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Feb 4, 2010
mnLIT presents: Alison Morse
Alison Morse

This week's miniStories winner, "The Apartment" by Alison Morse, was selected by novelist David Oppegaard for the 2009 cycle of mnLIT.
Jan 19, 2010
mnLIT presents: Paul Lundgren
Paul Lundgren

This week's winning short story, "Beat" by Paul Lundgren, was selected as a 2009 miniStories winner by novelist Leif Enger.
Jan 5, 2010
mnLIT presents: Rebecca Dosch-Brown
Rebecca Dosch-Brown

This week's mnLIT entry is a grand prize-winner -- Rebecca Dosch-Brown's story, "The Trousers," was selected for the 2009 cycle of miniStories by author Lise Erdrich.
Dec 21, 2009
mnLIT presents: Elizabeth Harris
Elizabeth Harris

This week's mnLIT winner, the flash fiction piece "Baked Eggs" by Libby Harris, was selected by novelist Leif Enger for the 2009 miniStories competition.
Dec 9, 2009
mnLIT presents: Caroline Ore
Caroline Ore

This week's short-short story, "Solo Performance" by Caroline Ore, was selected as a 2009 mnLIT winner by novelist David Oppegaard.
Nov 23, 2009
mnLIT presents: Heather Goodman
Heather Goodman

Heather Goodman's mnLIT-winning short story, "Raccoons," was selected by author Diana Joseph for the 2009 cycle of mnartists.org's literary series, miniStories.
Nov 9, 2009
mnLIT presents: Jessica Roeder
Jessica Roeder

This week's flash fiction piece, "Sights" by Jessica Roeder, was selected by novelist Jon Fasman as a 2009 mnLIT/miniStories winner.
Nov 4, 2009
mnLIT Original: "The Four Hermans"
Brian Beatty

"The Four Hermans" by Brian Beatty is the first of our newly commissioned pieces by the 2009 mnLIT grand prize-winning poets and writers. Each work will be accompanied by a curated selection of work drawn from mnartists.org's vast database of artists.
Oct 27, 2009
mnLIT presents: Kristin Swanson
Kristin Swanson

This week's story, "In the Event that I Am Not Paranoid" by Kristin Swanson," was selected for the 2009 cycle of miniStories by novelist Leif Enger.
Oct 12, 2009
mnLIT presents: Kris Woll
Kris Woll

"Furious" by Kris Woll is a 2009 mnLIT grand prize-winning story, selected for publication in this series by miniStories juror, novelist Jon Fasman.
Sep 29, 2009
mnLIT presents: Terry Dunham
Terry Dunham

This week's short story, "The Last Trip to Bradford" by Terry Dunham, a tale about bittersweet homecomings and the persistent pull of one's native landscapes, was selected by writer Lise Erdrich for the 2009 mnLIT series.
Sep 14, 2009
mnLIT presents: Laura Owen
Laura Owen

This week's miniStories winner is a wry little tale by Laura Owen about family legends and everyday magic, selected as a 2009 mnLIT winner by novelist Leif Enger.
Aug 31, 2009
mnLIT presents: Eric Vrooman
Eric Vrooman

This week's miniStories winner is "Performance Review," a very clever story by Eric Vrooman, selected for the 2009 cycle of mnLIT by author Diana Joseph.
Aug 17, 2009
mnLIT presents: Brian Beatty
Brian Beatty

This week's mnLIT winner, "Velour" by Brian Beatty, is one of the 2009 miniStories grand prize recipients. You can hear Brian read his victorious short story, along with a host of other mnLIT winners, tonight at 7 pm at the Ritz Theater.
Aug 3, 2009
mnLIT presents: Kelly Barnhill
Kelly Barnhill

This week's mnLIT winner, a poignant short-short story by miniStories author Kelly Barnhill, was selected by novelist Jon Fasman. Come hear this year's miniStories winners read their victorious short stories live at the Ritz on August 17.
Jul 21, 2009
mnLIT presents: Rodney Nelsestuen
Rodney Nelsestuen

"Rage" is one of the flash fiction winners, selected by juror Lise Erdrich, in this year's mnLIT/miniStories competition. For the next several months, mnartists.org will publish all the victorious pieces, one poem or story per week, through April 2010.
Jul 21, 2009
About our 2009 miniStories/mnLIT Judges
mnartists.org

Read more about our accomplished panel of miniStories flash fiction jurors for the 2009 cycle of mnartists.org's mnLIT competition and publication project: Leif Enger, Lise Erdrich, Jon Fasman, Diana Joseph, and David Oppegaard.
Mar 12, 2009
STORY: Stefanie Robinson
Josh Casey

Josh Casey, our grand prize-winning author from the winter 2008-09 cycle of miniStories, offers a brand-new story about all manner of unrequited love -- it's poignant and a bit creepy, surprisingly wry, and altogether satisfying.
Feb 16, 2009
miniStories: "Al Gore's Island" by Dan O'Neil
miniStories: Dan O'Neil

This week's winning short by Dan O'Neil (selected by Dennis Cass) is our final miniStories finalist of the fall-winter cycle: take a daring helicopter flight to a forbidding Arctic island with a one-time presidential contender in the captain's seat.
Feb 9, 2009
miniStories: "The Mourning" by Jeffrey Burton
miniStories: Jeffrey Burton

This week's poignant story about love, lost and found, by Jeff Burton was selected as a miniStories winner by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl.
Jan 26, 2009
miniStories: "Perfect Size" by Jodie Maruska
miniStories: Jodie Maruska

Jodi Maruska's bitingly funny, bittersweet little story, "Perfect Size," was selected to be a miniStories winner by author Michael Kimball.
Jan 19, 2009
miniStories: "The Mayflower" by Deborah Girdwood
miniStories: Deborah Girdwood

This understated, surprising short by Deborah Girdwood neatly captures the quiet yearnings at the heart of adult family life. "The Mayflower" was selected as a miniStories winner by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl.
Jan 12, 2009
miniStories: "Dear Mother" by Maggie Ryan Sandford
miniStories: Maggie Ryan Sandford

This week's winning short, a pitch perfect accounting of childhood grievances by Maggie Ryan Sandford, was selected for this round of miniStories by author Dennis Cass.
Jan 5, 2009
miniStories: "'Tween Seasons" by Christine Columbus
miniStories: Christine Columbus

This perceptive, charming story by Christine Columbus was selected to be a miniStories winning short by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl.
Dec 29, 2008
miniStories: "Comments Nos. 27 through 36 on the Associated Press Article..." by James Norton
miniStories: James Norton

This week you're in for a very funny short by James Norton, about better living through Web 2.0 innovation, selected to be a miniStories winner by author Dennis Cass.

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