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November 9, 2015

A McSweeney’s Books Preview of The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man’s Canyon

by S.S. Taylor
February 7, 2007

Fitzgerald Contest Winner and Runners-Up: Marionettes During Dinner Party Meeting and Kissing

by Evan Perriello
February 7, 2007

Fitzgerald Contest Winner and Runners-Up: High Branch

by Michael Rottman
February 7, 2007

Fitzgerald Contest Winner and Runners-Up: Confessions of Andrew Fulton, Turfgrass Emperor, Broadway Star, and Toast of New York’s Avant-Garde Art Scene; or, Come Home, Kitty 2! Come Home!

by Sharon McGill
February 7, 2007

Fitzgerald Contest Winner and Runners-Up: I Can Run Like the Wind

by Victoria Hannan
June 3, 2004

The Fallguy’s Faith

by Robert Coover
April 26, 2004

Twenty-Minute Stories: Grand Prize Winner: Untitled

by David Kennerly
April 25, 2004

Twenty-Minute Stories: Second-Place Winner: Goodbye Ernie Flynn

by Wendy Molyneux
April 24, 2004

Twenty-Minute Stories: Third-Place Winner: Kimball Drives Home

by Peter Ward Brown
April 23, 2004

Twenty-Minute Stories: Third-Place Winner: Untitled

by Mickey Hess

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