What's New!

2002 Short Story Contest Issue Winning stories from our 6th annual contest, with a total of $1500 awarded in cash prizes to the authors.   Click Here for a complete list of winners and finalists.     

2001 Short Story Contest Special Issue Winning stories from Patty Enrado, Paul Michel, Paul Perry, Gary Hill, Neale McDevitt, Doug Crandell and M.E. Mischcon.  Click Here for a complete list of winners and finalists. 

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Visit our Links page to learn about other  poetry & short story contests, & how to obtain Writing Towards Wisdom: The Writer as Shaman, a comprehensive guide to creating great poetry, short stories and novels authored  by Robert Burdette Sweet, editor of Serpentine and Professor Emeritus of English at California State University in San Jose.

Special Issues!

	2000 Short Story Contest Special Issue Volume 5, Number 1
Wnning stories from Alan Steinberg, Dori Ostermiller, Michael Burns, Lynn Sadler, Claire Splan, Emily Rapp-Seitz & Jeannette Tyron. Click Here for a complete list of winners and finalists.

	1999 Short Story Contest Special Issue Volume 4, Number 2
Eight winning stories from authors: M.E. Mishcon, William Roth, Christine Watt, Lynn Veach Sadler, Jimmy Carl Harris, Dan Huntley, Noelle Wall, Paula Peterson, with original illustration by Paul Christensen

	1998 Short Story Contest Special Issue  Volume 3, Number 2
Six winning stories from authors:  G. Ochsner, J.C. Harris, C. Lawrence, M. Hazzard, M. Burns, and M. Kazalia, with illustrations by Paul Christensen