Ghosts in the Library top 10 winners!

eBook Me Up short story contest: 

Dear Patricia

 

I'm reaching out to you to inform you that your submission to our eBook Me Up Short Story Contest has made the top 10 finalists.  While your work was not selected for the top 3 awards, we are thrilled with your submission 'Ghosts in the Library'.  This piece will be included in our compilation eBook and we will send you an eCopy per the publication deadline set for mid-August.

 

We will make the announcement of the winners for the compilation eBook on August 1st per our web site.

 

Congratulations!

 

Kind regards,

Cassie

Frogs, Gnomes, Hikers and Bottle Miners by Patricia Crandall

Received a great review from a reader on my story "Frogs, Gnomes, Hikers and Bottle Miners" on FICTION on the WEB 

Here's the review by Brooke Fieldhouse


Gingerbread houses, cathedral-like ceilings, bulbous polyps, baguette-snitching seasoned woodsmen, rain-vulnerable gnomes, ruby-colored antique bottles, upholstered gliders, and maroon and grey outbacks; this story has a delightful air of magic realism about it. The parallel narratives fascinate, and intertwine just at the right moment. For me the heroes were the enchanted landscape which is there if only we can see it, the value of a liberating education, and those who so lovingly administer it!


Read the story and give me your comments. I would appreciate them. You can find this and my other short stories in my book, Pat's Collectibles. 

David Orr Read "I Passed This Way" (he comments)

I just finished reading "I Passed this Way" by my friend, Patricia Crandall. This book of poetry reminded me that so much of life is taking the time to notice. Yes, notice. There's so much in nature, people and circumstances that is noble, good, beautiful and worth taking the time to ponder. To me, that's the essence of poetry and she certainly captured it.

David Orr  

  

I Passed This Way is a second printing of a book of published poetry descriptive of the four seasons. It takes you through a winter wonderland, a spring rebirth, summer fantasies and the vivid colors of autumn. The dedication is a poem to Babcock Lake, a special place in the Grafton Mountains to live and visit.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1614682763

It All Adds Up! by Patricia Crandall in Long Story Short

Patricia Crandall's short story, It All Adds Up! will be published in the July issue of Long Story Short.  Get your copy.

"Frogs, Gnomes, Hikers and Bottle Miners by Patricia Crandall

Please mark your calendars:

"Frogs, Gnomes, Hikers and Bottle Miners" has been accepted for publication at FICTION on the WEB, and will appear on 10 July.

Call For Submissions for Mystery/Thriller

I'm part of a small team called Inkitt, and we've built a free platform to help authors reach their full potential and build a reader base.

Today we've launched our Mystery / Thriller writing contest, called "Fated Paradox".
See the details on the contest page: http://inkitt.com/fatedparadox

As a published author, I'm sure you have aspiring writers in your network who might be interested in such an opportunity.

If you share our passion for helping mystery writers succeed, perhaps you could help us spread the word about the contest. If you would be generous enough to publish a call for submissions on your blog, you can use the visuals and text directly from this summary.

And since excerpts and old stories are eligible too, many established authors use our contests to promote their novels. This might be a reason for you to enter the contest yourself.

Our most active users include literary professors, and published authors too. We are proud of the high number of professional reviews and mature stories on the platform.

Let me know what you think.

All the best,

Mihaly Borbely
Head of Marketing | Inkitt.com
Sanderstrasse 28 • 12047 Berlin • Germany

Honorable Mentions 2014 Creative Writer's Notebook Short Story Contest

To all who entered the 2014 Creative Writer’s Notebook Short Story Contest, here are the winners and honorable mentions. Thank you for entering and congratulations to all whose entries are named on this list. I will need you to send me the digital Word file of your short story as soon as possible along with your bio (updated if I already have one on file because of other contests).

 

If your story or other entries did not make the list this time, please keep trying. The 2015 Short Story Contest begins shortly and you have until Jan 31, 2016 to get your entries in. I will send out the guidelines later this month.

 

Again, thank you all for entering. The Judges’ comments and scores will be forthcoming.

 

Mary Lois

 

Mary Lois Sanders

Publisher/Managing Editor

Creative Writer’s Notebook

Court Jester Publications

http://courtjesterpublications.net

http://MaryLoisSandersauthor.net

http://myotherzone.com

 

2014 CWN Short Story Contest Winners and Honorable Mentions

 

FIRST	The Bunker	DOYLE, Mike
SECOND	Grimm	PETRO, Jack
THIRD	The Melody Caper	WATKINS, Allen
HM	Left Out in the Cold	MAURER, David L.
HM	Last Chance	NEWHOUSE, Mark H.
HM	Suspicions	BARBOSA, Linda
HM	The Cook	WATKINS, Allen
HM	Ghosts In The Library	CRANDALL, Patricia
HM	There Are No Dahlias in Detroit	CHIZAK, Lawrence J.
HM	Catching the Critter Under the Bay Window	ROBINSON, Cathleen
HM	Maestro	MARTIN, Larry
HM	A Pinch of Spice	CRANDALL, Patricia
HM1	Yanks	WARNER, William J.
HM	What Happened on Serpentine Hill	ROBINSON, Cathleen
HM	Last in the Stick	WARNER, William J.
HM	Why Eat Alone	PAHZ, Jim
HM	The Virgin Heart	RUSSELL, Vanessa
HM	Bad Decisions	SMITH, Ray Allen
HM	The First Time	STARK, Jim
HM	Coming Home - 1968	RIDGE, Francis X., Jr.
HM	Duende Moments	PADIAN, James
HM	Dark Purpose	SNIVELY, David
HM	Alpaca Games	SNIVELY, David
HM	Itchy Wishy Twitchy	MALINGER, Christopher
HM	The Lovesong of Akina	JOHNSON, Millard
HM	A Matter of Time	FISLER, Barbara C.
HM	Jack and the Diamond Smugglers	GRAHAM, David B.
HM	Free to Be Me	CAPORALE, Claudia