Shortlist announced for Writers' & Artists' Short Story Competition 2013

12th March 2013
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8th December 2020

Writers' & Artists' Short Story Competition 2013: shortlist announced.

With over 1,500 entries of an extremely high standard, this year’s short story competition has been our most hotly contested yet. Thank you to everyone who submitted their work!

However, tough as they were, decisions have had to be made. 

The shortlist of writers whose stories are being considered for a cash prize of £500 and a place at an Arvon writing course are as follows:

  • Grace Tsai
  • Sam Bartlett
  • Edward James
  • Victoria Hunter
  • Stephanie Percival
  • Trystan Lewis
  • John Wilson
  • Gary Steven
  • Neal Mason
  • Amina Mughal
  • Louise Chivers
  • Adeyemi Onafuye
  • Anthony Marshall
  • Ceri-Lowe-Petraske
  • Tricia Holbrook
  • Fiona Salter
  • Kathleen Taylor
  • Jayne Thickett
  • Rebecca Saunders
  • Bethonie Waring

The winner and two runners-up will be announced by Tania Hershman at the Liars' League Short Story Special event on Tuesday 26th March. This event will be a celebration of the short story form, with Liars’ League actors reading stories from the competition.

For more information about how to attend the event, please click here.

For those of you unable to attend the event, the winner and runners-up of this year’s competition will be announced on www.writersandartists.co.uk on Wednesday 27th March.

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Comments

Congratulations to all 20...really looking forward to reading the stories!

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Well done all, and for those who never made it... keep chins up and remember how good you all are!

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