(1) Announcing the 2008 Momaya Press Short Story Competition winners
(2) Pre-order your copy of the 2008 Momaya Annual Review
(3) 2009 Momaya Short Story Competition Now Open
(4) Invitation to the 5th Annual Momaya Press Awards Ceremony on 25th November 2008

(1) Announcing the 2008 Momaya Press Short Story Competition winners

We have now posted the winners of the 2008 Momaya Short Story Competition on www.momayapress.com. The stories for publication in the 2008 Momaya Annual Review have been chosen by our panel of judges from The Times, Random House, Reuters, and Andrew Nurnberg Associates.

Momaya Press congratulates the Momaya Short Story Competition 2008 winners:

1st Place
David McVey, Jenny from the Library

2nd Place
Sophie Duffy, Feeding Time

3rd Place
Tania Hershman, Drinking Vodka in the Afternoon

Honourable Mentions
Azin Arefi, Cellophane Goldfish
Kate Beauford, Masouli
Carl Beck, The Man Who Could Read Feet
Ben Cheetham, Sex with My Dead Wife
Linda Courtland, Wrongful Life
Jacqueline Winn, Night on the Tiles
Joel Willans, The Fixer

On the Theme of Passion
Veronica Birch, Blended
Angel Gurria-Quintana, Letters
Alan McCormick, Granny Loves Terry Wogan
Paula Younger, Martini and Saints

Thanks to all the writers who submitted for the Competition – we enjoyed reading your work!

(2) Pre-order your copy of the 2008 Momaya Annual Review

Our team is busy editing and designing our super-special 5th Anniversary edition of the Momaya Annual Review. Receive a 10% discount if you pre-order now on our site and will be shipped to you as soon as it’s printed (by December). Order here: http://www.momayapress.com/review08.htm

(3) 2009 Momaya Short Story Competition Now Open

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 focusing on a central theme, interspersed amongst the contest winners' stories. The 2009 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 "Alienation". Submit your story here: http://www.momayapress.com/contest.htm

(4) Invitation to the 5th Annual Momaya Press Awards Ceremony on 25th November 2008

We will honour the published writers at the 5th Annual Momaya Press Awards Ceremony, taking place at 7pm Tuesday 25th November 2008 at the London Review Bookshop in London. We will mark the occasion (it’s a special anniversary!) with a champagne reception and performance of winning stories by the actors of the American Repertory Theatre of London. We’ll send through more details on how to RSVP for the event later this autumn – meanwhile, please mark your diary (in pen!) We hope to meet you on the evening.

We enjoyed reading all the stories that were submitted and hope that you will continue to support Momaya Press as a reader and writer.

Best regards,

Monisha Saldanha and Maya Cointreau
Directors, Momaya Press
www.momayapress.com

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