This information will also be posted to the competition website as soon as I am able to access it.
http://www.erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/
Problems with Weebly at present.
Our thanks to Dan Purdue
http://lies-ink.blogspot.co.uk/ for judging the competition entries and providing his book as part of the first prize
Somewhere To Start From and you can find this on Amazon http://tinyurl.com/SoToStFr
You can read Dan's report for the three final entries on the competition website (will be posted there soon).
Winning entry - The Castle by Tony Oswick
Second Place - The Weight of Stones by Jenny Long
The competition was to have provided first and second places only, but I'm pleased to say an
Honourable Mention has been awarded to
You Start by Fiona Faith Ross.
SHORTLIST
Bonds by Jane Connop
Bubby by Gail Aldwin
Caught Unawares by Jan McGeachie
Descending and Ascending by Tim Craig
Don’t Start by Brian Webster
Fresh Start by Barbara Hill
It Started with a Kiss by Keith Havers
Judgement Day by Jilly Gardiner
Room Nineteen by Jim Hamilton
Start by Steve Clough
Start by Esther Doel
Start by Joan Phillipps
Starting Over by Ros Collins
The Castle by Tony Oswick
The Darkness, Waiting by Sinead O'Hart
The Fright of their Lives by Rob Tye
The Leather-Clad Phoenix by Heather Price
The Portrait by Cathy Lennon
The Weight of Stones by Jenny Long
You Start by Fiona Faith Ross
LONGLIST
Don’t you Start by Lyndsay Fisher
Follow Me by Sadie Wikiel
Fresh Start by Linda Hardy
Incendiary by Renay Allen
Over the Brink by Devika Rajeev
Riot by Lyndsay Warner
Start from Scratch by Julie Kilpatrick
Remember, you may not have won this competition but by entering it you have gained a complete story. I suggest you read Dan's report, read the winning entries and read your entry with a critical eye. Ask yourself if your entry could be improved then either send it somewhere else, or expand on the idea to make a longer piece of work.
We are currently inviting entries to the following competitions and would be pleased to receive your work. Please see the links for full details, rules of entry and entry form:
http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2013-burst-flash-fiction-competition.html
http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2013-open-short-story-competition---maria-smith.html
http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2013-full-stop-short-story-competition---helen-baggott.html
Entry form
http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/entry-form1.html
Thanks to all who entered this competition.
Kind regards,
Debbie