E.E. King, our very first contest winner, passed along some exciting news to Brian the other day. Her short story, “Dirk Snigby’s Guide to the Afterlife” has been anthologized in Next Stop Hollywood (St. Martins, 2007), a collection of 15 previously unpublished stories deemed suitable for film adaptation. Her story was chosen from over 600 entries.
She will be having a book party/reading on July 6th at 7:00 p.m. at Dutton’s in Brentwood, CA. Now you have a chance to read Evie’s work and see just how deserving she is of being our inaugural short-short story winner. The book’s a bargain at less than twelve bucks on Amazon and would make a nice Father’s Day gift (wait, I’m probably the only super-slacker out there who STILL hasn’t mailed out her Father’s Day package…but I bet you know someone who has a birthday coming up or something).
Evie actually submitted “Dirk Snigby,” so I can personally attest to what a delightful, original story it is. When we chose “The Tragedy of Dewy C. McCray” as our winner, we had to disqualify her other entry to comply with our two-year rule. After all, we don’t want any dynasties or to be accused of favoritism.
Here's a picture we didn't get to use on our winner's page but was still lurking around on my computer. A lovely shot of E. E. King with a weimaraner.Our sincere congrats to Evie!
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