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Celebrating the Short Story
I have always been a great fan of the short
story, both as a writer and a reader. Although
the form has been with us, one might say from
the beginning of time, it has for many years
declined in popularity. Thanks to the internet
it is coming back in vogue stronger than ever.
It is a trend I want to encourage, hence our
contests (see below). Writing short stories has
always been a great challenge to the imaginative
writer. Unlike a novel, which can be more
leisurely in its unfolding, a short story must
compress its narrative into a tighter framework.
It must be created as an entity unto itself with
a beginning, middle and end. Essentially, it
presents a slice of life, often a single
incident, the individual moment. See
complete story.
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Divorce Story Writing Contest
Winner Announcement
We are happy to announce the winner and
runners-up of our inaugural Warren Adler
Short Story Contest. First prize, including
$500, is awarded to Kathleen Hood Haskins
for her short story "Natural Selection."
Runners-up, Barry I. Gold with "New
Shoes" and Jessica L.Q. Calanayan's
"The Decision," also are awarded an
autographed first edition copy of
The War of the Roses. The winning stories
were chosen from hundreds of entries from
around the world on the subject of divorce
and/or the break-up of relationships,
demonstrating the universality of all the
attendant disappointment and angst
associated with this traumatic experience.
Frankly, we are both astonished at the
response and grateful for all entries.
Read the
winning stories now!
Annual Short Story Writing Contest
Announcement
With the success of the Divorce Story contest,
Stonehouse Press is announcing the launch of
the annual Warren Adler Short Story Contest.
Tying into Warren Adler's new story collection
being published next spring (see below), the
theme of our second annual contest is New
York City. Entries are limited to 2,000
words and must have some New York City
connection, through locale, reference, fantasy
or sentiment. Rules, submission dates and
prizes will be posted in early June.
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New York Echoes to be Published in
Spring, 2008
 You
might say it's a short story festival around
here! Stonehouse Press will be launching
another of Warren Adler's short story
collections, New York Echoes, next
spring. The stories deal exclusively with the
New York experience. A number of the stories
that will be included in the collection are
for sale individually online at
Amazon Shorts, with a unique feature:
It
is interesting to note that when the Amazon
people requested my short stories, they asked
me to write a brief paragraph on how I got the
idea for each individual story. It required me
to, in effect, retrace my subconscious steps
and recreate the refracted memories that
suggested the narrative force behind the
stories. I thought it would be of passing
curiosity to post some of these paragraphs for
those who seek to understand the creative
process. Click the link above to read those
thoughts for each Amazon Shorts title.
New York Echoes will be the
fourth volume of Mr. Adler's collections, all
of which are available in print and electronic
format.
The four previous collections are
The Sunset Gang,
Never Too Late For Love,
Jackson Hole, Uneasy Eden, and
The Washington Dossier Stories. Three of
the short stories in The Sunset Gang were
adapted as a trilogy, which played on the PBS
network to wonderful reviews. Featured in the
cast were Doris Roberts, Jerry Stiller, Ann Meara, Uta Hagen, Ron Rifkin and Michael
Adler.
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