2014 Short Story Competition Results

2014 Short Story Competition - Crime (2014-04-26 20:14:47)

At our meeting on 14 April 2014 the winners of our short story competition on the theme of crime were announced.

From the left: Sally East, Lee Taylor, the judge Elizabeth Hurst, Terry Adlam, William Campbell and Sonia Weiss.

• 1st and the Golden Cup: Whisky Chaser by William Campbell

• 2nd: Blood Money by Sonya Weiss

• 3rd: Blood Lines by Sally East

Highly commended were Scenes of Crime by Terry Adlam and Playing by the Rules by Lee Taylor

Elizabeth Hurst said that she did not ‘enjoy’ judging the competition because there were some truly awful crimes. She judged the stories on the extent to which the plot was character driven and how well the characters came across; the quality of the writing, which she said was very high; and whether the stories were focussed and pacey with good description. She commented that it was a difficult task because she was not comparing like with like, apart from the fact that they all featured a crime.

Elizabeth Hurst announcing the result, William on hearing of his victory, Sonia discussing how she developed her story and Sally reading her story to the group.