Past Contest Winners
Beloved or Bloody Valentines, Spring 2019
- First Place - "untitled" by Ayekayi May Lwin
- Second Place - "Simplify" by Mykala Dawn Robertson
- Third Place - "A God's Requiem" by Caitlin Bartz
Weird Stories and Dark Tales, Fall 2018
- First Place - "Mama Can't Cry," Dr. Jeannie G. Bennett
- Second Place - "yesterday I dreamed I was blind," Noah McAlister
- Third Place - "Just a Bowl," Maryanne M. Wells
Beloved or Bloody Valentines, Spring 2018
- First Place - "insecurity" by Ayekayi Lwin
- Second Place - "The Phoenix" by Regina Chanel Rodriguez
- Third Place - "Forever Mine" by Milagros Mendoza
Weird Stories and Dark Tales, Fall 2017
- First Place - "My Friends" by Markie Kidd
- Second Place - "Among Us" by Caitlin Bartz
- Third Place - "Inject" by Corbin Dawkins
Beloved or Bloody Valentines, Spring 2017
- First Place - "Ode to Texas" by Kane Pittman
- Second Place - "I Loved a Lie" by Megan K. Miller
- Third Place - "The Price" by R. Ben Todd
Beloved or Bloody Valentines, Spring 2014
- First Place - "Chemistry" by Mattie McAlvy
- Second Place - "Someone Another Mentioned" by Melissa McCallum
- Third Place - "The Reality of Love" by Alex Holden Martinez
Weird Stories and Dark Tales, Fall 2013
- First Place, "They Were So Proud" by Alex Holden Martinez
- Second Place "Untitled" by Danielle Kiper
- Third Place "Surrender" by Jeffrey Schiller
Beloved or Bloody Valentines, Spring 2013
- First Place - "Strawberry" by Caleb Baker
- Second Place - "Coattails and Gold Doubloons" by Miranda Jade Parman
- Third Place - "For the Love of Murder" by Megan Moore
Weird Stories and Dark Tales, Fall 2012
- First Place - "Soul 666" by Bethany Jones
- Second Place - "Nothing to Fear" by Joshua West
- Third Place - I'm Alive! by Rebekah St. Clair
Weird Stories and Dark Tales, Fall 2011
- Winning Selection - "Mosquitoes" by Chris Hudson
- First Runner-Up - "The Static" by Trenton K. Roberson
- Second Runner-Up - "Chomp, Slurp, Mash, Gnash" by Graham Sample
- Honorable Mention - "Schhk" by J. Adam Gibbs
Weird Stories and Dark Tales, Fall 2010
- First Place Winner - "Hunting Trip" by Michael Boyles
- First Runner-Up - "Corpse Grindin' Man" by Brant Nelson
- Second Runner-Up- "Los Muertos y Los Muriendos" by Dominick Miller
- Honorable Mention - "A Taxi" by Trent Roberson
Beloved or Bloody Valentine Edition, Spring 2010
- First Place Winner - "Cantor" by Summer Fenwick
- Second Place Winner - "Snowmen" by Jonathan Baker
- Third Place Winner - "Milwaukee Avenue" by Sarah Stone
Weird Stories and Dark Tales, Fall 2009
- First Place Winner - "Tree Line" by Tim Reed
- Second Place Winner - "Non Cogito" by Joseph Ammons
- Third Place Winner - "Sleep is a Blessing that Comes Nightly" by Jonathan Baker
- Honorable Mention - "Solitary Confinement" by Joshuah O'Brien