Company’s first short story e-anthology goes onto Kobo Books

The team behind the monthly Global Short Story Competition today announces that its first e-anthology is available from the international online bookstore Kobo Books.

Global Shorts contains 22 stories from writers from all over the world, who were all successful entrants to the first year of the Global Short Story Competition.

Run out of North East England, the competition was launched three years ago and attracts entries from Australia and New Zealand to the United States and Canada, from India and the rest of Asia to Continental Europe and the United Kingdom. It has paid out more than £5,500 in prize money.

The anthology showcases some of the very best stories entered into the competition, which is run by Certys Limited, of Darlington, County Durham, which each month awards a £100 first prize with a £25 prize for the highly commended story. The first prize is sponsored by Britwriters.

The e-book can be purchased, at a price of £4.67, from http://www.kobobooks.com/ (type ‘Global Shorts’ into the search box and up it comes).

Competition administrator, the crime novelist John Dean, said: “Global Shorts is a cracking read and we are delighted to publish it as an e-book. The link-up with Kobo is excellent because it puts our writers on the same platform as some of the biggest names in the industry.

“The quality of the stories emphasises why we set up the competition, to find new and exciting writers and give them the chance to be read. And to be able to pay royalties on each copy sold will give a real boost to the selected authors.”

* More information -  http://www.globalshortstories.net/