Paris Writers News is delighted to announce the composition of the Editorial Committee for the Paris Short Story Contest.
The Editorial Committee has two roles:
1) select the shortlist of stories which will be submitted to the finalist judges.
2) choose the winner of the 200 euro Editorial Committee Prize
We are extremely pleased to have united a talented group of writers and editors specialized in different areas (short story, novels, non-fiction, journalism, travel, humor, blogging, academia)--all passionate and discerning readers.
Here is our team:
- Beth Arnold : Award winning writer and journalist for Rolling Stone, GQ, InStyle, Self, American Way, Premiere, and online at The Huffington Post, Salon.com and Vogue.com, Editor of Letter from Paris
- Janice Abbott: author of Meet the Press, translator and teacher.
- Jennifer K. Dick : Author of Fluorescence and Patina, co-founder of Ivy writers series and professor of American Literature
- Mary Duncan: author of Henry Miller is Under My Bed, Professor. Founder/coordinator Paris Writers Group. Patron of the Shakespeare and Company Literary Festival, founder of Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Moscow
- Kristin Espinasse : Author of Words in a French Life and the extremely popular blog, French Word A Day
- Karen Fawcett : Publisher and editor of the widely-read Bonjour Paris, journalist
- Mary Ellen Gallagher: Fiction and non-fiction writer, currently completing a novel. MFA from Lesley University, Cambridge MA; short story awards from the US, France & Australia.
- Nancy Gerbault: Literary agent and President Abroad Writers Conferences
- Hilary Kaiser : Author of French War Brides and Veteran Recall, former tenured associate professor at the University of Paris
- Dimitri Keramitas : Short story writer, reviewer, teacher and translator
- Barry Kirwan: author of The Eden Paradox, short story writer
- Marcia Lebre : Director of the Paris Writers Workshop since 1998
- Kai Maristed: Author of the short story collection Belong to Me and the novels Out After Dark, Fall, and Broken Ground, her fiction and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review, The American Voice, StoryQuarterly, The American Scholar, Zoetrope, and The Anchor Essay Annual. Kai has taught at Emerson College and the Harvard Extension School and in the Warren Wilson MFA Program, has judged the University of Michigan Hopwood Awards and reviews frequently for The Los Angeles Times.
- Thirza Valois : Author of the acclaimed Around and About Paris series
- Christopher Vanier : Author of Caribbean Chemistry
- Eve Zuckerman : Editor in chief of L'Inébranlable, contributor to Sunday Telegraph, Ireland's Independent and Bonjourparis.com
For more about the contest please check the website for updates:
PARIS WRITERS NEWS SHORT STORY CONTEST
Genre: Short fiction (with some link to Paris)
Closing date: 30 November 2010
Prize: 200 euros for first prize, plus publication of twelve best stories
Entry fee: 10 euros
Restrictions: Maximum 5’000 words. Submission in the body of the email only
Further information: 12 stories will be selected to appear in the book: “BEST AND MOST DELIGHTFUL STORIES ABOUT PARIS” to be published fall 2011
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