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2008 OddContest Winners!
S
CIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
500-words-or-less PROSE POEM/FLASH FICTION CONTEST

sponsored by Odyssey Con

 

Read the winning stories for 2008 here.

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Youth Winners
$50 + OddCon membership to first place; books, etc. to top 3
First Prize:   "I MADE MY LAST SALE TO A CORP."—Megan Arkenberg, Germantown, WI
Second Prize:   "WHAT'S A DEMON FOR"—Therese Arkenberg, Germantown, WI
Third Prize:   "THE POSSIBILITY OF GILLS"—Kexin Yin, Winston Salem, NC
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Adult Winners
$500 + OddCon membership to first place; books, etc. to top 3
First Prize:   "POD, CAST"—PS Cottier, Australia
Second Prize:   "THIS POEM HAS NO MEANING"—Terry Weide, Kansas City, MO
Third Prize:   "INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONVERTING YOUR DEATHBOT TO A GARDENBOT"
   —Matt Betts, Columbus, OH
   
Adult Finalists:   "ELM ON NIGHTMARE STREET"—Robert Borski, Stevens Point, WI
    "PETE, PEACHES AND ROPE"—Avery Cahill, Gainesville FL
    "NEW MANAGEMENT"—Deanie Campbell, Camilla, GA
    "Subset 005-773-1033d5 Version #31,557,503,557,011"—Christopher Figa, Milford, MI
    "AT THE MALL WITH BIGFOOT"—Lisa C. Freitag, Andover, MN
    "NEVERLAND"—Gary Kloster, Braham, MN
    "THE PASSENGER"—Heidi Lampietti, Bayside, CA
    "THE BARGAIN"—J.E. Petersen, Madison, Wl
    "FLY AWAY, HOME"—Terry Weide, Kansas City, MO
    "LUCID"—Gregg Williard, Madison, WI

bruce boston photo2008 Final Judge: Bruce Boston.
Mr. Boston's science fiction and poetry are widely published, and he has won the Pushcart Prize, the Asimov's Readers' Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Rhysling Award, and the first Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. He is the author of more than forty books and chapbooks; most recently, the novel The Guardener's Tale.
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