We had our party-slash-ceremony last night, and announced the winners of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's annual fiction contest. The finalists read, fun was had, and you missed it, you rube. Thanks to everyone who submitted, read, and voted.
THE WINNERS:
JUDGE'S PRIZE: "Comfort," by Laura Kepner
READERS' PICK: "Somebody," by Micki Berthelot Morency
This article appears in Apr 18-25, 2019.