The Results Are In!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the third edition of Money Chronicles: A Story Initiative, the national short story contest supported by Principal Foundation, The Center for Fiction, and Short Edition. This contest is designed to encourage conversations around money and personal finances. This year again, the authors were invited to share short works of fiction or creative nonfiction and to introduce characters facing challenges or pursuing desires as it relates to money.
We received so many incredible stories that reflected lived experiences with money. It has been a joy and privilege reading them over the last month. Selecting the finalists and a winner was a difficult task, which is a testament to the exceptional quality of the submissions we received. Once again, we thank you for your commendable work!
And now... we're thrilled to announce this year's winner and our 18 finalists. Congratulations to the following authors!
The Jury Members has chosen Trove by Cedric Rose as this year's contest winner!
And here are the 18 finalists:
- A Simple Life by G.E. Motz,
- Annotations of Distance by Sean Cho Ayres,
- Crookedness by Yvette Saenz,
- Finding Frank Sinatra by Renee Tawa,
- First Blush by Angie Curneal Palsak,
- I See a Big Boy Cry by Katherine Cart,
- Ledger of Lives by Jennifer Gibbs,
- Money Apron Melody by Tricia Vita,
- Money for Nothing by Jon Gluckman,
- Money, Mama, and the Mango Tree by Emmanuel Ikeh,
- Pass-through by Matt Goldberg,
- Plastic (Rights) Rites by Jen Schneider,
- Quicksand Street by M. Morton,
- Rocking the Boat by Rachana Pathak,
- Safekeeping by Melanie Lau,
- Skins by Jaimee Wriston Colbert,
- Wedding Fever by Miriam Alex,
- What The Money Knows by Yolanda Wiggins.
Besides receiving an honorarium, the finalists and the winner will be published in Principal Foundation's Short Story Dispensers, as well as on this Short Edition website.
