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Summertime::
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In Word Smitten's Summer Edition::
New
Short Stories::
The
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Newly launched imprint, Atria (Simon & Schuster) Editor:
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FICTION
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We'll announce
the TenTen winner soon.
The
TenTen Short Story Contest: Independent fiction
judges for recent years have included author and poet Peter
Meinke, noted author Nol Holland who heads the MFA program
at UMass, and author and educator Michael C. White.
This
year’s Storycove Flash Fiction Contest:
Many thanks to our readers (Colleen, Brenda,
Dede, Norm, Cam, and Jeff) for so conscientiously helping
to read and evaluate them! We received stories that gave us
joy by reminding us of the power of the written word. More
than our gratitude and appreciation goes to this year’s
Storycove judge, author Michael C. White, for selecting the
winner from these finalists.
We're delighted
to announce the 2003 winner! Storycove
Honorable Mention stories also appear below. Enjoy,
and join us in congratulating these writers.
Announcing
Word Smitten's
Storycove
Award
for Flash Fiction
Walking
Upside Down
by
John
Ravenscroft
We
congratulate these Storycove writers.
Honorable Mention
Gary Cadwallader for his story Stargazer
Lilies
Amy Culberg for her story Storms
Andres Moxey for Waiting
Room
Renee K. Nicholson for The
Diners Club
Look
for the TenTen Short Story Contest Winner
to be announced in our Fall Edition of WordSmitten.
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What
you'll read in the Word Smitten Quarterly Journal
in upcoming issues:
Spring/Summer 2004
::
Author Frank McCourt - a rare interview with
the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes
:: Alice McDermott -talks about her experiences
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:: Book Editor of the St. Petersburg Times, Margo
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Autumn/Winter
2004
Author
Connie May Fowler - on her newest novel -
AUTUMN 2004
Literary Agent Gail Hochman
- on MMC'S PANEL - AUTUMN 2004
Author Arthur Herzog - a master storyteller's
fiction - WINTER 2004
Editor Nan Talese - managing book2film for
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