Spring 2025 Story Contest Winners

Narrative congratulates the winners and finalists.

FIRST PLACE

MASSOUD MOUSSAVI
Were All Stars to Disappear, a story


SECOND PLACE

BAIRD HARPER
Motherland, a story


THIRD PLACE

R. D. SAPORITA
Sorry, a story


FINALISTS

Katherine Busatto
Greyhound West, a story

Robin Hirsch
Lutka, a novel excerpt

Catherine Kim
Nulato, a story

William Mackey
Entropy, a story

Nicholas Mirra
Notice to Proceed, a story

Kelan Nee
Careful Work, a nonfiction excerpt

James Tipton
Black Peter, a novel excerpt


And Don’t Miss:

The Spring Story Contest, with $5,000 in prizes.
Contest opens May 1. Entry Deadline: June 26, 2026.

The Eighteenth Annual Poetry Contest, with $3,300 in prizes.
Contest opens May 6. Entry Deadline: July 29, 2026.


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