News About the Okanagan Short Story Contest
March 15, 2011: Okanagan Short Fiction Contest Winners Announced!
Winners of the 13th annual Okanagan Short Story Contest, as selected by contest judge Annabel Lyon, have been announced. First place went to Lindsay Diehl, of Kelowna, for her submission titled Basel. Diehl is a graduate student at UBC Okanagan and graduated with an MFA degree in 2010. Second place went to Vernon writer Susan Fenner for her story, Axis Of Fault.
Third place went to Ryan Ennis, a student at Okanagan College in Kelowna, for his story called Hole. The contest attracted 141 story submissions by writers from throughout B.C.s Southern Interior. The winners read from their stories at the Okanagan Regional Library with acclaimed novelist and judge, Annabel Lyon.
March 1, 2011: Okanagan Short Fiction Contest Short list Announced!
The 13th annual Okanagan Short Story Contest attracted 141 story submissions by writers from throughout BCs Southern Interior.
Three winners will be announced at a public reading with contest judge Annabel Lyon, at the Okanagan Regional Library (1380 Ellis Street, Kelowna) on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The event will begin at 7 p.m.
Authors shortlisted are:
Susan Fenner, Vernon
Natalie Appleton, Vernon
John J. Clark, Vernon
Sharon Kuroyama, Salmon Arm
Kate Edwards, Kamloops
Lindsay Diehl, Kelowna
Ryan Ennis, Kelowna
Glenna Turnbull, Kelowna
Mark Alexander Smith, Peachland
Kathy Hartley, Nelson
Lana Kurz, Sorrento
Jan Kennett, Kelowna
Maegan Church, Kelowna
Devon Muhlert, Vernon
Kaitlin Callaghan, Kelowna
Harvey Quamme, Penticton
Rhonda Cottrell, Blind Bay
Gord Grisenthwaite, Kelowna
Johana van Zanten, Kelowna
Silke Yardley, Armstrong
Burnet McLean
Laura Stanek, Vernon
Denise King, Kamloops
Karen Meyer, Coldstream
Kim McMechan, Kelowna
Gordon Brayshaw, Kelowna
Contest sponsors are UBC Okanagan, Okanagan College, CBC Radio One, and the Central Okanagan Foundation.
For more information, contact Michael V. Smith at UBC Okanagan, 250-807-9706.
