We are delighted to announce the First Short Story Winners!We received a large number of entries to the first Bridge House Short Story Competition 2009 and had great pleasure in contacting the three lucky winners. The standard was so high we have decided that each of these stories will be published in future anthologies!
First Place Sandra Morgan Dancing To Lili Marlene
Second Place Susan Stern I Never Wear Black
Third Place Carol Croxton When Angels Weep
Sandra Morgan the winner!
Dancing
to Lily Marlene is a wonderfully atmospheric story that inspired the judges for its sense of melancholy. Sandra says it was
inspired by a family holiday, and impish Maisie is one of her own
grandchildren. Late in the evenings,
with light spilling from balconies, someone unseen played old war tunes on a
harmonica. One night her husband whistled Lili Marlene and straightaway, back
it came on the harmonica. It was a
special moment and she said she knew a story would evolve from it.
To read extracts of all the winning stories check out our Blog soon!