i placed in a short story comp

30/11/2012

I just attended the City of Melton Short Story Awards and was awarded third prize for my short story Best Friend for a Day. I’m quite chuffed because this is an extract of my memoir. The original chapter is 6,000 words, but this section stood alone very successfully at 1,500 words. So I’ll be using this strategy more in the future and submitting extracts for competitions.

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26/4/2013 03:41:54 pm

Heartfelt congratulations to you for your achievement. Can you just post some of your short stories here so that I can read them. Anyway, thank you for sharing this glad news here. All the very best for your future endeavor.

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