(1) Proudly announcing the winners of the 2006 Momaya Short Story Competition
(2) "Transformation" is the theme for the 2007 Competition - now accepting entries
(3) Order your copy of the 2006 Momaya Annual Review

The 3rd 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 189 submissions (an increase of 7% on the number of submissions we received in 2005). Authors submitted stories from seventeen countries around the world (an increase of one country from 2005): Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. Women accounted for 60% of the entries, and many writers chose to submit multiple stories.

The three judges were Claire Nozieres, a literary agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates; Rosalind Porter, Random House; and Lucy Alexander, a writer at The Times. The judges were impressed with the high overall quality of the entries, which made it difficult to single out the winners.

(1) Congratulations 2006 Momaya Short Story Competition Winners!

First Place
John Hulme, The Leaflet

Second Place
Sheila Corbishley, Lessons

Third Place
Laura Owen, The Villa

Honourable Mention
Brad Adams, The Glimmering
Jo Cannon, Nasma's Malady
Mark Fink, Do I Hear Seven Hundred and Fifty?
Sally Hinchcliffe, Making Space
Jason Jackson, Strays
Leonard Kenyon, Pleasing Mother
Jordan Kushins, Just the One
Alan McClure, The Produce Section

To Be Published under Escape
Shannon Banks, Hangers
Katherine Fay, Curtin's Legacy
David Fulton, Plan B
Babette Gallard, For Rany
Jennifer Hill, Passport
Joleen Kuyper, One Afternoon
Pamela Lynn Palmer, Neither Man Nor Beast

(2) Every year the Momaya Annual Review has a different theme. While entries for the short story competition can be on any fictional topic, the review gets its cohesion from stories, poems and artwork on a central theme, interspersed amongst the contest winners' stories. The 2007 Annual Review will feature 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 exploring "Transformation".

Transformation. We've all experienced it at some time, whether we wanted to or not: Life is change. The universe is in constant flux. This year's theme examines change and transformation on all levels, all planes.

Transformation can be subtle or obvious, exhilarating or sad. It may come upon us suddenly, or so quietly we don't notice what has transpired until the moment is past. Think Kafka's "Metamorphoses," Gogol's "The Nose," Vonnegut's "Galapagos." Or on a simpler level: childbirth, divorce, growing up, death, or even simpler, a haircut. A moment when our definitions change, when we transcend ourselves and emerge as someone new: "As good As It Gets," "Steel Magnolias," "Bend It Like Beckham."

Past Momaya Themes:
2006 Escape
2005 Humour
2004 Food

You may email your suggestions for future Momaya Themes to: infous@momayapress.com

(3) The Momaya Annual Review 2006 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 2006 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 "Escape".

Order now, and you will receive free shipping. The Momaya Annual Review 2006 will be ready for shipping in December 2006.

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