2022 Shortlist

Thanks to everyone who entered this year's writing contest. Your submissions ranged from heartfelt to frightening to laugh-out-loud hilarious and it was a difficult decision to whittle the entries down to just these few. So without further ado, the shortlist!

"John Mark Martin: A Partial Memoir" by Ioanna Sahas Martin
"Good Girl" by Christine Miscione
"Pruning" by Amy Notdorft
"What Was Once Wild" by Kasia Merrill
"Bleeding Heart" by Nicola Winstanley
"Promissory Note" by Lulu Keating
"Delta IV" by Carmenn Alexander King Kocznur
"It Had to Be Said" by Shelley Harbin
"Quick! Quick!" by Leo Y. Wang
"Listening to the Great Teacher Might Get Your Ass Kicked" by Tamara Jong
"Flashbacks" by Nevena Kovacevic

One of these stories will be the winner of the gritLIT 2022 Writing Contest. Check back soon to find out which one!