Glimmer Train just announced the winners of their July Family Matters competition. All winners will be published in an upcoming issue of Glimmer Train Stories.
 
First place ($1,200)
Nellie Hermann (Brooklyn, NY)
“Can We Let the Baby Go?"
 
Second place ($500)
Stefanie Freele (Healdsburg, CA)
“Us Hungarians”
 
Third place ($300)
Rolf Yngve (Coronado, CA)
“Going Back for His Brother”


A PDF of the top 25 winners can be found here. This quarterly competition is open to all writers for stories about family (word count range is 1,200–12,000). Submissions may be sent for the October Family Matters using the Glimmer Train online submissions system at www.glimmertrain.org.

Also:  Fiction Open contest (deadline soon approaching!  September 30)
Glimmer Train hosts this contest four times a year, and first place is $2,000 plus publication in the journal. It’s open to all writers and all themes, with a word count range of 2,000–20,000. Click here for complete guidelines.
 
If you didn't know, Writer's Digest partnered with Glimmer Train to publish two compilation volumes of the best stuff from their Writers Ask newsletter. Be sure to check them out.