There were 244 entries in Open City's 2009 RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest.

The 2009 RRofihe Trophy Winner is:

Leslie Maslow of Brooklyn, New York
for her story "Mum", which will appear in OPEN CITY #28

6 Runners-Up:
"Zoo", by Corey Campbell, Santa Monica, California
"I Really Do Know My Last Name", by Avi Kramer, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"Throwing Stones", by Adam Gallari, Riverside, California
"Drinks", by Amy Halloran, Troy, New York
"Big Baby...", by Nick Kocz, Blacksburg, Virginia
"Bewitched", by Renee Hahn, San Francisco, California

6 Stories of Note:
"The Places You Find Yourself", by Jerome Edwards, Los Angeles, California
"Hospice of the Au Pair", by Vanessa Blakeslee, Maitland, Florida
"In Lieu of Writing a Novel, Here is a List...", by Denise Burrell-Stinson, New York, New York
"Apostasy", by Jennifer Uhlich, San Leandro, California
"The Six Hillocks of Hiss", by Jennifer Greidus, Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania
"680", by Edward Evans, Sacramento, California

8 Special-Mention Story-Writers:
Carolyn Silveira, Brooklyn, New York
Paul Vidich, New York, New York
Florian Sedlmeier, Salzburg, Austria
M. E. Brown, Bellingham, Washington
Christopher Insana, Flushing, New York
Katri Skala, London, England
Suzanne Lenzer, New York, New York
Mariana Dietl, Los Angeles, California

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2010 RRofihe Trophy
For an unpublished short story
(up to 5,000 words)
Winner Receives:
$500 cash
Trophy
Publication in Open City
Judged by Rick Rofihe
2010 Contest Assistant: Carolyn Wilsey
Carolyn Wilsey has read fiction for Esquire and Swink

Guidelines
--Stories should be typed, double-spaced, on 8 1/2 x 11 paper with the author’s name and contact information on the first page and name and story title on the upper right corner of remaining pages.
--Submissions must be postmarked by October 15, 2010
--Limit one submission per author
--Author must not have been previously published in Open City
--Mail submissions to RRofihe, 270 Lafayette Street, Suite 1412, New York, NY 10012
--Enclose self addressed stamped business envelope to receive names of winner and honorable mentions
--All manuscripts are non-returnable and will be recycled.
--Reading fee is $10. Check or money order payable to RRofihe

Rick Rofihe is the author of FATHER MUST, a collection of short stories published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Grand Street, Open City, Swink, Unsaid, and on epiphanyzine.com and slushpilemag.com. His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, SPY, and The East Hampton Star, and on mrbellersneighborhood.com. A recipient of the Whiting Writers’ Award, he has taught MFA writing at Columbia University. He currently teaches privately in New York City. He is the editor of the new online literary journal, anderbo.com.

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