Wednesday 30 March 2011

EDGE HILL PRIZE LONG LIST


Nice news to start the day - 'Storm Warning' is on the long list for this year's Edge Hill Prize for short story collections, together with collections by fellow Salt Publishing writers - 'The Method' by Tom Vowler, Martin Bax's 'Memoirs of a Gone World', 'True North' by Andre Mangeot, 'Hot Kitchen Snow' by Susannah Rickards, 'God of the Pigeons' by Jay Merrill, and 'The Half Life of Songs' by David Gaffney. Also on the list are two books by other writing friends: 'Not So Perfect' by Nik Perring, and 'Insignificant Gestures' by Jo Cannon. Whizzy.

17 comments:

  1. Whoo-hoo! Congrats, fingers crossed for the shortlist.

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  2. Absolutely brilliant. So pleased for you. Congratulations.

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  3. Woo hoo indeed! Massive congrats and good luck!

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  4. Thanks, Jen, and Sally, and Jonathan - xx

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  5. Congratulations to Storm Warning and all the other books on the list!
    Jen

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  6. Congrats Vanessa! I absolutely loved the book, though as you warned it was emotionally a whack in the gut. I spoke about the resonance of one of your stories last weekend at the writing workshop I did up north. (the story with the wife who is impaled by the bamboo- Eish man!)

    Crossing fingers!

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  7. Many congratulations, Vanessa - it's a fine list.

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  8. Thanks so much Sarah - sorry for delay in posting your comment - been away.

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  9. Hi Lauri - Lauri you are lovely - sorry if I whacked the gut too hard...(!)

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  10. Hi Rachel - some pretty stiff competition there! Thanks so much for the congrats.

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  11. That is such good news, Vanessa! Congratulations.

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  12. I'm pulling for you, V. Wow, look at you go!!
    Congrats on this and your continuing successes!!
    love, Bev

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  13. Bev you are sweet - thank you! (I suspect, most of the books entered are on this list, unless there was a real aaaagh element... shhh!)

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