"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 Stories can be of any genre but must be previously unpublished, and between 1,000 and 3,000 words in length.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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

For more information, please send us an email.

 

First Prize - $300

Second Prize - $200

Third Prize - $100

 

 

 

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"

 

Second Prize
John Pringle
"Good Friday in Kapitangan"

Third Prize
Jane Garrett
"Full Plate"

Honourable Mentions

John Barta
"Romantic Literature"

 

Sylvia Barta
"The Visiting Princess"

 

Jocelyn Cullity
"The Visit"

 

Jann Everard
"Waxing and Wallowing"

 

Kees Kapteyn
"Judy"

 

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!

 

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.