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2011 West Coast Eisteddfod Online Short Story Competition - We Have A Winner!!
We are pleased to announce today that the winner of the West Coast Eisteddfod Short Story Competition for this year ( 2011 ) is Gaynor Madoc Leonard. You can read the story here:- The Last Cottage . Our judge Lloyd Jones ' adjudication can be found below, Llongyfarchiadau/Congratulations to Gaynor Madoc Leonard and many thanks to all our contestants for your excellent submissions. Details of the 2012 online short story competition can be found further down the page .
Adjudication by Lloyd Jones
The quality of the short stories which came to hand was considerably higher this year. Congratulations to everyone!
I needn't tell you that literary adjudication is almost entirely subjective, so entrants who haven't made the cut mustn't feel rejected; on the contrary, I urge you all to continue writing.
In the end it all comes down to personal taste, and I tend to shy away from depictions of violence, mainly because we get so much of it on our screens. I also think it's an easy option for writers and film-makers. Sentimentality is also a recurring problem.
Lots of good writing this year, but my choice as winner is Gaynor Madoc Leonard with The Last Cottage . Nice touches here, and she just about manages to stay on the right side of sentimentality, always difficult with a story like this!
Second is Gillian Morgan with Dusk over Pentre Scagal , although I think she should tweak the ending a bit.
Highly commended: The Sheep-Whisperer of Llangendeirne by Gaynor Madoc Leonard; Number 1 Hilltop by Samantha Priestley; Omnevillia by Maude Larke; The Bear's Breath by Kate-Lyn Therkelsen.
The rest of you can put those knives away! The only reason Ceri chose me as judge is because I live a few thousand miles away, and contract killers are quite expensive on this side of the pond.
Seriously though, well done everyone. And as for those who didn't get a gong this year, good luck in 2012. Failing that, send a serious amount of money in a brown envelope to Lloyd Jones , Wales, c/o Paradise.
2012 West Coast Eisteddfod Online Short Story Competition
The short story competition starts today. The theme of your story need not reference Wales in any way. You may submit your entry in either Welsh or English. Basically you will need to write a short story between 1000 and 3000 words in length and submit it in accordance with the rules for site members or non-site members outlined below. Accompanying graphics ARE permitted but your entry will be judged solely on its literary merit. There is a US150 dollars (approximately 100GBP ) prize for the winner. and US100 dollars ( approximately 65GBP ) for the runner up. The final submission date is Sept 15th 2011 . We are immensely proud and pleased to announce that for the fourth consecutive year, author Lloyd Jones will judge the entries in the West Coast Eisteddfod Online Short Story competition. Lloyd is the author of two novels, 'Mr Vogel' and 'Mr Cassini' and a collection of short stories - 'My First Colouring Book' . He has also written the extremely popular Welsh language novel - 'Y Dwr' . You may submit up to four entries.
This is an exciting opportunity for aspiring short story writers to achieve recognition and publication and we would like to repeat that there are NO registration fees.
The winner and his/her work will also be featured on this site on what we hope will be a heavily trafficked page.
How To Submit Your Story
Members
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Simply join this Group and post your story (and any links) as a separate discussion in the group forum ( see "Gangsta Lorem Ipsum" example below). If you wish to include a link to your website or blog please do so but remember you must link back to us. Please DO NOT submit attachments...cut and paste your story into a discussion dialog box. Add your title and attribution as per the 'Gangsta Lorem Ipsum' example in the Forum.
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Post your story on your website or blog and post a link to the relevant url as a separate discussion in the group forum ( see "Lorem Ipsum" example below).. Once again you will need to link back to us.
Non Members
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Post your submission on your blog and email us with the url ( americymru@gmail.com ). We will include it on the Group page. We would appreciate a link to this page or to the blog home page.
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Email your submission to us and we will post it on the group page and credit you as author. ( in this case mutual linking is an option but not required )
The Fine Print
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There is no entry or submission fee for this competition. The requirement to backlink if you are posting on your own blog and linking here ( or submitting a link to your blog on this page ) is obligatory and designed to be mutually beneficial.
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Any materials submitted in this group will remain the sole property of the author. We guarantee not to display any story or any portion thereof on other pages or sites without the express permission of the author. Likewise materials submitted here or linked here can be removed or unlinked at any time by the author or at his/her request.
- Cash prizes will only be awarded in the event that there are a minimum of 12 competiton entries. This applies equally to the Welsh and English language categories. It should be pointed out that we have not, in three years, failed to achieve this target for English language submissions.
Da iawn, Gaynor! Short story writing is tricky, but winning a prize is energising. Cofion, Gill
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
GAYNOR!