Please withdraw the work if the story has been Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but The work must not have been previously published. The winning short story will be published in volume nine (2022). Winner will be announced in October 2021. Stories are considered by Driftwood editing staff (no outside readers) guest judge reads finalists. Submissions will be open from March 1st 2021 to July 31st 2021.
We are ecstatic to continue to publish works of literary fiction that forefront language and take narrative, structural, and thematic risks, and the support of our community of readers and submitters is continually cherished and appreciated. There were hundreds of wonderful short stories sent in, and many of them deserve-and will find-publication. Lastly, we want to extend our warmest gratitude to everyone who submitted to the contest, including the twelve additional semi-finalists and an thirty-four quarter-finalists. The winner and runner-ups will be published in 2022. We would also like to congratulate runner-ups Dailihana Alfonseca's "Spanish Soap Operas Killed My Mother" and Chad Gusler's "Sore Vexed," as well as the finalists below. Hope here truly is that thing with feathers. Likewise, each relationship in the story feels complete. “Winged” is a tightly-written and compelling exploration of the meaning of flight for this young, wounded warrior, a Marine patrol leader with a purple heart who no longer wants her men to call her “ma’am.” The slide into the surreal is nicely done and eschews explanation, allowing for a natural surprise by other characters in the still-realistic world of this fiction. We are excited to announce Caroline Bock's "Winged" as the winner of our fourth Adrift Short Story Contest! Here's what our guest judge, Xu Xi, had to say.
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