Please join me in congratulating the winners of the

2011 Unbound Press Short Fiction Award

We’d like to offer a special thanks to our wonderful guest judge: Elizabeth Reeder.

1st Place

John Mole

The Case of Mary Ford

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2nd Place

R. A. Martens

High Tea

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3rd Place

Graeme Scott

Jump Rope Practice

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Shortlist:

Wayne Lee Gay – Lonesome Road
Andrew Graham – All This Time
Gabby Meadows – The Cull

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Honorable Mention:

Fabian Acker – Short Circuit
Ian Crockatt – An Honest Question
Bronwen Griffiths – Inch by Inch
Karen Holmes – The Pass
Amy Ralston – Transition
Alla Velts – A tree, the sea, a silver spoon
Mark Wagstaff – Leaving Drink

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The winning and shortlisted entries will appear in our annual print anthology due for publication November, 2011. Honorable Mentions will appear in
Spilling Ink Review: Issue 5 (pending author agreement).

Thank you to all who participated in the Short Fiction Award.

Follow these links if you’d like to know more about future Unbound Press Awards and Spilling Ink Prizes (including our upcoming Flash Fiction Prize, closing April 1st).

Guest Judge: Elizabeth Reeder

Elizabeth Reeder is the author of Ramshackle (a novel coming soon) and a series of lyrical essays entitled microburst and topologies. She writes for BBC Radio 4 and her work has appeared in internationally acclaimed publications including PN Review, Kenyon Review, Gutter, and International Literary Quarterly. Originally from Chicago, Elizabeth lives in Scotland where she teaches on the Masters and PhD Programmes in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow (including convening the Distance Learning CW MLitt). She is the recipient of two Scottish Arts Council bursaries, a Scottish Arts Council Professional Development Grant and the Glasgow University Research Support Award. To find out more and to read samples of her work, visit ekreeder.com.

© 2010-2011 Unbound Press / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: unboundpress@gmail.com

2011 Unbound Press Short Fiction Award

Closing Date: May 1, 2011
Winning and short-listed entries notified no later than May 31, 2011+++

1^st Prize – £250, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

2^nd Prize – £125, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

3^rd Prize – £50, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Shortlisted Entries* – publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Entry fee £5

* Number of entries shortlisted will be determined by the quality of submissions

Guest Judge: Elizabeth Reeder

Elizabeth Reeder is the author of Ramshackle (a novel coming soon) and a series of lyrical essays entitled microburst and topologies. She writes for BBC Radio 4 and her work has appeared in internationally acclaimed publications including PN Review, Kenyon Review, Gutter, and International Literary Quarterly. Originally from Chicago, Elizabeth lives in Scotland where she teaches on the Masters and PhD Programmes in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow (including convening the Distance Learning CW MLitt). She is the recipient of two Scottish Arts Council bursaries, a Scottish Arts Council Professional Development Grant and the Glasgow University Research Support Award. To find out more and to read samples of her work, visit ekreeder.com.

Competition Guidelines

• 3000 words max (no minimum).
• There is no theme. All styles (including experimental) and genre-based fiction (mystery, crime, fantasy, science fiction, historical) are welcome.
• Multiple entries are accepted but must be accompanied with an entry fee. Entry fees may be paid securely online via PayPal (you do not need a PayPal account) or via post. Postal payments should be made by cheque. Cheques must be from a UK bank and should be payable to ‘Unbound Press’. Send postal payments to: Unbound Press /PO Box 16864 / Glasgow / Scotland / G11 9DJ
• Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please let us know as soon as possible if your entry has been accepted elsewhere or won/placed in another writing competition. Entry fees will not be refunded in this case.
• Entries may be submitted via email or post. Entries submitted via email must be attached in the form of a Word (doc) or Rich Text Format (rtf). Entries submitted via post must be printed on standard-size paper and double-spaced. Entries sent via post will not be returned (please don’t send your only copy). Send postal entries to: Unbound Press /PO Box 16864 / Glasgow / Scotland / G11 9DJ
• Please be kind when formatting and adhere to general rules of courtesy (i.e. 12pt standard font, double-spaced, pages numbered).
• Submissions must be entrant’s own original work and must be previously unpublished (work that has appeared online, in print or has been broadcast is not eligible).
• International submissions are welcomed but all entries must be written in English.
• As a condition of submitting, the author agrees that Unbound Press has permission to publish the material online and in print. Copyright remains with the author.
• Entries will be judged anonymously and all decisions are final.
• All submissions will be considered for publication in the Unbound Press e-journal Spilling Ink Review.

How to Enter

• You have two payment options. You may use the secure, pay-online PayPal option below (you do not need a PayPal account) or you may send a cheque (from a UK bank only) to the following address: Unbound Press, PO Box 16864, Glasgow, Scotland G11 9DJ.

£5 Entry Fee use this PayPal Button:

• Once you have a receipt/transaction number submit your entry via email to: unboundpress@gmail.com
• Be sure to cut and paste your PayPal receipt/transaction number into the body of the email (or let me know that payment has been sent via post)
• State the competition category in the subject line of your email
• In the body of the email please include the following:

• Name
• Postal Address
• Title of Entry and Word Count
• PayPal Receipt/Transaction Number

• Don’t forget to attach your story!

Announcement of Winners

Winners and runners-up will be notified by email after the closing date and results posted on the Unbound Press website.

All entries must be available for publication online and in print.

© 2010-2011 Unbound Press / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: unboundpress@gmail.com

If you plan to attend (and oh, I really hope that you do) please RSVP to unboundpress@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you so that we can (at least) try to keep the wine flowing for all and sundry!

If you aren’t familar with the University of Glasgow campus, here are general directions to the Anatomy Museum. It is tucked away and notoriously difficult to find but courage mon brave. It will be worth the adventure:

From University Avenue, walk through the main gates. Turn left and walk down a small incline across the car park. The Anatomy Museum is ahead of you, a low building with a ramp leading down to the entrace. It is not well sign-posted so take care! I will try to put up signs (rain, rain stay away) on the night. If you have any questions just let me know.

Please join me in congratulating the winners of the

2011 Unbound Press Short Story Award

The standard was high and we were extremely lucky to have the expertise of our wonderful Guest Judge: Zoë Strachan.

1st Place

Samuel Wright

Simple Present

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2nd Place

Laura Grace

The Clockmaker’s Wife

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3rd Place

Richard Smyth

The Trespasser’s Bible

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Shortlist:

Rico Craig – Skyrocket
Emily Munro – The Funeral Shroud
Thomas Woods – Suitably Framed

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Honorable Mention:

Colette Bernhardt – The Rail Enthusiast
Alex Cox – Sealed
Andrew Graham – And into the Summer
Ryan Hardgrove – The Other Side
W.F. Lantry – Saaki
James McIntyre – Glass Cow Town
Daniela Norris – In Search of a Hero

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The winning and shortlisted entries will appear in our annual print anthology due for publication November, 2011. Honorable Mentions will appear in
Spilling Ink Review: Issue 5 (pending author agreement).

Thank you to all who participated in the Short Story Award. This is a very happy day for me because I love being able to publically acknowledge talented writers and I love being able to deliver £425 in prizes. Follow these links if you’d like to know more about future Unbound Press Awards and Spilling Ink Prizes (including our upcoming Flash Fiction Prize, closing April 1st).

Please help us welcome our latest publication. Pre-order your copy now (available for shipment first week April, 2011).

Spilling Ink: Volume 1 is a collection of international, award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and prose poetry. Contained within you’ll find a fantastically diverse assortment of prose. From the entertaining to the thought provoking, these short stories, flash fictions, micro-bursts and essays will keep you reading from cover to cover.

Edited by Amy Burns and collected from a year’s worth of competition winners, as well as outstanding works of merit from Spilling Ink Review’s online publications, you will certainly be enjoying the best-of-the-best:

Fiction

Rosie Adams, Viccy Adams, Christina Brooks, Joanna Campbell, Brindley Hallam Dennis, Matthew B Dexter, Max Dunbar, Dorothy Fryd, Wayne Lee Gay, Alan Gillespie, Louise Halvardsson, Steve Howe, Simon Kewin, Helen McClory, Caroline Moir, Christina Murphy, Kirsty Neary, Valerie O’Riordan, Robert Peett, Carly Pluckrose, Mark Romasko, Kerry Ryan, Beryl Sabel, Marc R Sherland, Kathrine Sowerby, Charlie Taylor, Lynne Voyce, Mark Wagstaff, Simon Wroe

Nonfiction

Kurt Caswell, Wanda Ernstberger, John G Fainella, David Francis, Alan Gillespie, Gill Hoffs, Kirsty Logan, Moy McCrory, Julia O’Byrne, Bob Tomolillo, Mary Wilson

Prose Poetry

Ian Crockatt, Dylan Gilbert, Emilie Vince, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

100 Words or Less

Viccy Adams, Nick Boreham, Brindley Hallam Dennis, Benjamin Judge, Sam Porter, Hila Shachar, Stephen R Smith

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Book Details:
ISBN: 978-0-956-8519-0-1
5 x 8″ / 196 pages

Pre-order a Copy Now

Available for shipment the first week of April, 2011

Shipments to UK Addresses (Payment in GBP ££):
Retail Price INCLUDING Postage & Packaging – £9.95

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Shipments to USA and Canada Addresses (Payment in USA $$):
Retail Price INCLUDING Postage & Packaging – $12.95

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Retail Price INCLUDING Postage & Packaging – £10.95

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Congratulations to Brindley Hallam Dennis, author of That’s What Ya Get! Kowalski’s Assertions, on his recent Pewter Rose Press publication: A Penny Spitfire.

About A Penny Spitfire:

October 1947, in an industrial town, people grapple with the changes that war and history have forced upon them. Fatherless children and childless men face desire, aspiration, shame and disappointment as their war-shattered world rises from the rubble of its bombsites.

Derek Fitton is a mechanic, but people do not fit together as easily as engines, and Charles Bury, younger son of a local business man, dreams of a new, fairer, socialist world. Clive Dandridge, one step ahead of the law, entangles a troop of misfit children, including the introspective Paul and the runaway Jack, in his perverted schemes, from a hidden den deep within the rubble of the bombsite where Henry Street used to stand. On Edward Street, Tom and Violet Ferryman run The Odd Dog pub, where Burma Sammy drinks away his demob money, across the road from Fitton’s garage and the level crossing where Maria clacks in her high heels.

Visit Pewter Rose Press to read an excerpt and click here to purchase.