In case you need a reminder, here are the basic parameters of the contest:

"In the spirit of the new year, we are running a fiction contest for original, unpublished works short stories 500 words or less in length.

To be eligible, at least part of the story must take place at midnight on New Year's Eve — any year, any location, any universe.

The contest will open on November 1, 2002 and will close on November 30, 2002.

Special consideration will be given to those stories that are complete, exhibit originality and incorporate a twist of some kind."

And the winners are:

First Place, $100 — Dropping the Ball by Didi Wood

Second Place, $75 — Changing the Guard by David Hack

Third Place, $50 — Meet at Midnight by Lita Harrington

Fourth Place, $40 — Another Dozen by Diana Renfro

Fifth Place, $30 — Anno Domini 1184 by Allen McGill

 
Honorable Mentions, $25 each:

Love at First Protea by Trix Niernberger
Disconnected by Laura L. Cooper
Bonne Annee by Rebecca Marshall-Courtois
Something Still Grows in Winter by Ian Millhiser
No More Dead Birds by Audrey Vernick