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Bridport Prize 2010 - Short Story Prizewinner's. Judge : - Zoë Heller
Judges short story
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Photographs of the
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1st Prize £5000 Alison Fisher, Brighton "The Woodcutter's Wife"
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Alison Fisher was born in Baltimore, grew up in London and lives in Brighton with her
partner and two children. She has worked in an Easter egg factory, in air traffic control,
as a journalist and as a TV scriptwriter on EastEnders, The Bill and Grange Hill. A year ago
she completed the Creative writing certificate course at Sussex University.
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2nd Prize £1000 Wayne Price, Aberdeen
"God's Instruments"
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| Wayne Price was born in south Wales in 1965 and now lives and works in Aberdeen.
He has published short stories and poetry in many journals and anthologies including Stand,
Poetry Wales, Gutter, New Writing Scotland and Route Publishing's Bonne Route and Book at Bedtime
collections. He has been a previous award winner in both the short story (2005) and poetry (2007)
categories of the Bridport Competition and has recently won major prizes in the Edwin Morgan
International Poetry Competition and Poetry on the Lake. He teaches modern literature and creative
writing at the University of Aberdeen and is currently completing a collection of short stories set in
south Wales during the miners' strike. |
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3rd Prize £500 Kirsty Logan, Glasgow "Underskirts"
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Kirsty Logan is a fiction writer, magazine editor, book reviewer, and teashop
waitress. She is currently working on her first novel, Little Dead Boys, thanks to a
New Writers Award from the Scottish Book Trust. She is also working on a short story collection,
Slacker Love Songs; her poetry chapbook, You Look Good Enough to Eat Me,
is forthcoming from Forest (forpub.com) in 2011. Kirsty likes coffee cupcakes and sticking
pins in maps, and she has a semicolon tattooed on her toe. She lives with her girlfriend in Glasgow.
www.kirstylogan.com
'Rebel Girl' in Girl Crush (Cleis Press)
'This Is What You Must Do' in 100 Stories For Haiti (Bridge House)
'Origami' in Let's Pretend (Freight)
'The Owlatorium and the Cat-King' in New Writing Dundee (Dundee University Press)
'Witch' in Best Lesbian Erotica 2011 (Cleis Press)
'Sealskin' in Best Women's Erotica 2011 (Cleis Press)
'Feeding' in Sushirexia (Freight)
'The Man From the Circus' in Women's Work (Girlchild Press)
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Supplementary Prizes (alphabetical order) - £50 Each
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| Claudia Abbott, London "Waterbug" |
| Claudia Abbott is originally from Johannesburg and now lives in London. Her short
stories have been published in the Willesden Herald New Short Stories 3 and the
Earlyworks Press anthology, Recognition. Her flash fiction has been published in
Your Messages, 100 Stories for Haiti and the online publication The Foundling Review.
Her work has also been long listed for the Cinnamon Press short story award. She is currently
chiselling away at her first collection of short stories and is generally fascinated by
the imperfect roundness of life.
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| Carol Anderson "La Sirena" |
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Carol Anderson lives in Central Scotland, has an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University
and teaches Creative Writing with the Open University. She previously taught in Italy and Japan.
'La Sirena' is one in an inter-connected sequence of 'Italian' stories, another of which won first
prize in The New Writer short story competition 2004. Carol was also runner-up in the Sean O'Faolain
short story competition 2005, and one of 100 winners of Writers' and Artists' Yearbook 100th edition
novel writing competition, 2007. In 2008 she was awarded a Writer's Bursary by the Scottish Arts Council
(now Creative Scotland), to support the writing of further stories and completion of her novel, The Other Shore.
For six years Carol was a regular book-reviewer for the Glasgow-based newspaper, The Herald
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| Honoria Beirne, Brighton "Shake Me, Shake Me" |
| Honoria Beirne has worked as a solicitor, teacher and translator. She now lives in
Brighton with her family, where she teaches law. She is a student on the M.A. in Creative
Writing at the University of Chichester, and is currently working on a novel.
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| Sue Butler, Ware, Herts "Aeroplanes" |
| A keen cyclist and gardener, Sue Butler currently lives in Hertfordshire where
she works as a copywriter.
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| Anthony Dew, York "Put Down " |
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Former seafarer, postman and joiner, Anthony Dew has been a toymaker, designer,
maker and restorer of wooden rocking horses for 35 years. He now teaches woodcarving
and has recently made the biggest carved rocking horse in the world, and he writes.
Currently working on an autobiography.
Making Rocking Horses (1984 David & Charles)
Restoring Rocking Horses (with Clive Green, 1992, GMC)
The Rocking Horse Maker (1994, David & Charles)
The Complete Rocking Horse Maker (2004, Rocking Horse Shop Ltd)
The BTG Book of Toys (2006, ditto)
The BTG Book of Rocking Horses (2006, ditto)
+ numerous articles in woodworking and other mags.
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| Bernie McGill, Portstewart, N. Ireland "Home" |
| Bernie McGill lives in Portstewart in Northern Ireland where she works as a facilitator
with creative writing groups and as a freelance fundraiser for the arts. She was the second
prize winner in the 2010 Sen O'Falin Short Story Competiton and first prizewinner in the
Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest (US) in 2008. She co-wrote The Haunting of Helena Blunden
for Big Telly Theatre Company in 2010, a song from which was nominated for the Stiles & Drewe
Best New Song of the Year Award by the Stephen Sondheim Society, and she wrote The Weather Watchers
, a play for young audiences for Cahoots NI in 2006. Her short fiction has been broadcast
by BBC Radio Ulster and published in The Belfast Telegraph. She is the recipient of two
Individual Artist Awards from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Her first novel,
The Butterfly Cabinet was published in the UK and Ireland in August 2010 by Headline Review,
is about to be published in Italian and in Dutch, and will be published in the US by Free Press in 2011.
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Linda Newbery, Croughton, Northants "Chaos Theory"
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Photograph by Liz Hingley |
Linda Newbery has written widely for children and young adults, and tutors workshops
and courses for writers of all ages. This year she has received an IBBY Honour
(International Board on Books for Young People) for The Sandfather. She is currently
working on an adult novel.
www.lindanewbery.co.uk
David Fickling Books: The Shell House, Sisterland, Set in Stone (young adult novels) and Lob (for younger readers).
Orchard Books: Posy, a picture book illustrated by Catherine Rayner.
Orion Children's Books: titles include Catcall, Nevermore and The Sandfather.
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| K J Orr, London "The Human Circadian Pacemaker" |
K J Orr was born in London. She has won awards for her short fiction and plays.
She is currently working on a collection of short stories, and was shortlisted for the Asham Award 2009.
List of publications: 'My Parents Had Always Read To Each Other At Night' was published in The Dan Hemingway Prize Collection,
Doris Lumsden's Heart-Shaped Bed & Other Stories (Blake Project, 2004).
'By The Canal' was published in the UEA Anthology, Cheque Enclosed (UEA, 2007).
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| Robert Powell, Wakefield, W Yorks "Old Country" |
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Robert Powell was born and brought up in Ottawa, Canada, and has lived for many years
in the UK. He has worked in the fields of journalism, the arts, photography and the built environment.
He is currently Executive Director of Beam, a regional architecture, arts and education company
based in Wakefield, Yorkshire. His poems and short stories have been published in literary magazines
in the UK and Canada. His first poetry collection, Harvest of Light, was published in 2007
by Stone Flower Press (Ottawa). His performance 'Harvest of Light', combining theatre, poetry,
and photography, was premiered at the Ilkley Literature Festival in 2009.
www.rjpowell.org
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Jendi Reiter, Massachusetts, USA "Five Assignments and a Mistake"
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| Jendi Reiter's first book, A Talent for Sadness, was published in 2003 by Turning Point Books.
Her poetry chapbook Swallow won the 2008 Flip Kelly Poetry Prize and was published in 2009 by Amsterdam Press.
Her poetry chapbook Barbie at 50 won the 2010 Cervena Barva Poetry Chapbook Prize and is forthcoming from Cervena Barva Press.
In 2010 she received a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists' Grant for Poetry. Her work has appeared in Poetry,
The Iowa Review, The New Criterion, Mudfish, Passages North, American Fiction, The Adirondack Review,
The Broome Review, FULCRUM, Juked, The Sow's Ear Poetry Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Alligator Juniper,
MARGIE: The American Journal of Poetry, Phoebe, Best American Poetry 1990 and many other publications.
Her Bridport Prize runner-up story 'Five Assignments and a Mistake' is based on characters from her novel-in-progress,
Two Natures, a coming-of-age story about a fashion photographer who struggles to reconcile his faith and his sexuality.
www.jendireiter.com
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Short Story Short List
(in no particular order)
| Christina Westhead, Ilkeston, Derbyshire |
Ben Fergusson, Berlin, Germany |
| Darci Bysouth, Edinburgh |
Alistair Daniel, London |
| Alison Wells, Co Wicklow, Ireland |
Jane Burke, London |
| Lucy Dennison, Liskeard, Cornwall |
Carol Farrelly, Glasgow |
| Tara Conklin, Seattle, USA |
Louise Beech, Hessle, E Yorks |
| Rose France, Edinburgh |
Douglas Bruton, West Linton, Scotland |
| Alison Fisher, Brighton |
Claudia Abbott, London |
| Rachel Crowther, Oxford |
Rosalind Brackenbury, Florida, USA |
| Philip Nash, Hextable, Kent |
Hilary Spiers, Stamford, Lincs |
| Judith Laurance, Bristol |
Jonathan Gibbs, London |
| Susan Everett, Leeds |
Neil Cocker, Luxembourg |
| Annemarie Neary, London |
Eilis Almquist, Dublin |
| Stace Budzko, Boston, USA |
Warwick Blanchett, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Ann Eriksson, Victoria, Canada |
Andrew Stott, Edinburgh |
| Hekate Papadaki, London |
K J Orr, London |
| Kay Sexton, Hove, Sussex |
Alexander Maksik, Iowa, USA |
| Daniel Lambert, Runcorn, Cheshire |
Mel Murphy, Seattle, USA |
| Rebecca John, Swansea |
Andie Lewenstein, Forest Row, E Sussex |
| Bibi Berki, London |
Clare Gray, Glasgow |
| Joanna Campbell, Bisley, Glos |
Crystal Jeans, Cardiff |
| Frances Knight, Canterbury |
Vivian Hassan-Lambert, London |
| Christina Koning, London |
Caroline Clough, Turriff, Scotland |
| Kirsty Logan, Glasgow |
Sarah Leipciger, London |
| Lucy Atkins, Oxford |
Sandra Jensen, Inchigeelagh, Ireland |
| Karin Davidson, Ohio, USA |
Martin Edwards, Wimborne, Dorset |
| Pippa Griffin, London |
Alice Slater, London |
| Kenneth McKechnie, Lapford, Devon |
Myrlin Hermes, Portland, USA |
| Jane Bowers, York |
Jendi Reiter, Massachusetts, USA |
| James Wall, Harrogate, Yorks |
B R T Langridge, Groombridge, Kent |
| Daniel Boland, Dublin |
Jo Baker, Lancaster |
| R A Koban, Memphis, USA |
Matthew Robertson, Sawbridgeworth, Herts |
| Alison Dunn, London |
Angela Leighton, Cambridge |
| Kirsty Mitchell, Ayr, Scotland |
Gregory Norminton, Edinburgh |
| Carol Anderson, Falkirk, Scotland |
R P Taylor, Royal Leamington Spa |
| Bronia Kita, London |
Jenny Knight, Lower Tasburgh, Norfolk |
| Joyce Russell, Bantry, Ireland |
Bernie McGill, Portstewart, N Ireland |
| Kerry Hood, Bristol |
Robert Ronsson, Bewdley, Worcs |
| Mary Russell, Oxford |
Penelope Randall, Altrincham, Cheshire |
| Bruce Harris, Seaton, Devon |
Tony Bagley, Lewes, E Sussex |
| Michael Thomas, Stourport on Severn, Worcs |
Wayne Price, Aberdeen |
| Fred Holland, Coventry |
Lindsay Webb, London |
| Carys Davies, Lancaster |
Tim Booth, Ballinskelligs, Ireland |
| Geoff Geis, Birmingham |
Linda Newbery, Croughton, Northants |
| Joanna Bonner, Ludlow, Shropshire |
Robert Powell, Wakefield, W Yorks |
| Anthony Dew, York |
Honoria Beirne, Brighton |
| Ruth Figgest, Seaford, E Sussex |
Mary Cookson, Preston, Lancs |
| Vinita Joseph, Whitstable, Kent |
Sue Butler, Ware, Herts |
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