I’ve just won first prize in the H E Bates shorts story competition!! Although I‘ve been short listed a few times in various comps and even came second a few times, this is the first time I have ever won a short story contest, so I’m pretty much over the moon about it. The details are at http://litnorthants.wordpress.com/news/ although you can’t read my story ‘The Handprint Child’ there. The collection will be published this year and as far as I know that will be the only way to see the winning entries, but I’ll post more about that when I know.
