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Brodie Wilson's Blood (2013 1st Place)
Alisa (2013 2nd Place)
Death Canyon Road (2013 3rd Place) - This story is not posted.
Arizona
Adventurers
Au
Natural
The Haunting Scheme
How to Make Sawdust
The Old Lady and the Bank
Robber
Sgt. George Eskridge
A UFO? At the North Pole?
Wild Turkey
The following ten titles in brown were submitted to the
Red Dirt Writers Society's 2013 Very Short Story Contest. Stories were
restricted to 500 words or less. The stories were judged by
members of the Society. They picked "God of Outcasts" by Kim Burnham as the 1st place winner, and
"Mother and Child" by Beth Stephenson as 2nd Place, and "A New Life" by
Larry Foreman as 3rd Place.
God of Outcasts (2013 1st Place)
Mother and Child (2013 2nd Place)
A New Life (2013 1st Place)
Sanctuary
Tornado
Having to Choose
Wild West Meals on Wheels
Hubert the Longhorn and the Three-wheeler
Billy, Dusty, and Tex
Cara Welcomes Emi
The following twelve titles in blue were submitted to the
Red Dirt Writers Society's 2012
Short Story Contest. Stories were restricted to 3,000 words or less. The stories were judged by
members of the Society. They picked "Macaroni Salad" by Beth Stephenson as the 1st place winner, and
"Ophelia Higgenbottom's First Brief Foray into Explosions" by Joan Conley as 2nd Place, and "Finite" by
Kim Burnham as 3rd Place.
Macaroni Salad (2012 1st Place) - This story is not posted.
Ophelia Higgenbottom's First Brief Foray
Finite (2012 3rd Place)
Breathless
The Drum Portal
Family Fingerprints
Meetings in the Night
Mother's Story
Respect Had a Quarrel with Humor
Summers with Marc
To Shift or Not to Shift, No Options
You Are My Heart
The following eight titles in purple were submitted to the
Red Dirt Writers Society's 2012
Very Short Story Contest. Stories were restricted to 1,000 words or less. The stories were judged by
members of the Society. They picked "The Woman" by Kim Burnham as the 1st place winner, and
"The Bargain" by Beth Stephenson as 2nd Place, and "Forever Love" by Jayme Howard as 3rd Place.
The Woman (2012 1st Place)
- This story is not posted.
The Bargain (2012 2nd Place)
Forever Love (2012 3rd Place)
Bullies Have Always Existed
Death Benefit
Elvis
Paua Shells
The Christmas Present
The following eight titles in black were submitted to the
Red Dirt Writers Society's 2011 Short Story Contest.
Stories were restricted to 1,000 - 3,500 words. The stories were judged by Sheldon
Russell, award-winning novelist and
retired Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Central Oklahoma. He picked "Charlotte's
Web Set Me Up" by Kelly Roberts as
the 1st place winner, and "All You Truly Own" by Zack Savage as 2nd
Place, and "Six" by Ryan McKinley as 3rd Place.
Charlotte's Web Set Me Up (2011 1st Place)
All You Truly Own (2011 2nd Place)
Six (2011 3rd Place)
Smiling Sandals
The Black Cat
Put Your Hands Up
The First Golf Game
Hell Train
Choices
Bullet
Awakening
The following twelve titles in violet were submitted to the
Red Dirt Writers Society's 2011 Very Short Story Contest.
Stories were restricted to 500 words. The stories were judged by Sheldon
Russell, award-winning novelist and
retired Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Central Oklahoma. He picked "Life
Ends" by Nick Lyon as
the 1st place winner, and "To Fix a Fence" by Rob Brian as 2nd
Place, and "Getting Rid of George" by Harriet Morgan as 3rd Place.
Brookside Park
Children of the Valley
First Hour
The First Monarch Butterfly
Getting Rid of George (2011 3rd Place)
The Hero
Life Ends (2011 1st Place)
Light from the Lantern
OOPS!
Submarine
They Are Watching
To Fix a Fence (2011 2nd Place)
The following ten titles in bright pink were submitted to the Red Dirt Writers Society's 2010 Short Story Contest. Stories were restricted to 4,000 words. The stories were judged by Todd Petersen, an English Professor at Southern Utah University. He picked "The New York Quadrille" by Beth Stephenson as the 1st place winner, and "Mary Ball Grows Up" by Gordon Eskridge as 2nd Place, and "Frank Incensed" by D. J. Russell as 3rd Place.
Bright Eyes - A Run for Life
Darrel
For Want of a Dog
Frank Incensed (2010 3rd
Place)
I Remember Daddy
The King Who Loved Squirrels
Mary Ball Grows Up (2010
2nd Place)
The New York Quadrille
(2010 1st Place)
On a Sidewalk in Winter
Peggy to the Defense
Just Dumb Luck
Riptide
The following twelve titles in bright green were submitted to the
Red Dirt Writers Society's 2010 Very Short Story Contest.
Stories were restricted to 500 words. The stories were judged by
Jon Billman, English Professor at Oklahoma State University. He picked "The
Ten Year Wait" by Beth Stephenson as
the 1st place winner, and "Bread on the Water" by Beth Stephenson as 2nd
Place, and "Polynesian Dueling Kites" by Gordon Eskridge as 3rd Place.
The Answer
Arrangements
Bread on the Water (2010 2nd Place)
Confederate Army Sharpshooter
Extreme Caution
First Kiss
Nothing
Polynesian Dueling Kites (2010 3rd Place)
The Powder Horn
Tea Time
The Ten Year Wait (2010 1st Place)
Two of Millions
The Red Canoe
Learning How to Fly in 1948
Tales from the Police Blotter
The Free Car Ride: A Short Story from the Police Blotter
The following twelve titles in brown were submitted to the Red Dirt Writers Society's 2009 Short Story Contest. Stories were restricted to 500-2,000 words. The stories were judged by Blaine Greteman, English Professor at Oklahoma State University. He picked "Sawyer and the Naughty Little Mouse" by Melissa Neely and "My Name Is Committee" by David Kim Burnham as the 1st place winners, and "Vlad the Inhaler" by D. J. Russell as 2nd Place, and "Circles" by Beth Stephenson as 3rd Place. Circles (2009 3rd Place)
I Remember
Laundry
The Naughty Little Mouse
The Elevator Ride
He Who Laughs Last, Lasts
A Legend of How George Washington Got His Name
My Name Is Committee (2009 Co-Winner)
Sawyer and the Naughty Little Mouse (2009 Co-Winner)
Spacemobile
Stories
from West Texas
Vlad the Inhaler (2009 2nd Place)
Tatyanna and the Sacred Heart
Dance of the Five-Dollar Bill
The Note
The Braid
A
Day in the Life (2008 Winner)
Abi's Best Friend
Ripples in the Water
Wichita
Man in the Suit
According to Plan
Aunt Vi's 4th of July Rhubarb Pie
Farewell Cecelia
Gossip (2007 Honorable Mention)
A Grave Situation
The Japanese Buffet
Just Play (2007 Honorable Mention)
Karma
Ole's Step to Freedom (2007 Winner)
Sons
Puppy
Roses and Noses
Who Gets the Point?
The Waiting Room
Early September
Sam's Boss
The Intruder
Doggone It
Resting Easy
Horton
The Virgin Lip Club
Simple Acts
Sleep
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