http://www.fishpublishing.com/short_story_news.htm

Congratuations to Sharon-eyeball and Sion-scottwil for getting as far as they did - I think the message is definitely - don't give up, and maybe one of those agents will bite...

Fingers and other bits crossed

Elspeth

Yes, congratulations Sion and Sharon.

David Mitchell's commentary is very instructive. I think he is a wonderful wonderful writer. Just read Cloud Atlas a few weeks ago - I will probably read it again I enjoyed it so much.

Thanks for the link, Elspeth, those commentaries are very interesting, and congratulations to Sharon and Sion. Sharon, I want Kern on my bookshelf asap!

Adele.

wow, fab news, Sharon and Sion, I've added these to our success stories section on the home page- hope that's OK!- and also to our News page as such fab things said by judge David Mitchell. Congrats to you both.

Congratulations to both of you… it’s a great achievement to be short-listed from such a huge entry. If that doesn’t get your novels published I don’t now what will.

Dee
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I'm now down in NZ, having just started a new job. Busy-blah-blah-blah. For the while I'm not able to devote as much time to the site as I'd like, so please forgive me for my lack of activity.

Thank you all so much for your support.

I have no idea what you guys have read because I can't seem to get into the Fish news page. But, yes, fuck it. I didn't win. However, the personal crit I received from David Mitchell was considered and very encouraging.

My congratulations to Fish for so many wonderful comps...oh, and to that winner-bloke as well.

Thanks again for all your goodwill. It means a lot.

Best
Sion

Good job making it this far Sion and Sharon. Tough Break. But some excellent exposure.

Well done Sion on that review by Mitchell! I haven't received any feedback from him, which I have to admit, smarts more than not winning, but I'm still glad to have made the shortlist. It's going to be interesting to see the winner's book when it's published. Congrats to him.
And thanks to Elspeth for pointing me at the Fish in the first place. Sharon

Here's the man himself

http://www.meettheauthor.com/bookbites/548.html

and the site is addictive

Sion, Sharon, you both did brilliantly, and there's always next time.

Nell.