligence | John Koehler | ||
| 2004 |
Characterization
Judge: Jeff Johnson All Stories |
First | Cowboy | Victory Crayne |
| First | Changeling | Victory Crayne | ||
| Second | Buddhas of the Past | Don Muchow | ||
| Third | The Only Answer | Robert Hurst | ||
| Third | On My Honor | John Koehler | ||
| 2003 |
Strange Frontiers
Judge: Don Muchow All Stories |
First | Prima Dominion | Jeff Johnson |
| Second | To Bee or Not To Bee | David Harris | ||
| Third | Out of Their Depth | D. Keith Howington | ||
| 2002 |
The Return
Judge: Don Muchow All Stories |
First | Jenny | Victory Crayne |
| Second | Serenade | Michael Martineck | ||
| Third | Second Chance at Forever | Robert August | ||
| Fourth | Alien | John Koehler | ||
| 2001 |
First Contact
Judge: John Koehler All Stories |
First | The Cosmic Vacuum Cleaner Salesman | Ken Brody |
| Second | Voyage of the White Plum | Michael Martineck | ||
| Third | Tears of Krishna | Don Muchow | 2000 |
Time Travel
Judge: Victory Crayne All Stories |
First | Whenever | Gil Schmidt |
| Second | Old Fashioned Hospitality | Richard Womack | ||
| Third | Pan Asterides | Bruce Davis | 1999 |
Life Forms
Judge: Victory Crayne All Stories |
First | It's Time | Gil Schmidt |
| Second | Gazus | Jeff Johnson | ||
| Third | A Hole in the Sky | Bruce Davis | 1998 |
Changes to humanity by the year 2500
Judge: Victory Crayne All Stories |
First | The Geezer | Robert Hurst |
| Second | The Third Mind | Gil Schmidt | ||
| Third | How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Excerpts from a Child's Notebook, c. 2500 A.D. | Don Muchow | 1997 |
A member of SFNovelist who became a published author
Judge: Victory Crayne All Stories |
First | A Writer's Tale | Ian Sales |
| Second | (no title) | Marcus Champ | ||
| Third | The Truth | Tom Cole |
