Congratulations to this year’s Nick Adams Short Story Contest finalists! These four students’ stories were selected by a committee of Macalester English professors and will be sent to the American Colleges of the Midwest for consideration. 

 

Danielle Freshwaters for “Every Day the Clock Ticks Faster”

Kiên Nguyễn for “Carver of Gravestones”

Leila Fulghum for “You and I (Soph’s Story)”

Alfredo Ajaujo for “Tooth”

 

Your editors at The Words congratulate these finalists and wish them success in their writing careers!