Contest Submissions

Clarity of Night “Elemental” Short Fiction Contest

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Oh hey…I don’t know why I forgot to link my contest entry over at Jason Evans’ “Clarity of Night” blog. Here’s the photo about which we were to write up to 250 words, either poetry or prose:

Elemental by Jason Evans

Image by Jason Evans

Interesting photo, right?

There are judges’ prizes and a reader’s choice prize. Wish me luck. My story is posted on Jason’s blog here:

The Karmic Mobius (entry #29 of 102)

And in case you don’t know (or remember) what a Mobius is, here’s a picture to jog the noggin’:

Mobius Strip 3

Image by Duane Burdick via Flickr

Eighth Annual Binnacle Ultra-short competition results are Up!

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And I am on the list of honorees!!  I’ve taken the liberty of color-coding my entry in red.  From the site, the honorees were chosen from “950 entries from twenty-two countries and six continents.”  Wow!

From the Binnacle site:

Eighth Annual Ultra-Short Competition – 2010-11

Our Four Winners

Prize for Poetry
SuzAnne C. Cole – Granite Woman
 
UMM Student Prize
Myra Merritt – Wonderland and Oz Collide
 
Prize for Prose Poetry
Shannon Schuren – Puddings
 
Prize for Prose
Philip Simondet – Grocery List

Our Fifty-Three Honorable Mentions

Greg Beatty – Homage
F.J. Bergmann – Containers
Jen Campbell – Catwoman
Kathleen J Clauson – Survival by Shamrock
Zachary Cole – Grey
Sue Ann Connaughton – Baby Love
Amy Corbin – Dear Mr. Barlow
Robert Craig – New Life
Carol Leonetti Dannhauser – Family Portrait
Susan Desrocher – Fire Lilies
Mike DiChristina – Old Lovers
Christina Wos Donnelly – Love Song
Anne Earney – One Side of Things
Meg Eden – with stacking,
Rachel Fenton – Inherited
Andy Fogle – One Ring
Claire Gillian – TSA Urban Legend #4
Tammy Guzman – Postpartum
Maryanne Hannan – Soft Skills for Today’s Job Market
Tania Hershman – In Memoriam
Kasey Hewett – Dehydrated
Debbie Okun Hill – Before Our Future Wrinkles
Sylvia Hiven – No Choice
Christopher Irvin – The Man in the Cold
Julie “Jules” Jacob – Night Games
Cassidy Jones – Two of a Kind
Oonah Joslin – Death of the Father
Clare Kirwan – The Tattoo
Ellen LaFleche – Love on the Rocks
Ruth Lehrer – Lion Winter
Melissa Lindstrum – All I Have of His Is This Navy Reserve Sewing Kit
Katherine Lopez – Neat Gardens with a Sudden Rose
Adam Lucas – True Story
Barb McMakin – Breakfast of Champions
Caroline Michalicki – No Need
David Mohan – Reduce
Kari Nguyen – The Dispensary
Alysson Parker – Black-Eyed Susan
Barbara Fleming Phillips – Living Will
Meagan Reeves – Fairy Wings
Jun de la Rosa – Mangoes
Lynn Veach Sadler – After You’re Dead
Maureen Sherbondy -The Princess Strikes Out On Her Own
Jennifer Sirrico – The Ride
Diane Smith – Can You?
Jenna Pashley Smith – Bala Perdita
Dawn Sperber – Heart Games
Scott T. Starbuck – We Are Not Mermaids
Erik Svehaug – Myth or Mom
Ann Swann – Aftermath
Donna Turello – Karma
Mercedes Yardley – Blossom Bones
Melissa Yuan-Innes – Hunting and Gathering on Earth