Posts Tagged ‘short stories’

Rachel Trezise to Judge 2011 Dylan Thomas Prize

Rachel Trezise | Readers' TalentJune 11, 2011

TLC reader Rachel Trezise has been chosen as one of the judges for this year’s Dylan Thomas Prize. Trezise won the prize herself in 2006 for her short story collection Fresh Apples. Click here to find out more.

TLC Client Included In the Asham Anthology

Editorial & TalentMarch 2, 2011

TLC Client Maggie Ling, who was short-listed for the Asham Anthology in January for her short story Cold Snap, recently learned that she will be included in the Asham anthology as one of the twelve finalists. The anthology, which is published by Virago, is a collection of short stories under 4,000 words that have been written by unpublished women writers. The three finalists will be announced in September at the Small Wonder Short Story Festival.

In addition, her short story That Day has been long-listed for the Cinnamon Press short story awards and her short story Reflections has made it to the Fish long-list out of the 1,900 pool of entries. The Fish writing competition short-list will be announced the 17th March.

We wish Maggie the best of luck with her short stories.

BBC Radio 4 to Broadcast Short Story by TLC Client

Editorial & Talent | News FlashJanuary 27, 2011

BBC 4BBCR4 is set to broadcast Chrissie Gittins’ short story, Just One of the Girls, on 5th February. The short story, which will be broadcast for the second time on BBCR4, is set in both Lewisham and North London. The Radio Times writes, ‘Milly’s death deprives Dan of a wife, and Rich of a valued friend.  After all, not every man has a companion who will help him chose a new dress. A tender story of friendship, grief, and new shoes.’
If you don’t get a chance to hear it on 5th February, it will be available on iplayer for a week.  Keep an eye out for Chrissie Gittins, as she is also set to appear in our Showcase section. For more information, see Chrissie’s website .

TLC Client short-listed for Asham Award

Editorial & TalentJanuary 5, 2011

TLC client Maggie Ling was recently short-listed for the 2010 Asham Award for her short story Cold Snap. The ghost or gothic themed short story award is for stories under 4,000 words that have been written by unpublished women writers. The winning writers will be notified in March 2011 and the first, second and third prizewinner will be announced in September 2011 at the Small Wonder short story festival.  In addition, the twelve winning writers will all be published by Virago in the Asham Anthology, alongside specially commissioned stories by Naomi Alderman, Kate Clanchy, Petina Gappah and Polly Sansom.

The short story was originally written in the summer of 2002 when Maggie gave up doing cartoon and illustration work to write full time.  The story was assessed by TLC’s Richard Skinner, in the autumn of that year.

Maggie Ling also recently had her short story, Dick’s Life,  included in the Unthology No 1, published by Unthank Books on December 1st.

We wish the best of luck for Maggie!

The Literateur and TLC Announce Competition Winners

News FlashNovember 12, 2010

LiterateurThe Literateur and TLC were delighted to announce the winners of our joint competition on 11 November.

It was truly an enjoyable evening with readings by the judges, a discussion about the future of writing and, of course, our awards ceremony. All six of the winners were given a chance to read their short story or poem in front of a fully packed lecture theatre at the Free Word Centre.  The winning submissions will be published in The Literateur and the winners will also receive an hour’s specialist consultation with The Literary Consultancy.

Our three judges, novelists Joanna Briscoe and Rebecca Abrams, and the poet Sarah Hesketh, found it very difficult to narrow it down to just six winners. Click here to read the winning submissions.

Alison Key, Short story, This Changes Everything

Uschi Gatward, Short Story, Birth Plan

Adam Steiner, Short Story, Living Through Saccharin

Selena Wisnom, Poetry, Mushrooming

Clémence Sebag, Poetry, Inventory

Tom Bailey, Poetry, Notes to the Construction of Beverley Minster

We would like to thank The Literateur editor Kit Toda, everyone who submitted their work and those who attended our awards evening.

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Photography by Max Colson www.maxcolson.com.