2025 Flash Fiction Open

Roe River Review is pleased to announce First Place, Second Place, Third Place, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions in the 2025 Flash Fiction Open.

First Place:

Spinning Out of Control by Barry Vitcov

Second Place:

Porcupine by William Watson

Third Place:

The Robbery of 1372 Beauregard by Warren Stoddard

Finalists:

The Tradition by Eric Julian Baker

Gilantus-341 by Greer Dinhr

Ground Zero: Vermont Junior High by Patrick Johnston

The Hawks by Thomas Misuraca

Forest by Mykyla Ryzhysh

Honorable Mention:

R.H. Brooke

Eunice-Grace Domingo

Sophia Mascotti Feller

Dylan Hoffmaster

David Larsen

Margaret Marcum

Marcelo Medone

James B. Nicola

Martha Patterson

Ihor Pidhainy

Jane Snyder

Richard Stimac

Riley Thielman

Thank you to visual artist Alaina Hammond for her cover art: Chrysler Building, 2011, acrylic on paper, 8×11 inches.