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Success Stories

We're proud that WriteWords is home to a wonderfully diverse collection of writers. This page celebrates just some of their successes. Here's to many more! (do let us know yours.)

29-12-05  Ian Smith 100 's poem The Cleverest Man in the World, is published in Bewildering Stories, and story, Fill Her Belly, Boy, is published in Prose Toad.
23-12-05  Account Closed 's urban folk tale 'Under the Scarecrow's Watchful Eye' is going to be published in the second issue of new magazine Twisted Tongue (a print mag), out in May 2006.
16-12-05  Dee 's short story, Hunter's Quarry won first prize in Airedale Writers' Circle annual competition and Storm's Warning was highly commended.
13-12-05  engldolph 's Into the Light won 3rd prize in the annual Coffee House Poetry competition, after begin honed in the poetry writers group 2004.
12-12-05  tinyclanger 's poem 'Taxi Rides to Nowhere' is published in Issue 72 of Iota Magazine. Also in the issue is 'On chicken and forgiveness' by ww member Elsie.
12-12-05  Joel 's Love Thy Enemy is to be published in the February 2006 issue of SciFantastic.
10-12-05  Luisa has been shortlisted in the RWA Chick Lit competition with "Stiletto in the Door".
05-12-05  SamMorris 's story The Curious Anatomy of Brother is to be published in the Tonto Short Story anthology
05-12-05  SmithBrowne 's poem The Cannibal God has been nominated for a Pushcart prize.
05-12-05  allyb25 's I'll Never Fall In Love Again, was chosen as the story of the month for December at www.darkfiction.co.uk.
02-12-05  Nik Perring 's novel for children, "I met a Roman last night, what did you do?" will be published in September 2006.
28-11-05  Mac AM 's "Union Street, 6th June" was long listed for the Bridport Poetry Prize 2005
27-11-05  Myrtle 's flash fiction piece 'I Heart Pottery' will appear in an anthology published by Leaf Books to support the recent Children in Need writing marathon.
24-11-05  Prospero 's 'Crossing the Line' is to be published in the next issue of Heavy Glow out mid December
24-11-05  lieslj 's 'The Art of Survival' that she workshopped on WriteWords has been nominated for a Puschart Prize
16-11-05  Account Closed 's 'A French Lesson' has been accepted by Gator Springs Gazette and 'Empty Shell' for the flash edition of Right Hand Pointing (an ezine)
16-11-05  Mac AM has two poems in issue (36) of Smiths Knoll – Brewed Up and Meat Market, Sham Shui Po.
16-11-05  Red Monkey (Jane McNulty) has written her fourth episode of DOCTORS. Titled Something to Hold On To, it tells the story of Craig whose love for Meriel could really be the death of her.....
10-11-05  Jubbly 's radio play The Andy Warhol Syndrome , co-written with Jennny Eclair - will be broadcast on Radio 4 at 2.15pm on Monday 14th November 2005.
24-10-05  EmmaD 's story 'Russian Tea' was shortlisted for the Fish Short Histories Prize. Her story 'Closing Time' was longlisted for the 2005 Bridport Prize.
18-10-05  Myrtle is to be represented by Rosemary Canter at PFD
04-10-05  Elbowsnitch 's tiny untitled story has won the Spread the Word microstory competition, over-16s section
04-10-05  Account Closed 's Beneath a Weeping Willow, is to be published by Thirteen Magazine in their Halloween Special.
30-09-05  Dee 's short fiction Kissing Shadows, which started life as an RLG on WriteWords, has been commended in Creating Reality's flash fiction competition.
30-09-05  Elsie 's poem, Aromatherapy Kit, has been accepted for publication in Smiths Knoll magazine.
28-09-05  apsara 's story One Night in Bangkok was a runner-up in the BBC World Service Short Story Competition
31-08-05  Silverelli has had a monologue published on McSweeneys
31-08-05  Prospero 's story 'Slave to Love is to be published in the Winter issue of 'Duck and Herring'
30-08-05  Anglisutuel 's first children's novel The Symbol Stone to be represented by Lesley Pollinger at Pollinger Ltd.
24-08-05  rogernmorris 's novel, Taking Comfort, will be published by Macmillan New Writing, Spring 2006
20-08-05  Richard Conlon has just received an Arts Council England grant to develop a major work for young casts based on the life of Victorian philanthropist Croline Chisholm. The piece will be created by working with a newly opened Northampton school named after the social reformer.
17-08-05  crowspark 's Flash Fiction piece, "Earth's secrets", has been accepted by Flashshot.
17-08-05  Elbowsnitch 's story 'Bistro and Cemetery' received an honourable mention in the Momaya Short Story Competition 2005 and will be published in their Annual Review
14-08-05  lieslj says: 'A great big thank you to everyone who helped me deliberate over Logbook. I just heard that it took first place in South Africa's People Opposing Women Abuse Writing Competion.'
12-08-05  scottwil has come second in the Yeovil Literary Prize with Somnambulant
11-08-05  Harry 's novel 'Ikorodu Road' made the commended list for Yeovil literary prize.
10-08-05  Joel 's story The Cost of Advertising is to be published in the short story collection The Remarkable Everyday by Legend Press available from all good bookshops from the 22nd October.
10-08-05  Account Closed 's The Incandescent Beauty of the Atrophied Soul has been published on the Neometropolis Cyberpunk website.
07-08-05  Prospero 's story 'The Last Rites' has won the Dorsals contest in issue 39 of Doorknobs and BodyPaint.
07-08-05  crowspark has had a flash fiction piece, "Another coffee?" accepted for the 8/17 edition of Somewhat.org
04-08-05  lieslj has had poems workshopped on WriteWords, Stones and Covert Operation featured in The Hiss Quarterly
21-07-05  Mac AM is a Mslexia Poetry Competition winner with Under Trees, published in Issue 26
20-07-05  Account Closed is to be represented by Agent John Jarrold.
18-07-05  crowspark had two pieces of flash accepted this month, "Gravity pulls" was accepted by Flashshots and "Bad timing" was accepted by Rivendell Writers Gazette.
16-07-05  sahelsteve has had his debut children's book 'Sophie and the Albino Camel' (ages 7+) accepted by Andersen Press, to be published in February 2006.
14-07-05  mabel 's 'Firestarter Red' has been accepted by Scifantastic magazine's launch issue in August and also on Laura Hird's showcase page in September.
06-07-05  EmmaD has accepted a two-book contract from Headline, for her novel Shadows in the Glass. Her next novel is provisionally titled A Polished Lamp. The deal is for UK and Commonwealth rights including Canada, and translation rights. US rights are retained by Gillon Aitken.
27-06-05  SmithBrowne has had five poems accepted for the autumn 2004 issue of "FRiGG" and one other for the next issue of "Poetry Monthly." All were previously workshopped on WW.
25-06-05  scottwil has a short story in the Summer Solstice issue of Bonfire
25-06-05  Account Closed has won 1st prize in the Haibun competition and says: 'Many thanks to the Haiku & Short Poetry Group who helped me to get my entry into shape!' as well as a Commendation in the Page of Prose competition.
20-06-05  Kara 's short story "In My Dreams You All Speak Somali" is featured in a new anthology about refugees called Soft Touch.
19-06-05  Account Closed has just taken 3rd prize in the Free Verse category of Northampton Literature Group's annual poetry competition, with the poem "Bravery comes in many forms".
18-06-05  Fearless 's poem 'Pretender to the Throne' was given 3rd place in the Creating Reality Open Poetry Competition 2005.
18-06-05  lieslj 's Friends of Bill has won second place in the Tattoo Highway contest
14-06-05  JimKin has been selected for the Shoot The Writers competition, to be broadcast on ITV1 in the Autumn 2005
29-05-05  tinyclanger has had 5 poems, including The 53rd Reason, Free Fall and Waiting Room accepted by the Writing for Our Lives website http://www.writingforourlives.com and another piece, Madrigal, has been accepted for Issue 10 of Aesthetica
28-05-05  CheekyGrin 's book 'Around The World In Farty Haze' has just been published by Lansdowne-Press, www.lansdowne-press.co.uk.
27-05-05  bjlangley will have four of his sketches broadcast on ITV1's Shoot the Writers in the Autumn, as well as being featured himself in a video intro .
27-05-05  EmmaD has just been awarded an MPhil from the University of Glamorgan for her novel Shadows in the Glass, and a critical paper, 'Reading, Writing and Desire in A.S.Byatt's Possession'. She has also been taken on as a client by Clare Alexander at Gillon Aitken Associates.
22-05-05  eyeball won third prize in the July issue of Writers' Forum with 'Chalk', a story that appeared on WriteWords last year.
19-05-05  Lisa 's play Mango, workshopped on WriteWords, has just been nominated for the Lost Theatre One Act Play Festival 2005 at the Diorama Theatre NW1
16-05-05  Account Closed won 2nd prize in the Pulsar Poetry competition.
15-05-05  lieslj creative non-fiction flash, 'Left Hand Journey' has just appeared in The Hiss Quarterly
14-05-05  EmmaD 's story Nunc Dimittis is Highly Commended in Cadenza's most recent competition. It will be published in Cadenza 14, in December.
12-05-05  lieslj has had 5 poems accepted by Bonfire magazine, including Secret Signs, Confessions on Listening to a Beloved, and Career Change After The Orchestra's Closure, which were all workshopped on WriteWords. She has also had The Air of Words accepted by Prairie Dog 13, and 3 flashes accepted by Chimurenga, including Waiting for the Lotto, again workshopped on WW.
27-04-05  eyeball was shortlisted for the Fish Unpublished Novel Prize for Terrestrial
27-04-05  scottwil was shortlisted for the Fish Unpublished Novel Prize for Thicker Than Water
27-04-05  Account Closed has a haiku in the latest edition of Mslexia magazine
26-04-05  darkstar has just won the David St John Thomas New Subscribers Award for the short story Killing Kate
26-04-05  Account Closed has just won the David St John Thomas Open Poetry Award
14-04-05  Joel story The Crossword has been accepted for publication in the upcoming issue of Bonfire.
11-04-05  engldolph has had his poem "My Story" accepted for publication by Coffee House Poetry
08-04-05  old friend has has a short story A TASTY MORTAL accepted by The Storyteller.
05-04-05  Dee 's Carter’s Money has come second in a competition run by Bank Street Writers
05-04-05  Nik Perring has had one short story accepted by The Storyteller, and another by Thirteen magazine.
02-04-05  Joel 's story "The Lord of the Dart" has been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of Tall Tales. It is the first time he has had his fiction accepted for publication.
01-04-05  EmmaD 's story Russian Tea is a runner up in the Phillip Good Memorial Prize 2004, which is run by QWF Magazine. Her story Closing Time is part of the pilot issue of Leaf, a new project publishing individual short stories
28-03-05  engldolph 's poem A London Park in Wartime (2004) will be published in the latest addition of Aesthetica.
22-03-05  miffle 's poem 'Living with Egg' is Daisy Goodwin's poem of the month: www.daisygoodwin.co.uk under 'Daisy Home' / Poem of the month
20-03-05  Fearless was a finalist in Shortfuse's Poetry Idol 2004 competition (and has been invited back to perform a full set on April 28th 2005 at Shortfuse in Camden) and is having another poem, 'Nubian', published in an Anchor Books anthology entitled 'Mixed Emotions', Summer 2005
09-03-05  JoPo has, after many years of rejections, signed a contract with a (very) mainstream UK publisher and one of his novels will be coming out some time in the middle of 2006
08-03-05  Kara has a story coming out in Spring in Timbuktu magazine called Under The Surface.
27-02-05  Account Closed 's Jelly Babies has been accepted by Smokelong Quarterly -after at least 6 other stories getting rejected!
27-02-05  Account Closed has won the David St John Thomas Poetry Competition for 'Seismic'
27-02-05  Tina had her poem ‘Past Three O’clock accepted for Aesthetica Magazine issue 9
27-02-05  sue n 's Sally Forth has been accepted for issue 9 of Aesthetica magazine.
27-02-05  Jardinery 's story "Bone on Bone" has made the finals for the story South Million Writers Award.
18-02-05 Craig has had his first story accepted for publication, after reading the interview with Tall Tales on WriteWords
18-02-05 Mr B.'s article "Endangered! Similar views from both sides of the staffroom door" was published in the 'Talkback' section of the Times Educational Supplement. His poem 'Moments' has also been accepted for publication in issue 9 of Aesthetica
1-02-05 Mac AM has just won first prize in the Women Writer's Network competition with her story Beautiful Game
1-02-05 Beanie Baby 's story "Grandma's Spider" is due to be published in "Man In The Moon" (New Fiction imprint, Forward Press) in the spring. 4th self published poetry book for GOSCH has almost sold out.