And the Winners of the 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest are...

Announcing the Winners of the 8th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest!

For eight years now Geist has been asking writers to send in short stories inspired by postcard images. This year Geist shook things up by asking contest entrants to write short stories inspired by postcards they had made themselves, or by images in the public domain.

And the winners are...:

Top Prizes:

1st Prize
“Spooning” by Davey Thompson and Cameron Tully

2nd Prize
“The Paper Dress” by Susan Steudel

3rd Prize
“Layover” by Michelle Elrick

Honourable Mentions:
“Kiwi” by Britta Boudreau

“Spit-Wet Fingers and a Kiss” by Carin Makuz

“Members” by Jannie Edwards

“Schrödinger’s Cat” by Jessica Michalofsky

“Space Aliens” by R. Daniel Lester

“After Lydia” by Raoul Fernandes

“String Theory” by Salvatore Difalco

Thank you to everyone who submitted. We had a great time reading all of the entries.

You can read the three prize winners in print in Geist 85, on newsstands now!

Enter the 9th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest here.

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