We are glad to announce the results of Eyelands.gr & Strange Days Books th short story contest (international section). Theme: Numbers
FIRST PRIZE
The Long Lost Bottom by Kathryn Holzman / USA
PRIZES
Sixteen, by Kate Wickers / UNITED KINGDOM/
57, by Anna Voronko / USA/
Living By Numbers , by Liz Gwinnell / UNITED KINGDOM /
SHORT LIST (in submission order)
Michael K. Bourdaghs /Counting Sheepish
Michael Knapp / Lucky paws
Judith Brulo /The Very Large Very Quiet House
Charles Osborne /Double Identity
Jill Yates / Fourteen Plus Two
John Roberts / Twentyone Today
Elliott Wagner-Smith / Ηow to be human
Angus Whitty /Supermarket
Yvonne Bruce / An Age Old Lie
Αtefe Roozbahani / You are or not
Angela Fitzpatrick/The Unfortunate Life of Quin Toller
Suzette Leal /The Sevens
Taria Karillion / Countdown to…
Eleni Kyritsi/Numerophilia
Christina Demertsidou/Sia
Vincent Budzinski/ It Takes Two To Tango
Laura Fisher / Lucky Numbers
Henrik Hillenbrand /Two Four Three
Caroline McEvoy/Neighbours
Kevin Scully /It’s only money
Lucas Gortemaker & Brent de Nef/ They tell me my dog is black
Ryan Gibbs/ The Seven Wonders of Cagliari
Mary Guise /Counting the Days
Brief bio of the first prize winner:
Kathryn Holzman lives and writes in New England with her husband, a digital artist. Her short fiction has appeared in both online literary magazines and print anthologies. She is the author of a collection of short fiction, FLATLANDERS, Shire Press 2019. Her first novel REAL ESTATE is being published by Propertius Press in Fall, 2020. Links to her work can be found at kathrynholzman.com.
Liz Gwinnell was the first prize winner in Eyelands 5th ISSC in 2015 (Borderline Stories) with her story «Waiting For My Tomorrow» and received a distinction in Eyelands 6th (Colours)
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Judge: Gregory Papadoyiannis.
First prize is a 5 day holiday at Three Rock, Crete, in August/ September 2020. The grand prize winning writer will be a guest of honour and present his/her story and his/her work in the 6th Sand Festival. Air tickets not included. She will also get a handmade ceramic gift.
The three prize winners will also get a free copy of the book with the winning stories of our contest & a special gift and certification document plus publication in the anthology of the shortlisted stories of the contest (Greek section), translated in Greek –and a free copy of this book too!
- All the shortlisted stories will be published in the anthology. The book will be released through “Strange Days” publications and http://www.amazon.com in November, 2020. All the shortlisted writers will also get a free copy of the book!
- An interview with the first prize winner will also be featured in eyelands.gr
- In case the first prize winner does not claim the prize of staying till the end of the 10th of July 2020, the second (and then the third) prize winner will be notified in order to take her/his place.
Prize stories will be published in two different anthologies (Greek and English). All the stories of the shortlist will be published in November 2020 in a special English edition, released also through amazon.com & strange days books.
Congratulations to all!! It is a pity that according to the rules we have not the ability to make the list longer, although it was the greatest year so far as for the quality of the stories submitted.
*Due to the circumstances the 5 days holiday-prize is a stay at Three Rock, Triopetra, Crete, instead of the island of Serifos. Sand Festival will also take place on the island of Crete instead of Serifos but it is the winner’s decision if she choose her stay at the days of the Sand Festival. Additionally, the first prize winner can postpone her holidays in Crete for the next summer.
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