Category: competition

Just So You Know

This is how the judging for the competition will work.

All the stories have been/will be printed off without the name of the author.
Katherine and I will, at some point later this week, go through them and pick our favourite.
Then we’ll identify who wrote it. Then the author will be notified and the winner anounced.
I know it’s not ideal as I’ll have seen who’s sent what, but believe me, that won’t affect the judging because I struggle to remember what I’ve had for breakfast.
I thought it best to be clear on the matter, so you all knew.
And folks, there’s still time to enter!

Comp Update

Well, outside the sun has been a shinin’ and the breeze has been cool – pretty much perfect in my book. But I’ve been inside. Working. And I’ve been reaonably productive, I think. I’ve written a couple of bits, I’ve worked on a guest post (I should have done long, long ago) and I’ve made headway with the photo book. 

And on that subject I’m delighted to be able to say that we’ve had a load of entries for the competition. And there’s still time for you to enter. Go on, you know you want to!

Competition (And a super secret project revealed)

I have been asked to collaborate on a project which I think will be really cool.
It is an art book. It will contain photographs and very short stories. The photographs are Katherine Lewis’. The stories will be inspired by those photographs (a little bit like what super Sarah Salway’s been doing of late). 
Now, I’ll not kid you. It’s not going to be a bestseller. It’s not going to be available in bookshops. It’s going to be produced locally, and any profit it makes will go to charity. But it will be very beautiful, I’m sure of that.
And I thought it’d be rather cool if you were involved. So if you’d like to be one of the 20 contributors all you need to do is write a 50 (ish) word poem or short story inspired by the above photograph. Post your story either in my comments box or email it to me by next Wednesday (29th April).  One winner will be picked a little while after that, and that winner will receive a free copy of the finished book.
How’s that sound?