''Glimmer Train'' was an

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. It was published quarterly, accepting works primarily from emerging writers. Stories published in ''Glimmer Train'' were listed in ''

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'', as well as appearing in the ''

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'', '' The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories'', and anthologies for '' New Stories from the Midwest'', ''

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''. The journal held 12 short story fiction contests a year, paying out over $50,000 on an annual basis.

Background

''Glimmer Train'' was founded in 1990 by Linda Swanson-Davies and her sister, Susan Burmeister-Brown, in

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. 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."Every Writers Resource
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