Herewith one object lesson.
SEND WORK OUT THERE. EVEN IF YOU THINK IT IS MADNESS....
Just heard my entry of one ickle poem got to the shortlist at Bridport. No further, but do I mind?
Nah!
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SHORT CIRCUIT -A Guide to the Art of the Short Story. (Salt Publishing, Nov. 2009)
"A gold mine of insights and ideas..." -The Bridport Prize organisers...
'Riveting...'. (Mslexia)
Waterstone’s says: "...some of the most beautifully crafted and engrossing stories that one can read..." The Asham Award website says: "This stunning range of work is not afraid to explore the darker side of human emotion, yet allows us to see the light which often wavers at the end of the bleakest and longest tunnel. These beautifully written stories are in the best literary tradition, lyrical yet understated. "
Field Guide to Flash Fiction, Rose Metal Press, USA
an exhaustive, thoughtful, idea-producing guide to one of the lesser-known forms of literary expression, the short short story - Anne Bernays
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100 STORIES FOR HAITI
Available from the publisher, Bridge House, or from Amazon, Waterstones online etc etc. All profits to Red Cross
Something that never went away...
I have three pieces in this marvellous anthology, published by the adoption charity, AAA-NORCAP
ONE WORLD - A GLOBAL ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES
New Internationalist April 2009
Fish Anthology 2008
Forewords from the fiction judges, Carlo Gebler and self
Fish Prize 2007
Bridport Prize 2007
“The best of new writing from the winners of one of the toughest open writing competitions in the English language.”
Willesden Herald New Short Stories 1,
Etchings (Australia)
Tales of the Decongested II
Safe World Gone Anthology Honno 2007
ORBIS 149
Fish Prize Anthology 2006
See You Next Tuesday Anthology II
Better Non Sequitur press, USA
Creative Commons License
A Shameless Lion
Awarded by Charles Lambert...
GUD Magazine
Bravado (New Zealand)
.Cent Magazine, Spring 2009
Riptide
Thema (USA)
Penumbra
Birmingham Arts Journal
Refuge
Stories from Brighton's refugees and asylum seekers
19 comments:
Wow. Fantastic! If you read my blog today ou'll see a whole discussion I opened about competitions, why, whether etc. I mentioned you in it already, but you're experiences really show the other side of it all. Congrats!!!! (I'll take a wee bit of credit as the person who got you writing poetry in the first place :-) )
Hi Sue
Yup, if it wasn't for you and John, and my tentative attempt to write a poem, leaving out as much as possible (!)... and your generosity in encouraging, not killing, suggesting I put in a little more, to help the reader a little bit ... I would not have written the next one.
Vanessa! Wow! Many congrats, that's so lovely.
Thanks Sara. It IS lovely!
Hey, amazing!! So excited for you!!
T
Brilliant, Vanessa, really, really cool!
Nik
Wow! That's excellent news, congratulations, Vanessa!
Thank you Tania, Nik, Davina. I am staggered. off to have a lie down in a darkened room.
Terrific news! Congratulations, Vanessa, what an endorsement! To hit so high so early into writing the stuff is amazing. I hope it steels your resolve to keep at it.
Wow. I am seriously impressed. You're clearly going for some kind of full set here :)
Congrats V. I didnt know you were so much of a poet.
Thank you Sarah, Jonathan and Ovo (good to see you here, Ovo... how's Aberdeen?)
Coooooooooooldddddd
cool!! x
I 'as said before - you is a poet... and I is comvinced you is...
Congrats V
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x
Blimmin heck. She'm a poet an' all. Well done!
Ovo - I'm sorry you are coooooold! I will send you a hot water bottle! (get one... go to Boots... very good invention)
Thanks, Jo.
Douglas... thanks..and congrats to you for your shortlisting in the short story section!!! Whizzy.
Norton. Goodness me. Thank you.
Just found out about this V, well done! A hit indeed.
Hurrah! Excellent news, V, well done.
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