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. . . not me! Opium Magazine has announced the winner of the 500-word memoir contest judged by Daniel Handler. I didn’t win, but I’m still pleased to have been one of the 13 finalists and I may still go up to New York for the Opium5 launch party later this month. Congratulations to the winners!

The Winner!
John Jodzio, The Future

The First Runner-Up!
Damion Searls, This is Something That Happened Before I Hit the Big Time

The Second Runner-Up!
Anna Vlasova, Magnolias

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

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