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Announcing the Winners of the Momaya Short Story Competition 2004
August 6, 2005 -
Congratulations to our winners, who were chosen from a pool of 139
submissions. Authors from twelve countries around the world submitted
stories, with the majority of 65% coming from the United Kingdom, followed
by 20% from the United States, 4% from Australia and Ireland, and the
remainder from Bahrain, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, New Zeland, Nigeria,
Singapore, and Taiwan.
The judges were Anna Von Pezold, 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 some lively debate over certain stories. They encourage those who
submitted to keep writing.
The 2005 Momaya Short Story Competition is now accepting submissions at:
www.momayapress.com.
2004 Winners:
1st Place
Gethesiminal, by Alexandra Fox, UK
2nd Place
Jeda by Design, by Sally Haxthow, Canada
3rd Place
There Were Tigers, by Meredith Gee, UK
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order):
Crossing the Highway, by Matthew Gaeta, USA
The Ring, by Mary Wilson, UK
This Will Never Be A Noodle Bar, by Deborah Thomas, UK
Consumed by Desire, by Germaine Stafford, Italy
Wired, by Carl McCarthy, USA
Plagued, by Antonia Hart, Ireland
Garlic Bread’s Fine, by Colin Upton, UK
For more information on the Momaya Press contact: infouk@momayapress.com
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