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1995 Austin ChronicleThe Chronicle extends thanks to everyone who helps make the contest possible: all the first round judges who patiently provided two readings of each story, the celebrity judges whose trusted experience lends confidence to the chosen winners, and our co-sponsors KGSR, Balcones Red Granite, and BookPeople. Special thanks to our Marketing Director Laura Pruter for all she did to successfully promote the contest, and to Dave Cook, fellow lover of literature and right hand man who rightfully made me see it his way, more than once.
We conclude that the writing process is inevitable. Whether short stories are scrawled in a notebook with a leaky ballpoint pen, on a state-of-the-art Powerbook in a plane at 3,000 feet, or on that black, metal, now really vintage typewriter in a cabin in the woods - as long as there is human experience, stories have no choice but to be, and the Chronicle will continue to provide a place where they can be read. - Jennifer Scoville
Please join us for a reading with the winners at 2pm on Sunday, July 16 at BookPeople on the third-floor Special Events Stage.
Second Place: "Charlie Milkshake" by Sam Gelfand
Third Place: "Blood" by H.H. Lynch
Fourth Place: "María and the Midnight Sky" by Denise McCarthy
Fifth Place: "Propane Minnows" by Jim Anderson
Elizabeth Crook is the author of two historical novels: The Raven's Bride (Doubleday, 1991) and Promised Lands (Doubleday, 1994)
Jesse Sublett is the author of three published novels, Rock Critic Murders, Tough Baby, and Boiled in Concrete, all published by Viking, and all optioned for films. Jesse has written for numerous television documentary series which have aired on A&E, Discovery, and The Disney Channel. Jesse also scripted the film In the West, which was filmed in Austin and is currently in post-production.
Mary Willis Walker published her first mystery novel, Zero at the Bone, in 1991. Since then she has published The Red Scream and most recently Under The Beetle's Cellar.
Neal Barrett, Jr.'s work spans the fields of science fiction, historical novels, young adult novels, and "off-the-wall mainstream fiction." The Washington Post hailed his 1991, The Hearafter Gang, as "one of the great American novels," and his first mystery, Pink Vodka Blues, was sold to Paramount Pictures. Skinny Annie Blues will be published by Kensington Press in 1996.
Jerri Kunz is a designer and a writer whose stories about the Gulf Coast appear regularly in The Austin Chronicle and The Houston Chronicle. Her experiences as a judge include competitions in architecture, interior design, costumes, beer, and now literature.
