Sunday Star Times Opens Voting to Public
This year a new category has been added to the Sunday
Star-Times’ Short Story Awards to give the public the
chance to vote online for their favourite story. Excerpts
from the top 10 entries have been published on-line at http://www.shortstory.co.nz.
Voting for the
People’s Choice Award for New Zealand’s favourite short
story is now open and will close on 25th October. Everyone
who votes goes into the draw to win one of three 'Six Packs'
from NZ Book Month.
Now in their 25th year the Sunday
Star-Times’ Short Story Awards, in association with Random
House, encourage and recognise the talents of published and
unpublished New Zealand writers
The awards are
nationally recognised for championing and showcasing New
Zealand short fiction. Some of this country's leading
writers, including Norman Bilbrough, Judith White, Barbara
Anderson, Linda Olsson and Sarah Quigley, have achieved
success in the competition.
All the Sunday Star-Times
Short Story Award winners including the People’s Choice
Award winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the
Auckland City Art Gallery Art Lounge on Tuesday October 27.
The winner of the People’s Choice award receives $750
cash, their story published in the Sunday Star-Times and
$250 worth of books from Random House, plus their story will
be published on http://www.shortstory.co.nz.