Fiction

2023-2024

Articles in this category include any work of fiction first published by the magazine.

Gold Award

Gold Award

The opening of I Am a Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing firmly establishes the narrator and suggests she’s not to be trusted. This is a trim and artful story. It takes a truly skilled writer to bring something new to the serial killer genre, and this one delivers a new and fully realized character.

Silver Award

Silver Award

Catch You on the Flipside is a deftly told story with excellent pacing. The mobility of characters through time is very effective.

Finalists

Cherries Bar Cherries

Cherries Bar Cherries

WRITER: Joy Norstrom

Alberta Views

The Necessity of a Shepherd

The Necessity of a Shepherd

WRITER: Quinn J. Graham

On Spec

Mouse Trap

Mouse Trap

WRITER: Tyler Hein

Freefall Magazine

Prompt

Prompt

WRITER: David van Belle

EDify

Medusa's Murder in the Piazza Della Signoria

Medusa's Murder in the Piazza Della Signoria

WRITER: Sabrina Uswak

Funicular

Here to Stay

Here to Stay

WRITER: Ben Lof

EDify

Past Winners

Bottom's Dream

Gold 2023 | Bottom's Dream

WRITER: Glenn Clifton

On Spec

2023 SILVER | Bedfellows

Silver 2023 | 2023 SILVER | Bedfellows

WRITER: Kendall Bistretzan

FreeFall

2022 GOLD | Pas de Deux

Gold 2022 | 2022 GOLD | Pas de Deux

WRITER: Bruce Meyer

FreeFall

2022 SILVER | The Men Under the Sea

Silver 2022 | 2022 SILVER | The Men Under the Sea

WRITER : Gena Ellett

Funicular

2021 GOLD | Dancing in the Rain

Gold 2021 | 2021 GOLD | Dancing in the Rain

WRITER : Coryn Urquhart

Funicular

2021 SILVER | The Religious Woman

Silver 2021 | 2021 SILVER | The Religious Woman

WRITER : Blair Hurley

Funicular

2020 GOLD | Paola

Gold 2020 | 2020 GOLD | Paola

WRITER : Fraser Calderwood

FreeFall Magazine

2020 SILVER | Simple Church

Silver 2020 | 2020 SILVER | Simple Church

Lisa Moore

Eighteen Bridges

2019 SILVER | November

Silver 2019 | 2019 SILVER | November

Benjamin Hertwig

Alberta Views

2018 GOLD | Circus Wedding

Gold 2018 | 2018 GOLD | Circus Wedding

Anosh Irani

Eighteen Bridges

2018 SILVER | Wanting

Silver 2018 | 2018 SILVER | Wanting

Sarah Bennett

Glass Buffalo

2017 GOLD | No Small Thing

Gold 2017 | 2017 GOLD | No Small Thing

Tom McMillan

Alberta Views

2017 SILVER | Welcome to the Khyber Agency

Silver 2017 | 2017 SILVER | Welcome to the Khyber Agency

Annum Shah

FreeFall

2016 GOLD | On Crowsnest Mountain

Gold 2016 | 2016 GOLD | On Crowsnest Mountain

Laura Trunkey

Eighteen Bridges

2016 SILVER | Dancing Out of Nowhere

Silver 2016 | 2016 SILVER | Dancing Out of Nowhere

Todd Babiak

Avenue Edmonton

2015 GOLD | Pearl

Gold 2015 | 2015 GOLD | Pearl

Bruce Cinnamon

Glass Buffalo

2015 SILVER | The Royal Visit

Silver 2015 | 2015 SILVER | The Royal Visit

Vivian Zenari

The Prairie Journal

2014 GOLD | Action Transfers

Gold 2014 | 2014 GOLD | Action Transfers

Alex Pugsley

Eighteen Bridges

2014 SILVER | His

Silver 2014 | 2014 SILVER | His

Jasmina Odor

Eighteen Bridges

2013 GOLD | I Feel Lousy

Gold 2013 | 2013 GOLD | I Feel Lousy

Caroline Adderson

Eighteen Bridges

2013 SILVER | Ossicles

Silver 2013 | 2013 SILVER | Ossicles

Natalie Morrill

filling Station