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Bristol Short Story Prize 2010
I'd really like to know who made it onto the long list and all the links I've tried seem to be broken. If anyone has it and could copy and paste, I'd be very grateful. (I've seen the short list.)
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2010 Longlist Announced
Written by joe melia Wednesday, 19 May 2010 13:35
Here is the longlist for the 2010 Bristol Short Story Prize. We received a total of 1,496 entries from all over the world. Many thanks to all those who sent in their stories, reading them has been a huge pleasure. Thanks, also, to our readers who approached the longlisting process with such enthusiasm, care and conscientiousness.
Big congratulations to the 40 writers who have made it on to the longlist- it's a great achievement. The shortlist will be announced on Monday 7th June.
2010 Bristol Short Story Prize Longlist: (listed alphabetically by author)
Penny Aldred- Walking On Sand
Kristen Bailey- Rasa Sayang
Elizabeth Baines- Educational Psychology
Leo Batt- Here Comes The Night
Diane Becker- The Butterfly Effect
Mike Bonsall- Man Friday and the Sockball Championships
Kate Brown- Two Girls Under An Apple Tree
Darci Bysouth- Marrakech
Joanna Campbell- Struthio Camelus
Ben Cheetham- A Perfectly Normal Man
Tara Conklin- Signs Of Our Redemption
Felicity Cowie- The White Foot
Tristan Cox- Gary
Rachel Crowther- Bone Structure
Nicola Daly- Tango Man
Mary Farquharson- The Eagle
Rik Gammack- A Sense of Humour
Frances Gapper- Don't Mind If I Fall Apart
Bruce Harris- Chasing Down Karelski
Craig Hawes- Night At The Plastic Surgery
Rachel Howard- Gardening
Ashley Jacob- Conservation Of Angular Momentum
Claire King- Wine At Breakfast
Wes Lee- Two In The Morning
Ian Madden- Only The Sure Of Foot
Sarah Frost Mellor- Raising Stones
Janine Mikosza- The Other Woman
Valerie O'Riordan- Mum's The Word
Nastasya Parker- The Meek Inherit
Nasrin Parvaz- The System
Jonathan Pinnock- rZr and Napoleon
Mark Rickman- Saul
Marli Roode- Spring Tide
Rachel Sargeant- Born Not Made
Dave Schofield- Intimacy
Yana Stajno- Ten Plastic Roses
Natasha Tripney- An Experiment
Sherri Turner- Being Mother
Ben Walker- Bitter Gourd Fruit
Clare Wallace- But Then Again, Maybe It Is
http://www.bristolprize.co.uk/news/56-2010-longlist-announced.html
Well done to anyone that did though :)
JC is really becoming 'the one to follow' on all sorts of competitions. I wonder if one could 'open a book' (PUN!) on her?
2010 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist
Man Friday and the Sockball Championship- Mike Bonsall (Birmingham, England)
Two Girls Under an Apple Tree- Kate Brown ( Netherlands )
Marrakech- Darci Bysouth (Scotland)
Struthio Camelus - Joanna Campbell (Gloucestershire, England)
Signs of our Redemption - Tara Conklin (U.S.A.)
A Sense of Humour - Rik Gammack (Saffron Walden, England)
Gardening - Rachel Howard (Brighton, England)
Conservation of Angular Momentum - Ashley Jacob (Bath, England)
Wine at Breakfast - Claire King (France)
Only the Sure of Foot - Ian Madden (Scotland)
Mum's the Word - Valerie O'Riordan (Manchester, England)
The Meek Inherit - Nastasya Parker (Gloucestershire, England)
rZr and Napoleon - Jonathan Pinnock (St. Albans, England)
Spring Tide - Marli Roode (London, England)
Born Not Made - Rachel Sargeant (BFPO)
Ten Plastic Roses - Yana Stajno (London, England)
An Experiment - Natasha Tripney (London, England)
Being Mother - Sherri Turner (Thams Ditton, England)
Bitter Gourd Fruit - Ben Walker (Bristol, England)
But Then Again, Maybe it is - Clare Wallace (Cardiff, Wales)
http://www.myscience.me.uk/wire/story_told_in_350_words_wins_literary_plaudits-2010-manchester
Have a go at Sally's quite easy comp for a possible free one, or buy online at Amazon.