The winner for the 6th Annual Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story is Michele Host for their story, “Day Game.” Congratulations, Michele!

Finalists for this year’s contest were:

• Maura Stanton, “Jessica, or the Autobiography of a Ghost”
• A. Muia, “La Mula Milagrosa”
• Thomas Dodson, “Fault Trace”
• Michael Kaplan, “Auditioning for Touch”
• Celeste Mohammed, “The Dragon’s Mouth”
• Shibani Lal, “The Lemon Tree”

The judge for 2020 was Jesse Lee Kercheval.

Thank you to all submitters for making this year’s contest a success!