We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Short Sentence competition. We had so many entries it was a very tough judging process but we’ve found some very worth winners.
Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to the winners!
February’s theme by Parker Bilal – Deception – winner is Alex Cooper for his story ‘Bad Reception’
April’s theme by Conor Fitzgerald – Bad Judgement – winner is Mary Waters for her story ‘Easy Money’
June’s theme by Anne Zouroudi – Payback – winner is Calum Macleod for his story ‘The Price of a Life’
August’s theme by Thomas Mogford – Secrets and Lies – winner is Jan Snook for her story ‘Secrets and Lies’
October’s theme by James Runcie – Obsession – winner is Sarah Evans for her story ‘Shadower’
I have never tried crime writing, but would like to try
Thank you.
lets give it a try and see how far I go
Any new themes since April? I’m eager to send a story — are Deception & Bad Judgement still in play?
Hi Carol,
A new theme will be announced in the next few days. Deception and Bad Judgement remain open until the end of the competition overall.
Good luck!
So, can you only enter particular themes in the month they are posted? It’s nearly June, so will I only be able to enter June’s theme?
Hi Mary,
You can enter a total of 3 stories between February – November 2012 on any of the themes before the overall end of the competition. However, you can only enter one story for a theme.
Good luck!
It’s a pity we can’t submit to more than three stories, I did want to submit one for each theme, but I guess the workload for you guys must be huge, so I understand. I sent my last story in, Hope its enjoyable and thanks for the opportunity to do this… It was fun….
Now I have to wait until November for the results.
Shane
I was thrilled to be one of the winners butf feel I should point out that a) Bloomsbury don’t seem to have a copy of the e-book on their website, b) Amazon only have kindle copies and c) Waterstones are charging £5.26 for the ‘free book’! I don’t mind paying £5.26 but would rather pay it to Bloomsbury who made this possible, than Waterstones!