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Results 2009 - Short Story Competition |
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The winning entries to the City of Derby Writing Competition 2009 are now included on this website in our Archive. You can read the works in question by clicking on the links below. The results of this year's short story competition are given below:- [ Link to Results 2009 - Poetry Competition] Short Stories 1st Prize (£500) Gaby Pritchard Kite
2nd Prize (£250) Martin Towers Whales
Martin Towers
lives in Birmingham
where he works as a housing officer. Poetry was always
his first love - but, in his own words, he didn't ever get
very far. He turned to writing short stories about 12
months ago and immediately felt at home with it. He
has had a good year since then with acceptances from several
magazines as well as placings in other competitions.
3rd Prize (£150) Jonathan Pinnock Return to Cairo
Jonathan Pinnock was joint second prizewinner in our 2008 short story competition. These are Jonathan's own words, "Since his last visit to Derby, Jonathan has won a few more prizes here and there and has had fiction and poetry published in several places, including Litro, Short Story Radio and Tales of the Decongested. He is still married and his website is still at http://www.jonathanpinnock.com. You can also follow him on Twitter as @jonpinnock." The following works are considered as Highly Commended short story submissions to the competition:- Gabriela Blandy Borrowed Light Nina Milton The Tomb-Builders' Tombs Grenville Bramley Spring Rolls Lucy Douglas Lilo is a Fat Cow Jo Cannon New Look Noel Williams The Ogre's Elevator Lynne Voyce Gene Krupa |
Gaby
Pritchard 
Martin
Towers 
Jonathan
Pinnock