  Let $(G,+)$ be an abelian group and consider a subset $A \subseteq G$ with
$|A|=k$. Given an ordering $(a_1, \ldots, a_k)$ of the elements of $A$, define
its {\em partial sums} by $s_0 = 0$ and $s_j = \sum_{i=1}^j a_i$ for $1 \leq j
\leq k$. We consider the following conjecture of Alspach: For any cyclic group
$\Z_n$ and any subset $A \subseteq \Z_n \setminus \{0\}$ with $s_k \neq 0$, it
is possible to find an ordering of the elements of $A$ such that no two of its
partial sums $s_i$ and $s_j$ are equal for $0 \leq i < j \leq k$. We show that
Alspach's Conjecture holds for prime $n$ when $k \geq n-3$ and when $k \leq
10$. The former result is by direct construction, the latter is
non-constructive and uses the polynomial method. We also use the polynomial
method to show that for prime $n$ a sequence of length $k$ having distinct
partial sums exists in any subset of $\Z_n \setminus \{0\}$ of size at least
$2k- \sqrt{8k}$ in all but at most a bounded number of cases.
