We are thrilled to announce the 2023 Luminaire Prose Award Winner and Finalists! From more than 200 stories of all types, lengths, styles, and genres submitted to Alternating Current Press for the fiction prize, we’ve narrowed the final round of reading down to this shortlist of finalists and selected a winner. Congrats to all of these authors, whose stories will be offered publication and other prizes by Alternating Current Press and The Coil.

Winner!

• “Widowmaker” by Amy Monaghan

2nd Place

• “Song of Sarah” by Chelsey Engel

3rd Place

• “Mr. Zeal Loses His Appeal” by Mark Gorey

4th Place

• “On the Universal Rights of Ducks and Girls” by Tara Campbell

5th Place

• “Swiftly Satirizing with Pope” by Kaisha A. Girard

Thanks to these authors for placing their incredible work in our hands. Congratulations to the winners and finalist selections, and we can’t wait to share your stories with our enthusiastic readers.

For the visually impaired or those using TTS reading aids: this is the end of the announcement.

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