2010 Short Story Competition Results
Short Story Competition, Spring 2010 - results (2010-04-12 21:00:00)
The results have been announced for the 2010 Slough Writers short story competition. The theme, to create a pastiche of a favourite writer, was well-contested; according to the judge, retired English teacher Elizabeth Hurst, it was a highly entertaining but intellectual competition to judge.
The winning story, "The Son Also Rises" by Lee Taylor, beat out strong competition from entries in the style of Ray Bradbury, Harper Lee, and Franz Kafka, among others.
The complete results were as follows:
Lee Taylor with The Son Also Rises - a story about one man's shopping day in the style of Ernest Hemingway.
Terry Adlam with The Fete of Little Whippinshall - a hard-boiled Mickey Spillane pastiche about a retired policeman in Kent.
Jenni Heward-Craig with Ease and Education - transferring Jane Austen to a modern-day council estate.
Well done to all the winners.
From left to right, Jenni Heward-Craig (3rd), Lee Taylor (1st), Elizabeth Hurst (judge), Terry Adlam (2nd).
