| Discipline | Literary journal |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1990-2018 |
| Publisher | Glimmer Train Press (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Glimmer Train |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1055-7520 |
| OCLC no. | 23298128 |
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Glimmer Train was [1] an American short story literary journal. It was published quarterly, accepting works primarily from emerging writers. Stories published in Glimmer Train were listed in The Best American Short Stories , as well as appearing in the Pushcart Prize , The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories , and anthologies for New Stories from the Midwest , New Stories from the South , and Best American Short Stories . [2] The journal held 12 short story fiction contests a year, paying out over $50,000 on an annual basis. [3]
Glimmer Train was founded in 1990 [4] by Linda Swanson-Davies and her sister, Susan Burmeister-Brown, in Portland, Oregon. [5] While the journal received over 40,000 submissions per year, only about 40 stories are published (a rate of 0.001, or 1/10 of 1%).
Burmeister-Brown advises writers to: "Unplug yourself from the hurly-burly of life on a regular basis so your subconscious has time to make some good compost." [6]