Competition Winners - The Arena Flash Fiction Challenge 2012

The winner of Arena's 'Flash Fiction' Writing Competition has been decided. Kerrie O'Brien's piece 'That Night' was chosen by Judge Dave Lordan as the overall winner.

The runners-up were Leona Lee Cully for her piece 'On Evil, and Smiling Bess', Paul O'Sullivan for his piece 'Due North', Sheela Armstrong for her piece 'Crowned' and Clare Taylor for her piece 'Even Movie Stars get the Blues'.

The list of 'Special Mentions' as chosen by Dave Lordan were:

Paul Lenehan - 'Ghosts of Glenbawn'
Angela O Flynn - 'Talking with my Face'
Eve Power - 'Alpha'
Nora Nadjarian - 'Truth'
Angela Finn - 'Girls Like Shoes'
Kate Nicdhomhnail - 'l Mould'
Kevin O Cuinn - 'While Oliver Paints'
Adrienne Murphy - 'Luvverly Bruv'
Eoin Bassett - 'The Girl's Worm'
Andrew Halley - 'Science'
Patrick Cotter - '1001 Estonian Nights'
Eugene French - 'Goodnight Scarlett'
Krystyna Rawic - 'STRAITJACKET'
Laurence O Dwyer - 'Erzulie Dantor'
Brigid O Connor - 'Are You Talkin' to me?'
Nuala Ni Chonchuir - 'Jesus of Dublin'
Colm O Brien - 'The Dark'
Valerie Sirr - 'The Bridge'
Louise Hegarty - 'Triptych'
Gerrard O Sullivan - 'The Day He Died'

Many thanks to everyone who took part in the competition and to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre for Creative Artists at Annaghmakerrig in County Monaghan for their prize of a week's stay (www.tyroneguthrie.ie).

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