"Ten Stories High"
10th ANNUAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION
"Do you have the write stuff?"
- The Niagara Branch of the Canadian
Authors Association is holding its "Ten Stories High"
Tenth Annual Short Story Competition, open to all Ontario residents.
Stories can be of any genre but must be previously unpublished,
and between 1,000 and 3,000 words in length. No personal essays,
memoirs, children's literature or non-fiction please. For first
Canadian rights, the top ten finalists will have their stories
published in an anthology in the fall of 2009.
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- This year, story evaluations
will only be offered to the winning entries. Entries must be
typed and double-spaced with the title appearing on each numbered
page. Please include a separate sheet with your name, address,
phone number, email address, precise word count and title. Also,
please indicate where you heard about our contest. The entrant's
name must not appear on the manuscript itself. The entry fee
is $15 per story, non-refundable. Multiple entries are welcome.
Cheques should be made payable to the Canadian Authors Association
- Niagara and mailed with your submission to "Ten Stories
High," P.O. Box 9, Grimsby ON, L3M 4G1. Judging is blind
with an impartial, final judge. CAA-Niagara reserves the right
to reject excessive profanity and explicit sexual or violent
content. Submissions will not be returned. However, entrants
without internet access may include a self-addressed stamped
envelope to receive contest results. The deadline for submissions
is March 31, 2009.
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- This year's contest judge is
Port Elgin novelist Susanna Kearsley. A former museum curator,
Kearsley has written several historical suspense novels including
Season of Storms (2001), The Shadowy Horses (1999),
The Splendour Falls (1996), and Mariana (1995)
which won the prestigious Catherine Cookson Literary Prize in
the U.K. Her books have also been translated into several languages,
condensed by Readers' Digest, and optioned for film. In
2006, Kearsley began writing a new series of classic crime-thrillers
under the pen name "Emma Cole" - and her debut thriller
Every Secret Thing was a finalist for the Crime Writers
of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award. Her ninth book The Winter
Sea was released by Georgetown Publications in 2008.
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- For more information, please
send us an email.
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- First Prize -
$300
- Second Prize -
$200
- Third Prize -
$100
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- Contest Results
The Niagara Branch of the Canadian
Authors Association wishes to congratulate the winners of our
Ten Stories High Ninth Annual Short Story Competition.
Our top ten winners were:
- First Prize
- Jacqueline Stirrup
- "Albert and Cassandra"
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- Second Prize
John Pringle
"Good Friday in Kapitangan"
Third Prize
Jane Garrett
"Full Plate"
Honourable Mentions
John Barta
"Romantic Literature"
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- Sylvia Barta
"The Visiting Princess"
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- Jocelyn Cullity
"The Visit"
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- Jann Everard
"Waxing and Wallowing"
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- Kees Kapteyn
"Judy"
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- Jerry Levy
"Urban Legend"
Jude McCoy
"Shock"
Once again, we wish to thank all the entrants who participated
in our 2008 contest and congratulations to our winners!
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- Previous copies of Ten
Stories High are now available for $5 each (including postage,
GST and PST). Click here
for available editions. To obtain a copy, please send a cheque
made out to "Canadian Authors Association - Niagara"
along with your name and mailing address to Canadian Authors
Association - Niagara Branch, P.O. Box 9, Grimsby ON L3M 4G1.
This year's edition will not be available until our book launch
on September 27th.
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