Barbara Kussow's entry placed 27th in the top 100 in the Genre Short Story category of the 79th Annual Writer's Digest competition:
http://www.writersdigest.com/article/annualwinners79_genre
Let's talk about poetry, short stories, or essays. Nothing about novels or non-fiction books, please. Those media hogs! This blogger believes that short forms don't get the attention they deserve.