BISCUIT PUBLISHING
Since 2000, Biscuit Publishing has been promoting good writing by running competitions and publishing the results, as well as commissioning work from selected authors. There are currently twenty books in print. Newest fiction publication is The Beach Hut by Sian Hughes, who won the 2008 Biscuit International Short Story Prize: it will be formally launched at a celebration in August. This will be followed by a novel, The Good Man of Camerton, from Gillian Garnham to be published in late August 2009, and in October by The Possibility of Bears, an anthology of the fourteen prizewinning Flash Fiction and Short Stories from the 2009 Biscuit International Competitions.
The most recent poetry collections are Chasing the Ivy, by Maureen Almond and Sun Dips at Juhu Beach by Asit Maitra. They will be followed in the autumn by Foray, Border Reiver Women, a poetry collection from Pippa Little, the winner of the 2008 Biscuit International Poetry Competition, which will be launched at two events in November. See our Events page for news of all forthcoming events - as well as accounts of some past celebrations!
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2009 Competition Winners Announced
The full results of the Biscuit International Short Story and Flash Fiction Prizes for 2009 have now been announced. The winner of the 2009 Short Story Prize is Douglas Bruton, from Scotland, for his story Darius And The Bloody Big Fish: Douglas has chosen to take the cash prize of £1,000 (instead of having his own collection published) and this has been paid to him.
The Best Flash Fiction for 2009 is Monsieur Méchant by Cheryl Lee Latter from the Channel Islands. Cheryl will receive a cash prize of £1,000. Judge Gillian Garnham said of the short-listed fictions: "Overall, the group demonstrates the delights and value of this literary genre, offering a mixture of humour; pathos; intelligence, as well as some most engaging writing."
This fourteen best stories - seven conventional length short stories and seven flash fiction tales - will feature in an anthology, entitled The Possibility of Bears, to be published during the autumn of this year. Each of the fourteen authors will receive three copies. There will also be a Celebratory Event to which the authors will be invited. The title of the anthology and all other details will be on our website soon, along with more details of each of the fourteen authors.
More about Biscuit writing competitions - and their winners - on our Competitions page.
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Last update: 9th June 2009.
