Judge Fiona Cooper has selected her winners for the July Global Short Story Competition and writers from the UK have taken the honours.
The £100 first place prize goes to Ruth Simpson, for Running Away, of which Fiona says: “This is a lovely story with very pleasing and gentle humour running all the way through it. It is very difficult to capture how seriously children take themselves, and how their parents deal with this, without becoming twee or annoying. This writer has portrayed a convincing and touching episode in a way that makes me confident that they are capable of sustaining a novel. Well done.”
Our highly commended runner up is Temptin' Bison by Dianne Bown-Wilson, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, who wins £25.
Fiona says: “This story has a wonderfully sinister twist, and I re-read it several times since it was very disturbing. Having said this, I was seriously impressed by both style and content and how brave the writer was to tackle such a controversial episode. Here is another writer who could produce a very readable and challenging novel. Fantastic.”The writers on the shortlist are:
Mike Woodhouse, Mittagong, Australia
Elaine Desmond, Mallow, Co Cork, Ireland
Vicky Daddo, Hazelwood South, Victoria, Australia
Jenny Lippmann, Stockport, EnglandLaura Roberts
Winning stories will be posted on www.inscribemedia.co.uk Well done to our successful writers. You can enter the September competition at the same address.
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