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Hello to everyone,
We are putting the COW out to pasture for a year or so, but we will be pursuing new ventures. We want to thank everyone who’s entered our competitions, enjoyed our website and given us sleepless nights coming up the winners!The last competition was our Autumn 2011 short story. Again we had entries from all over the world and once more the judges were dueling at dawn to find the winners.
Below are the stories that were longlisted, shortlisted and the winners, in this particular competition. If you name isn’t included, don’t let that put you off. Writing is a vocation and a challenge. Prisoners probably spend less time in solitary confinement, as does a writer with a good idea – but the difference is we get to leave the room every so often.
So here are the results of the last competition for now. Prizes will be winging their way to you either by PayPal or cheque.
Longlist
1. A Bitter Aftertaste, Mike Dale, Wales
2. An Eye for And Eye, Blaine Ward, Sunderland
3. Flower Street, John Rowell, Australia
4. Forbidden Territory, Colleen Barns, Australia
5. Freeville, Dave Clark, Cambridge
6. Good Morning Mr Magpie, Harvey Moldon, Essex
7. Living with Second Best, Julie Chilver, Australia
8. Not What You Think, Lorraine Cooke, Southampton
9. My Name Is Odd, Gail Aldwin, Dorchester
10. Never The Same Advantages, Julie Walker, Northumberland
11. New Year Revolution, Susan Powis, West Midlands
12. Premature Termination, Brenda Hannard, Hampshire
13. The Birthday Present, Kath McKenzie, Northampton
14. The Curator, Terry McCann, Kent
15. The Importance of Being Furnaced, Mike Poyser, Devon
16. The Islets of Langerhans, Blaine Ward, Cambridge
17. This Mortal Coil, Kath McKenzie, Northampton
18. Waking the Legend, K. S. Dearsley, Northampton
19. You Really Can Taste the Different, Robert Welch, Portugal
Shortlist
1. Freeville, Dave Clark, Cambridge
2. Good Morning Mr Magpie, Harvey Moldon, Essex
3. Living with Second Best, Julie Chilver, Australia
4. Not What You Think, Lorraine Cooke, Southampton
5. No Consequences, Joanna Camley, Gloucestershire
6. Never The Same Advantages, Julie Walker, Northumberland
7. Premature Termination, Brenda Hannard, Hampshire
8. The Islets of Langerhans, Blaine Ward, Cambridge
9. The Birthday Present, Kath McKenzie, Northampton
10. You Really Can Taste the Difference, Robert Welch, Portugal
Winners
1. Premature Termination, Brenda Hannard, Hampshire
2. The Islets of Langerhans, Blaine Ward, Cambridge
3. Good Morning Mr Magpie, Harven Moldon, Essex
Thank you all for your support for the COW, and well done to all of you whether you’ve been a winner, close to being a winner or have just entered on the off chance.
We will be in touch with news of new ventures. In the meantime, the COW website will remain up and running until March, so check out the links page for ideas for other competitions you might want to enter.
The critiquing services and other things offered are no longer in practice from Brighton COW, but some of these will be resurrected in a different format very soon. Again we will be in touch about these.
We wish you all the very best with your writing in the future.
Kind regards
Brighton COW