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The excellent mechanical properties and outstanding water corrosion resistance of Y-Si-Al-O-N glasses indicate that they are attractive candidate materials for forming into high performance glass fibers. Fibers of glasses containing, respectively,3.2 and 6.6 wt% N were drawn freehand in air, and from glass rods in N2. Continuous fibers (100-m long) of the former glass were melt-drawn in N2 while being wound in air outside of the glass-melting furnace. Some fibers had diameters as small as 10 um, and characterization data show that the fibers retain all of the desirable properties of the bulk glass. Keywords: Fiber-reinforced composites; Glass; Oxynitride glass; Glass fibers; Corrosion resistance; Mechanical properties. (KT)