PRIZE GIVING CEREMONY OF THE III SHORT STORY WRITING IN ENGLISH -TORREVIEJA ANOTHER LOOK-

Brian Philip Heard and Jack Gibbard were the winners in both categories, Torrevieja-related and free subject.

Last Thursday 31st of May, the jury’s verict was opened at the Palace of Music of Torrevieja, where the prize giving ceremony of this III short story writing competiton in English was held.

The council for the International and Foreigners Cooperation Councillor Mª Dolores Canales, the Councillor of Culture Eduardo Dolón, Jane Cronin in the name of the jury and the responsible for the website www.torrevieja.com Alexis López, attended this prize giving ceremony, conducted by Graham Knight from the Torrevieja International Residents Office.

Eduardo Dolón announced the publishing of this new anthology which will gather 33 selected works, 6 of which are the winning ones and some other 27 are selected works chosen by the jury.

Jane Cronin, in the name of the jury, emphasized the great quality of the entries of this III edition, although the work of having to read all the many works presented was a hard task, it was a real pleasure having to do so. Next, she read an extract of the most curious phrases which the jury remarked best of this edition.

The winners were as follows:

CATEGORY 1: TORREVIEJA SUBJECT.

First prize: "The Passion", by Brian Philip Heard (400 euros)
Second prize: "Phoenix from the ashes", by Patricia Sharkey (300 euros)
Third prize: "The busker of Torrevieja", by Robert Nicholson-Morton (200euros)

CATEGORY 2: FREE SUBJECT.

First prize: "A Christmas Wish", by Jack Gibbard (300 euros)
Second prize: "A brush with fame", by Stephen Hussey (200 euros)
Third prize: "Colour Me Guilty", by Elaine Simmonds (100 euros)

These are the selected works to be published:

Standing Room Only By Mal Brouwer (Calpe)	Menú del día By Janet Waters (San Miguel de Salinas)	As time goes by By Sylvia Anne Grant (Cartagena)
Christianity and the Moores By Stephen Hussey (Alicante)	Healing Hills By Peter Preedy Edinburgh (Scotland)	A fellow tourist comments on this fair town. By James Moreton Leith, Edinburg (Scotland)
A day with a difference By Katie Frewer (Torrevieja)	Handyman By Iain Griffiths (Orihuela Costa)	Day trip to Alicante By Rosemary Priest (Orihuela Costa)
The wiew from the window By James Collins Worthing West Sussex (United Kingdom)	Plain Speaking By Jim Collins Worthing, West Sussex (United Kingdom)	Decision on the rocks By Andy Dickinson St Helens (United Kingdom)
Gone fishing By Iain Griffiths (Orihuela Costa)	Great Aunt Elvira's Last laugh By Anthony Barnett Jalón (Alicante)	Dead five years ago By Soe Tjen Marching London (United Kingdom)
One day in summer By Rosemary Priest (Orihuela Costa)	Smokey By Jean Wilson (Torrevieja)	The wedding day By Colin Vicker (Orihuela Costa)
The new man in her life By Kathleen Heaps Colchester, Essex (United Kingdom)	The lady and the gull By Linda Bell (Guardamar del Segura)	Love will find a way By Gareth Turpie Portsmouth (United Kingdom)
Trust By George Palmer (Orihuela Costa)	El Edificio By June Cowley (Torrevieja)	The Field of Stones By John Clark La Mata (Torrevieja)
When the Flowers are in bloom By Robert Nicholson- Morton (San Fulgencio)	The Case of the Flat Trumpet By Jim Candlin (Orihuela Costa)	Dream Slip By Piers Ford United Kingdom

The members of the jury, Jane Cronin, Carole Drewry, Marie Bance, David Stokes and Paul Mutter,they were all given a souvenir for their cooperation and tough work made for this third edition.

1000 books are going to be published which will be given for free at the Museum of Salt and Sea and at the Tourist Office. Having finished the prize giving ceremony, the winners of this III edition signed books to those present at the Palace of Music, and a wine was offered to all assistants. Most of the writers who have taken part in this year’s competition, as well as residents and the attendant public from Torrevieja and the surrounding villages, had the chance to meet.

The origin of this competition began in September 2004, launched by the Culture and Foreigners Torrevieja City Hall Councillors together with the cooperation of the website www.torrevieja.com. The main aim of this new competition was to encourage residents and foreign visitors to be part of the culture in Torrevieja and reflect their personal point of view of this town which they have chosen to settle down.

Among the existing novelties of this III edition of this short story writing competition in English it is important to outstand the creation of a second category, the free subject category, as well as the rise in the amount of the prizes (1.500 euros in prizes) and the number of prizes, from 3 to 6 prizes.

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