Competitions
& Giveaways
November 2011 - Fourth Birthday Giveaway!
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Women Aloud Audiobook
edited by Ian Skillicorn
"Women Aloud takes a light- hearted
walk
through tales of sweet revenge, heart-
break to happiness, dark comedy and morality. ..." Read the full review by Sue Haigh |
The Best British Short Stories
edited by Nicholas Royle
"An interesting anthology featuring some excellent stories..." Read the full review by Mario Guslandi
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Best European Fiction 2012
edited by Aleksander Hemon
"Like
the increasingly incohesive framework
of Europe itself, there is much
to admire and ponder over in this collection, but only a handful of
stories that I felt I could whole-heartedly love.." Read the full review by Steve Wasserman | Affirm Press' Long Story Shorts -
6 story collections including
Nineteen Seventy Something by Barry Divola and Having Cried Wolf by Gretchen Shirm
"A nostalgic trip back to boyhood and adolescence
in the seventies, this collection reads like short memoir/ pop-fictions / novel in linked stories..."
Read the full review of Nineteen Seventysomething by Annie Clarkson
and read Annie's review of Having Cried Wolf here.
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Answer one of these questions to enter the draw for each book.
Please send a seperate email for each prize:
1. Women Aloud Audiobook - When is the UK's National Short Story Week this year? Winner: D Monaghan
2. Best British Short Stories 2011
- Who is the only author to have two stories in this anthology? Winner: V O'Riordan
3. Best European Short Stories 2012
- How many stories are in this anthology, and from how many countries? Winner: S Roulston
4. Long Story Shorts (Six collections, including Nineteen Seventysomething and Having Cried Wolf)
- Which short story collection has Barry Divola recently read again, for possible the 5th time? Winner: R Biswas
Email your answer to the question corresponding to the book you want
by Dec 1st 2011 to: competitions@theshortreview.com with the subject line "Birthday comp - Book Title" so, for example:
"Birthday Comp - Women Aloud Audiobook".
March 2011
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Cabala
edited by Adam Lowe
"It
is Earth now that is a mysterious, magic place lost to all. A source
of much speculation and ever-growing myths and legends. I am
particularly fond of the Earth as Heaven idea. I rather like the idea
of our souls returning to their original planet...""
"Cabala
both intrigued me and left me underwhelmed. But it also whetted my
appetite for genre-bending stories, and for that, I have the book’s
“cabal” of writers to thank..." Read the
full review by Michelle Tandoc-Pichereau |
Answer this question to enter the draw:
1. Who sang the song that shares a title with one of A J Kirby's short stories in this collection? Answer: Dusty Springfield. Winner: Bill Pearson
Email your answer to the question corresponding to the book you want by April 1st 2011 to: competitions@theshortreview.com with the subject line "March comp - Cabala"
Feb 2011
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Insignificant Gestures
by Jo Cannon
"Running
at night I’m invisible. Only the security lights that switch on and
off as I pass mark my existence. A yellow mist hugs the streetlights.
In the deserted park someone has scattered broken glass at the foot
of the slide and twisted the swing seats too high for a child to
reach…. In the day I avoid the park because I know that a lone fat
man is not allowed near children..."
"In a
mosaic of past and present, imagination and often-surreal reality,
painful truths and bitter regrets, Jo Cannon’s stories easily
infuse into the reader’s psyche..." Read the
full review
by Daniela Norris. |
Answer this question to enter the draw:
1. What is so special about Cousin Gary in one of the stories in this collection? He is a trigamist. Winner, Michelle Harding, Australia
Email your answer to the question corresponding to the book you want by March 1st 2011 to: competitions@theshortreview.com with the subject line "February
comp - Insignificant Gestures"
Winter 2010
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Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 3
"Although
the open theme of this competition dictates there is no overall
theme, setting, style or even genre within this collection, the
writing here is never uneven, always high quality. What we have here
are twenty very good writers (and some genius
writers)
working at the top of their game. Competitively. ..."Read the full review by A J Kirby. |
Where the Dog Star Never Glows
by Tara Masih
"Tara
Masih succeeds brilliantly in fulfilling E.M Forster’s edict “Only
connect” in this collection of stories which exemplify the dance
all human’s engage in: that of breathlessly coming closer and
quickly moving away...
" Read the full review by Michelle Reale
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Answer one of these questions to enter the draw for each book! Please send a seperate email for each
1. Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology
- How long is the story that won this year's prize? Winner: Carola Huttman
2. Where the Dog Star Never Glows
- What did the author's mother tell her she was creating? Winner: Julia Anderson
Email your answer to the question corresponding to the book you want by Feb 1st 2011 to: competitions@theshortreview.com with the subject line "Winter comp - Book Title" so, for example "Winter Comp - Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology".
September 2010
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Perfect 10
by Viven Jones
"She thinks she will rest
there for five minutes. The evening falls on her like a cool cloak. She
shuts her eyes. When she opens them again it is full night."
"Perfection
is unachievable. Affection isn’t. Two of the fourteen stories garnered
my affection..."
Read the
full review
by Jason Makansi |
Answer this question to enter the draw:
1. Who directed the film "Ten" starring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek? Winner: Katherine Parker
Email your answer to the question corresponding to the book you want by Oct 1st to: competitions@theshortreview.com with the subject line "September
comp - Perfect Ten"
July/August 2010
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Homicide Survivors
Picnic
"More than a simple picnic, this is a literary feast. Proof, if any were
needed, that the short story form is doing much more than surviving;
in Lopez's hands it is living a rich life..." Read the full review by A J Kirby. |
Temporary Lives
by Ramola D
"They
may inhabit temporary lives but the plight of Ramola D’s characters
will haunt you with a resonance that is both profound and permanent.
" Read the full review by Julia Bohanna |
If You Lived Here You'd Already Be Home
by John Jodzio
The
poignant writing and unusual details make this collection a pleasure
to read, but the stories are strongest where they leave The Quirk
behind and dive into the emotions..." Read the
full review
by Stefani Nellen
| Trailer Girl
by Terese Svoboda
"Atmospheric
stories, told in rich, oblique language by a supreme stylist..." Read
the
full review by Nuala Ni Chonchúir
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Answer one of these questions to enter the draw for each book! Please send a seperate email for each
1. Homicide Survivors Picnic
- What was the title of this collection originally going to be? Answer: Human Services. WINNER Robert Burdock.
2. Temporary Lives
- Where did Ramola D study for her MFA? Answer: George Mason University. WINNER Rumjhum Biswas
3. If You Lived Here You'd Already Be Home - Which story in this collection has a fake baby? Answer: Homecoming. WINNER Shadow Priestess
3. Trailer Girl - For which story did Terese Svoboda win an O. Henry award? Answer: 80's Lilies. WINNER Kevin Gibley
Email your answer to the question corresponding to the book you want by Sept 1st to: competitions@theshortreview.com with the subject line "Summer
comp - Book Title" so, for example "Summer comp - Temporary Lives".
April 2010
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The Route Book at Bedtime
edited by Ian Daley
A twilight
dreamscape of hopes, fears, love and loss, The Route Book at Bedtime
contains twelve highly individual, contemporary tales, all of which are
a reflection of life and truth. A highly enjoyable read. " Read the
full review by A
J Kirby.
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To enter the draw, send an email with your name and postal address to
competitions@theshortreview.com
with the subject line "April comp"
Winner:
Derek Myatt
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March 2010
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now closed.
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Anthropology
by Dan Rhodes
5 copies to
give away - plus one copy of Rhodes new novel, Little Hands Clapping!
"There
are real gems in these stories of love, longing and disappointment
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read the
full
review by Pauline
Masurel
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Collected Stories
by Janice Galloway
"These
42 stories engage all your senses as Galloway strips back the layers of
the everyday and the mundane. Shocking, stunning, moving...."
Read the
full
review
by Tania Hershman
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Answer the question
to win:
1. Anthropology
- Which "overlooked masterpiece" from 1927 does Dan Rhodes recommend in
his interview?
Winners: Alan Beard, Linda Cracknell,
Shellie Zacharia, Rowena McDonald, Laura Seeger
2. Collected Stories
- Where was Janice Galloway's first short story published? [Hint: Read
the interview]
Winner: Glen Liddle
substituting the title of the book
you'd like to
win for "Book Title". Good luck!
Feb 2010
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Greenfly
by Tom Lee
"A
wry, mesmerizing and distinctive tribute to the trampled human spirit.
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read the
full review by Carol Reid |
Easter Rabbit
by Joseph Young
"A
fascinating collection of 86 micro fictions that invite a subsequent
reading, not so much for analysis, but for the sheer immersion into
word and white space..."
Read the
full
review
by David Woodruff |
Answer the question to win:
1. Greenfly
- Which hotel does the title character of Mrs Echegary wait in for her lover? WINNER: Mark Lunz
2. Easter Rabbit
- What are the names of the three sections this collection is divided
into? WINNER: Span Hanna
substituting the title of
the book
you'd like to
win for "Book Title". Good luck!
It's
Jan 2010 and we have three
books to give away!
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The Body of
This
by Andrew McNabb
Won by Angela Readman
"The
boundaries between sacred and profane begin to bleed into one another
intriguingly in this strongly themed collection." Read the
full review
by Elizabeth Rutherford-Johnson |
The Madman of Freedom Square
by Hassan Blasim
Won
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Lauri Kubuitsile
"A strikingly original collection, offering a
view of modern Iraq and
the Iraqi disapora.. unsentimental, violent and often surprising.."
Read the
full review by
Mithran Somasundrum |
Short Circuit: A Guide to the Art of the
Short Story
edited by Vanessa Gebbie.
Won
by Liz
Gallagher
Story
writers, including many Short Review authors and reviewers, talk about
the many different aspects of the short story. Read the interview with
Vanessa on
the
blog. |
No
difficult questions this month - just
email
competitions@theshortreview.com
by Jan 31st with your subject line
"January comp - Book Title"
filling in which
book you'd like to
win.
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Congratulations!
The
winners of the Dec 2009
competition are:
Alison Lang wins a copy of
Kelly Link's Pretty
Monsters
Margaret O'Brien wins a
copy of
Amnesty International's Freedom anthology
We are
giving away two
books
this month:
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To win a copy of Freedom,
answer this question:
In which year did the UN adopt and proclaim
the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights?
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To win a copy of Pretty
Monsters
answer this question:
What
have California and Mexico become in Link's story The Surfer?
(Hint:
the answer is in the review)
Send answers to competitions@theshortreview.com
with the
subject line "Pretty Monsters Comp" by Jan 1st 2010. |
One winner of each book will be
picked at random from the correct answers.
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The
answer
to our question is that Rebecca Miller's mother was a
photographer. Many, many people sent in the correct answer... and the
winners are:
Valerie O'Riordan
Dan Powell
Catherine Walter
Sarah Hilary
Andrea Ashworth
Congratulations! A copy of Personal Velocity will shortly be on its way
to you.
October
2009
Canongate,
publisher of Rebecca Miller's Personal
Velocity, have kindly offered us FIVE copies to
give away. Just answer this question:
Q: Rebecca Miller is often described in terms
of her menfolk. In which visual medium was her mother an artist?
Send your answers to competitions@theshortreview.com
with the subject line "Personal Velocity Comp" by Oct 31st 2009,
five winners will be drawn from all the correct answers and
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