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Welcome to the latest newsletter from the team behind the Global Short Story Competition, containing details of a change to competition dates.


Honours shared in July short story competition
Judge Fiona Cooper has selected joint winners for the July Global Short Story Competition and writers from have the UK and Australia have shared the honours.
The £100 first place is divided between Sally Oliver, of Preston, England, with Gertrude Fitzwilliam and Gayle Beveridge, of Narre Warren North, Australia, with Thirty Seven Cats.
Fiona says of Sally’s story: “What a triumph! This writer writes with confidence, zest and humour and brings the story alive from the first sentence to the last. The use of language is daring and polished. And then there’s the content, of course. This is surprising, humorous and wistful all at the same time. Love or loathe her, Gertrude Fitzwilliam is not a person you will forget. Excellent work - I hope the author is writing more and suspect they may already be published. If not .... then it’s only a matter of time.”
Fiona says of Gayle’s story: “Such beautiful use of language and a way of capturing images that build a moving (in both senses) and lovely picture! The ending both shocked and moved me and there are images in this story that will stay with me. The imagery is lucid and of a quality that demands to be re-read and savoured. Lovely stuff. Again, this author should be using this talent. Excellent work.”
The writers on the shortlist were:
Arthur Wheeler, Brompton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire, England
Jennifer McRobbie, Selkirk, Scotland
Mandy Huggins
Esther Newton, Thatcham, Berkshire, England
Winning stories will be posted on www.inscribemedia.co.uk Well done to our successful writers. You can enter the new quarterly competition at the same address.


Story competition goes quarterly
A reminder that the team behind the Global Short Story Competition has gone quarterly.
Begun more than six years ago, the competition has until now run on a monthly basis but has switched to one which runs for three months at a time, with the new one running from August 1 to October 31, 2014.
The prizes continue to be £100 for the first prize and a £25 prize for highly commended writers. The entry fee remains £5.
The competition, which has topped £11,000 in prize money handed out, has had entries from more than 60 countries over the years.
Each competition is judged by Fiona Cooper, an author in North-East England, where the competition’s organisers Inscribe Media are also based.
Competition administrator John Dean said: “It was becoming a little too challenging to sustain the competition on a monthly basis but we think writers will respond to the idea of a quarterly one that continues to seek out and showcase the very best of new talent worldwide.”
The competition, which has been supported by best-selling author Bill Bryson since it was established six and a half years ago, can be entered at www.inscribemedia.co.uk


Flash fiction competition winner is named
We have announced the winner of our latest free flash fiction competition.
The challenge to writers was to produce a story capturing ‘one of the best things in life’ in no more than 100 words for the competition, which is run at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inscribemedia/183385438479538
The £50 prize went to Asharika Jaward for: It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. That much was clear. The hitch? He couldn't take them with him- Samantha and the twins. Still it would be foolish to refuse. He opened the door, a frown on his face.
“Daddy! Daddy!” The twins rushed forward to welcome their father and clung lovingly onto his legs.
“Let daddy be,” Sam gently reprimanded. She set warm chicken casserole on the table. Looking at his beautiful family and realizing what he had, he made up his mind.
Iyona, their, maid found the airplane ticket in the dustbin the next morning while doing her daily chores

Free stuff
There’s loads of free hints on writing at our blog at www.inscribemedia.co.uk and you can also check out our free writers’ toolbox, which can be downloaded off the home page at http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/ You can check out our Facebook page with its news and views at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inscribemedia/183385438479538

Mentoring and courses
For information on our online writing courses and mentoring packages at http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/writing-courses---bespoke-mentoring.html


Nurturing new talent through our e-books
A reminder that we have published seven e-books

Lost Souls by Roger Barnes When young women start to go missing in Africa, an International Strike Force is assembled to rescue them.

Harry’s Torment by Michael Beck Set in the fictional east coast port of Thirlston and centred on investigators tackling the heroin trade.


Previously published were:
Cyber Rules by Myra King. The novel by Australian writer Myra tells the story of a farmer’s wife in isolated rural Australia. Caught up on the addictive side of the Internet, she holds a secret which may prove to be deadly.

Global Shorts - an anthology of short stories taken from the early years of the Global Short Competition.

Vegemite Whiskers - a selection of some of the finest writing from Australian authors who have entered the Global Short Story Competition.

White Gold by Roger Barnes A thriller by Roger Barnes taking the reader into a world of intrigue and danger set amid the poachers of Africa.

Haghir the Dragon Finder by John Dean, a comic fantasy for older children. Haghir

and his hopeless comrades are dragon slayers seeking a new challenge.
All the titles can be obtained by keying their titles into the search field of the Kindle shop at www.amazon.co.uk Australian readers will have to purchase via Amazon US at www.amazon.com
* If you don’t have a Kindle, there is a free Kindle reading app for your PC at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771
* You can find more about the books on our website. You can also check out our ebooks on Pinterest at http://gb.pinterest.com/inscribemedia/

Contacting us
You can contact us as deangriss@btinternet.com

Thank you for all your support

John Dean

Inscribe Media