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My short crime story The 13 Apostles was the winning entry in Red Bubble’s Crime Time 13 Bullets writing challenge.
Launching January 2009, First Edition Magazine is a new monthly glossy solely dedicated to publishing works by new writers and authors.
They are looking for writers to submit their work for possible inclusion in their magazine. They are also offering cash prizes and awards, both monthly and annually. First Edition will publish complete novels and short stories as well as poems, plays and scripts.
Congratulations to fellow writer and blogger Tania Hershman for being the European Regional Winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association’s Short Short Story Competition.
Tania’s fantastic winning story ‘Straight Up’ can be listened to here.
Tania’s debut collection of short stories The White Road is available to buy (and, yes, I have just ordered it!).
In addition to my Short Short Stories blog, which features all my flash fiction inspired by word-of-the-day at dictionary.com, I have also launched a brand new blog that collates all my fiction either published elsewhere online, in print or that is no longer available to read anywhere.
Called A Short History of Writer Anti-Social Behaviour I am hoping it will become a useful one-stop resource for those of you who do not want to have to trawl the net or visit other websites to read my fiction.
I aim to upload the stories there as often as possible.
For those of you who enjoy writing crime related fiction, you might be interested to learn about the Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger 2009 competition.
The 2009 Debut Dagger Competition runs from 1st November ‘08 – 7th February ‘09. All you need to do is send in the opening chapter(s) – up to 3000 words – and a short synopsis of your proposed crime novel, and you could become a published crime writer.
Winning the Debut Dagger doesn’t guarantee you’ll get published. But it does mean your work will be seen by leading agents and top editors, who have signed up over a dozen winners as well as shortlisted Debut Dagger competitors.
The Debut Dagger is open to anyone who has not yet had a novel published commercially. First prize is £500 plus two free tickets to the prestigious CWA Dagger Awards and night’s stay for two in a top London hotel.
All shortlisted entrants will receive a generous selection of crime novels and professional assessments of their entries, and will also be invited to the Dagger Awards.
