From June 18th to 20th, writers across Niagara took part in CREATE the Summer’s first 48-Hour Competition: Short Story!
Writer’s took up the challenge to write a short story in only 48 hours! As part of the competition, participants were given a theme and word prompts that they had to include in their entry. Their theme was “The hour before” and their two word prompts were “Overflow” and “Camouflage”.
Our writers were more than up to the task and we received so many amazing short stories that varied in genre and style!
And now the time has come to announce the winner of CREATE the Summer’s 48-Hour Short Story Competition!
So, without further ado, here’s Jim Vaylin to reveal our winner!
https://youtu.be/aaKKVWarp2I
Congratulations, Mary Coleman on her winning short story “The Morning Report”!
Coleman is a 33-year-old resident of Fort Erie, Ontario. She has an educational background in Sociology from Brock University, and has been writing since she was six years old.
In her Author’s Bio, Coleman had this to say about her inspiration to write growing up and now as a Mom:
“My Father wrote for our local newspaper when I was young, so I definitely learned this creative outlet from him. I think it’s fitting that I enter such a competition on Father’s Day! As a current stay at home Mom, I also wanted to show my kids you’re never too old to try something new and exercise your creativity.”
You can read “The Morning Report” on our website, here!
As the winner of the Short Story Competition, Coleman will receive:
- $150 gift card for goods and services from Artista Design and Print Co.
- Short story published in STAC’s online journal,
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- Short story published on CREATE Niagara website and promoted via our social channels
A special thank you to our wonderful Guest Judge, Dr. Catherine Parayre, who had the incredibly difficult task of selecting a winner.
Catherine Parayre is Associate Professor in the Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture (STAC) at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University. She publishes in English, French, and German, and is co-editor of the Small Walker Press. You can learn more about Catherine and her work here.
Thank you to our friends at Artista Design and Print Co, and our Partners the City of Niagara Falls, the 2022 Canada Games, and everyone at Vaylin Entertainment.
Thank you to all of the writers who took part and made the first 48-Hour Competition of CREATE the Summer such a success! We were blown away by all the amazing writing talent here in Niagara. We hope they had as much fun writing these stories as we had reading them!
CREATE the Summer is just getting started. We’ve got 3 more 48-Hour Competitions on the way and free Art Challenges every week! Be sure to check out our website and follow us @createniagara for all the latest updates!
Stay safe, keep writing, keep creating!
– The CREATE Niagara Team
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