Announcing the Winners of The Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction

Eckleburg is pleased to announce the Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction winners. Thank you to all the talented writers who submitted and their incredible patience as we, our families and literary community recovered from the COVID pandemic. It is always a difficult task choosing among so many fine stories and it is truly the talents within our Eckleburg community that often kept us going. Much love to all. We look forward to reading more from you.

First Place Winner of The Gertrude Stein Award
“Frittura” by Judith Goode

Second Place
“Little Sister” by Jarrett Kaufman

Third Place
“The Angle of Desire” by Jason Harris

Honorable mention
“Next Stop” by Daren Schuettpelz

The Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction is open to submissions of all stories in English no more than 8,000 words. No minimum word count. Stories may be submitted by authors, editors, publishers and agents. Simultaneous and multiple submissions allowed. Award-winning manuscripts will be published by Eckleburg. Honorable Mentions will be listed with titles and author names. 

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Rae Cline, Author of Precious Ugly
Rae Cline is the author of Precious Ugly, her debut novel (7.13 Books, 2026), and the story collection The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals. Her fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, North American Review and StoryQuarterly. She is the founding editor of Eckleburg and lives in New York City. Rae Cline previously published as Rae Bryant.