After much deliberation, my fellow judges and I have found three prize winners out of the many fantastic stories submitted. Follow the links in the titles to read the winning entries! First Place: Sam Graber, with Starfinder’s Sacrifice Second Place: Maggie Graber, with A Million Heartbeats Third Place: Catherine Hinkle, with Bones of Cobalt Blue […]
Bones of Cobalt Blue, by Catherine Hinkle
Stories of the Stars contest third place winner: She landed with the practiced ease of centuries, blue talons gripping the cliff’s edge. Wind whistled through the granite crags, and small stones scrabbled beneath her feet. With a low growl, she dove from the cliff. Unfurling her wings, she soared high in the currents, where stars […]
A Million Heartbeats, by Maggie Graber
Stories of the Stars contest second place winner: I’m not an insomniac. I’m just lying awake at 2 am. I stare up at the dirty, white ceiling. There’s a crack that runs from one side to the middle, as if it will split open at any second causing the roof to crash down and kill […]
Starfinder’s Sacrifice, by Sam Graber
Stories of the Stars contest first prize winner: No one knows what the stars are. Only that they are far away, and they give us our power. And now they are winking out. “Danar?” Charis steps beside me and slips her hand in mine. Starlight gives a silver sheen to her ebony hair. If the […]