THE NATIONAL STEINBECK CENTER'S SHORT STORY CONTEST PAST WINNERS
The first-place winner receives a $1,000 cash prize and a stipend for travel to the festival. Awards are presented at the Steinbeck Festival in Salinas, California.

2001
“Spinning Nickels”
Natalie Serber
Santa Cruz, CA

2000
“If I Were Van Gogh’s Girlfriend He’d Still Have Both Ears”
Cathy J. Warner
Boulder Creek, CA

1999
“All That Glitters”
Tom Bentley
Wastonville, CA

1998
“The Woman Who Shot the Mother of God”
Rita Ariyoshi
Honolulu, Hawaii