Congratulations to all the authors who have made our long list and a huge thanks to all who entered. A short list will be selected before the end of April and will be passed on to our judge Dan Crawley for his decision.
Author names are yet to be announced, so while it is fine to share that you are on the long list, we ask that you do not identify yourself with the submission title at this point.
Title: (In no specific order)
- It Starts Like Any Storm by tba
- Neck the Neck by tba
- Zig Zag by tba
- Past Due by tba
- Organ Surrender Syndrome by tba
- We Play Lazarus by tba
- A Shadow of Myself by tba
- Miss Gibson Thought I Was Changing the Subject by tba
- Your Feet Wait for Your Brain to Catch Up by tba
- Getting Through by tba
- Richard by tba
- Under Velvets by tba
- Chipped Bowls by tba
- When You Rode with Dillinger by tba
- If I’d Taken Away My 88-Year-Old Father’s Car Keys . . . by tba
- Dark of the Moon by tba
- Miss Hibiscus Queen by tba
- I Know You by tba
- You Are 30 Times More Likely to Be Struck by Lightning Than to Get Attacked by a Shark by tba
- Imposter Syndrome by tba
- When the Aliens Come for Your Baby by tba
- Your Flat Got Broken Into by tba
- First Cake by tba
- How Edison Got to Be Edison by tba
- When Life Gives You a Month-Old Tub Of Yogurt, Make Homemade Exposure Therapies by tba
- I Invite Bump—Which Sounds Smaller, Friendlier Than Mass or Whatever the Doctor Will Call It on Monday—To Sunday Brunch So It’ll Like Me, Be Kind and Benign, but It Arrives an Hour Late and Without a Hostess Gift, Though I’d Really Appreciate Cheerful Flowers Right Now by tba
- Eurydice Pissed by tba
- How Our Brother Tom Won a Date With Our Neighbor While We Spied Between a Chink in the Curtains by tba
- What a Solitary Bird Drifting on the Wind Might Have Witnessed When the Boy Disappeared by tba
- Sari not Sari by tba
- One Afternoon, the Sky Women Are Ready to Quilt the Night by tba
- Is That Your Hot Dog on My Roof? by tba
- My Body Wants to Separate from Me by tba
- A Long Night in Brooklyn by tba
- Cast Offs by tba
- A Day to Remember by tba
- The Librarian by tba
- You Awaken to a Giant Eye in Your Neighbor’s Yard by tba
- Care Instructions by tba
- Today Was a Good Day by tba
Total of $1100.00 in prizes
First Place: $500.00 (USD)
Second Place: $250.00 (USD)
Third Place: $100.00 (USD)
Five (5) Honorable Mentions: $50.00 (USD) Each
Prizes will be sent via PayPal or Venmo. Do not provide this information with your entry. We will contact you for that information if needed. You must have one of these accounts (PayPal or Venmo) in order to receive your winnings.
Winners will be notified in early May, and winning entries will be published in a special issue of Gooseberry Pie on May 14, 2026.
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