We are happy to announce the winner and runners-up of our inaugural Warren Adler Short Story Contest. First prize, including $500, is awarded to Kathleen Hood Haskins for her short story "Natural Selection." Runners-up, Barry I. Gold with "New Shoes" and Jessica L.Q. Calanayan's "The Decision," also are awarded an autographed first edition copy of The War of the Roses. The winning stories were chosen from hundreds of entries from around the world on the subject of divorce and/or the break-up of relationships, demonstrating the universality of all the attendant disappointment and angst associated with this traumatic experience. Frankly, we are both astonished at the response and grateful for all entries.

Read the three winning stories now:

Natural Selection by Kathleen Hood Haskins

New Shoes by Barry I. Gold

The Decision by Jessica L.Q. Calanayan

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