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 "Ten Stories High"
11th ANNUAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION
 
"Do you have the write stuff?"
 
First Prize - $300
Second Prize - $200
Third Prize - $100
 
The Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors Association is holding its "Ten Stories High" Eleventh 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 Stories can be of any genre but must be previously unpublished, and between 1,000 and 3,000 words in length.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 2010.
 
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, 2010. Results will be announced in late June.
 
This year's Contest Judge is Lynda Simmons. Living in Burlington, Simmons teaches writing at Sheridan College in Oakville and Ryerson University in Toronto. Her six romance novels have been published by Harlequin/Silhouette, Kensington Books and Sun Media, and have been translated into more than ten languages. Her books have also been shortlisted for several prestigious romance awards including the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice and the Affaire de Coeur Reader’s Choice Award. Simmons' recent mainstream novel, Getting Rid of Rosie, was published by Berkley Books (a Penguin imprint) in 2009 and chosen as a Book Pick by Metro News.
 
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Contest Results
 
The Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors Association wishes to congratulate the winners of our Ten Stories High Tenth Annual Short Story Competition.
 
First Prize
Diane Fretz
"Free Fall"
 
Second Prize
Joan Baril
"Wine"

Third Prize
Peter Dion
"The House On Cherry Lane”

Honourable Mentions
 Anne Crawford  “A Warming Trend”
 John Hobson  “Coyote Summer”
 Jim Leavens  “Henry’s Moment”
 Honey Oerbach  “Hot”
 Danielle Price  “Sunday Morning Lost”
 John Pringle  “Spirals”
 David Serafino  “A Long Way From Limbo"
Book Orders
 
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.

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