Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Honours go to writers from the United States and New Zealand in short story competition


Judge Fiona Cooper has selected her winners for the April Global Short Story Competition and writers from the United States and New Zealand have taken the honours.

The £100 first place prize goes to Martin McCaw, of Washington, United States, for Burly‘s Ride, of which Fiona says: “This is a well constructed story and a very enjoyable read. The writer creates scene and character with ease - and with echoes of John Steinbeck - and includes humour and pathos, while remaining pacey and, while the ending is happy ever after, it feels real and with a nice quirky twist. Well done. “

Our highly commended runner up is Jeff Taylor, of Hamilton, New Zealand, who wins £25 for Bad Skin Day. Fiona says: “Although any story including acne sounds quite yucky, somehow this story has an appeal and evokes both sympathy and humour. It’s a bit like going into the head of the stars of the television show Embarrassing Bodies and Ronnie is someone you can’t help but like. Neatly done while avoiding cliche, this writer shows great talent and skill.”

The writers on the shortlist are:
Paul Freeman, United Arab Emirates
Edward Sergeant
Dedwydd S H Jones, Bedford, England
Ananth Raghavalu, Trichy, Tamil Nadhu, India


Winning stories will be posted on www.inscribemedia.co.uk Well done to our successful writers. You can enter the June competition at the same address.

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