Kathrin Lake, "Is That You, Amigo?" Josh Silberg, "Aquadump." Mike Funergy, "Bills and Barbs."

Jessica Pigeau, "Gunshot Grandma." Bryant Ross, "Midnight Pie." Clark Antonich, "Bugs Bunny in 'Sweet Mama's Gambit'."

May V. Wardwell, "Firefly." Paul Carter, "Home." Avneet Johal, "Flying to Atlanta."

Yong Takahashi, "Cul-de-sac." Rosalie Robison, "Love in the Alley." Al Tee, "Bad Samaritan."

Jessica Reese, "The Worm." Bob Moore, "The Zucchini." Evan Guilford-Blake, "Margarita Beneath the Orange Tree."

Afnan Ali, "The Elevator." Bryant Ross, "Brass Ovaries." Mike Funergy, "Home."

Leslie Stark, "Tinder Fire." Avneet Johal, "Breakup by Voice Memo." Sarah Patrick, "Escape From the Cuddle Palace."

My Name is Scot, "The Spectator." Lauren Bartel, "Silver Limbs." Claudia Morar, "The Panel."

E.E. King, "The Road Less Travelled." JT Morse, "Sisters of the Stones." Katharine Moore, "Troubled Teens."

John Smistad, "Better Left Alone." Susan Cormier, "The Kindness of Strangers." Mike Funergy, "Warming Up."