Welcome to the Momaya Newsletter

(1) Proudly announcing the winners of the 2005 Momaya Short Story Competition

(2) Mark you diary - the 2005 Momaya Prize Ceremony

(3) Order your copy of the 2005 Momaya Press

The 2nd annual Momaya Short Story Competition built on the success of our inaugural year with a greater number of varied submissions. Congratulations to our winners, who were chosen from a pool of 177 submissions (an increase of 27% on the number of submissions we received in 2004). Authors submitted stories from sixteen countries around the world (an increase of four countries or 33% from 2004): Argentina, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Women accounted for 55% of the entries, and many writers chose to submit multiple stories.

The three judges were Claire Nozieres, a literary agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates; Jason Arthur, Editorial Director at Vintage (an imprint of Random House); and Lucy Alexander, a writer at The Times Magazine. The judges spoke highly of the overall quality of the submissions, and entered into lively debate over certain stories. They encourage those who submitted to keep writing, and expressed their interest in raising the profile of the short story in the literary world.

(1) Congratulations 2005 Momaya Short Story Competition Winners!

First Place
Sleeping Lions, Tracy Moyle-Maton

Second Place
Lost Ideas, Donald Hiscock

Third Place
McCauley Speaks, Louis Malloy

Honourable mention
Bistro and Cemetery, Frances Gapper
English Lesson, Toni Scott
Copywrite on my Soul, Louis Malloy
God's Feather, Andrew Myers
Raynor's Parade, Leon Davey
I am not a wicked Queen, Graham Burchell
Nail Lady, Sandra Stone

To be Published under Humour
Myclonic Jerk, Catherine Myhal
Martin Slewinsky's Wheel of Fortune, Alison Bullock
Losing Georgina, Alex Keegan

(2) Mark your diary - the 2nd Annual Momaya Press Prize Ceremony will be hosted by the London Review Bookshop in London at 7PM on the 1st December 2005. Writers, their supporters, and anyone interested in celebrating this year's winners and learning more about writing are invited. The judges will be present to distribute the awards, and selected stories will be performed by the actors of the American Repertory Theatre of London. This is an innovative event which resulted in a full house at last year's event. Tickets can be booked directly from the London Review Bookshop (http://www.lrb.co.uk/lrbshop/index.php).

(3) The Momaya Annual Review 2005 is available for purchase now at http://www.momayapress.com/store.htm. An inspiring collection of new short stories from writers around the globe, the Momaya Annual Review 2005 features fiction in a variety of categories from the winners of the Momaya Short Story Competition and winners of Momaya Awards, as well as a stunning collection of photographs, poems and short stories celebrating the theme of "Humour".

Order now, and you will receive free shipping. The Momaya Annual Review 2005 will be ready for shipping in December 2005.

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