I was shortlisted 2015 …My story Brother’s Keeper…Two lads from Cumberland seeking their fortune in Arizona Circ. 1910…Unexpected turn-around!
Every year BBC Radio 4 runs a short story competition called Opening Lines. The deadline for 2015 is 13th February. The three winners get their story broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and they get to see it being professionally recorded.
Last year my story – Baker, Emily and Me – was one of the three winners. You can read it here.
I haven’t been told why the judges picked my story over the hundreds of entries they received, but I sometimes wonder if it had something to do with the fact that I cut my writing teeth on short stories which I had to read aloud to an audience. Eight years ago I started writing pieces for a short story event held at my local library – Winchester Discovery Centre. People signed up to write a five minute story and read it out to a paying audience…
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