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Shortlist announced
Did you know?: Competition Trivia
Mid-November update: Our Jill Widner has just won the Juked Fiction 2009 prize.
Stop Press: We have nominated six (the maximum allowed) of our 2009 shortlisted
authors for Pushcart prizes: Announcement.
Newsflash: Congratulations to Jo Lloyd, whose story "Work" won last year's competition,
on being announced winner of the prestigious Asham Award for another of her short stories.
Update: We need more good quality stories, so round up those wild ones from
the high passes, throw a bucket of water over 'em and - you know the rest.
Richard Peabody agrees to judge Willesden competition
This year's judge Richard Peabody is a distinguished poet, author, lecturer on creative writing and editor of Gargoyle magazine.
We are pleased and honoured to announce the judge for this year's competition. Richard Peabody is an author and poet based in Washington, D.C. A native of the region, he is perhaps best known as one of the founding editors for Gargoyle Magazine and editor for the anthology series Mondo. He also runs a small press called Paycock Press; aside from acting as the official publisher of Gargoyle Magazine, Paycock Press has released a number of anthologies and works by individual authors.
Peabody's own fiction and poetry is often set in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region and is often noted for strong influences from the Beat Generation and experimental authors of the 1960s like Ken Kesey. During his writing and publishing career, Peabody has taught fiction writing for the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins University, and the Writer's Center. He currently resides in Arlington, Virginia with his wife and two daughters. (Ref: Wikipedia)
I will be reading and reducing down to a list for Richard to choose the winners from. If you want to find out more about me, my website is here. (Steve Moran)
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