Best Paris Stories to be released in paperback on May 31, 2012

For immediate release: 

Best Paris Stories to be released on May 31, 2012

ISBN: 978-0982369852

Free library loan to members of Amazon Prime

Available now for pre-order
Cover design by Lydia D'moch.

BEST PARIS STORIES

For some, Paris is home, for others, merely a dream. For Gaston, it is a bench, the anchor of his life. For Sue, a romantic city filled with scandalous, dark-eyed men, for Frank an all-consuming fire, for Mme Santinelli a ghost she'd hoped to forget. By turns humorous, bittersweet, historical or surreal, each of these carefully selected stories invites us to explore a different facet of Paris.

BEST PARIS STORIES brings together the winning short stories of the 2011 Paris Short Story Contest with works by Jeannine Alter, Bob Levy, Lisa Burkitt, Nafkote Tamirat, Marie Houzelle, Jo Nguyen, Julia Mary Lichtblau, Mary Byrne, Marie Houzelle, Jane M. Handel, and Jim Archibald.

The BEST PARIS STORIES were selected by distinguished judges Elizabeth Bard, Cara Black, Janet Skeslien Charles, Charles and Clydette De Groot, Penelope Fletcher, Nicola Keegan, Anne Korkeakivi, Diane Johnson, Robert Stewart, Heather Stimmler-Hall, and Charles Trueheart in collaboration with Paris Writers News and the remarkable Editorial Committee formed by Beth Arnold, Janice Abbott, Jennifer K. Dick, Mary Duncan, Kristin Espinasse, Karen Fawcett, Mary Ellen Gallagher, Nancy Gerbault, Hilary Kaiser, Dimitri Keramitas, Barry Kirwan, Marcia Lebre, Kai Maristed, Thirza Valois, Christopher Vanier, and Eve Zuckerman,

BEST PARIS STORIES will celebrate the this new publication at The American Library of Paris on May 29 at a literary event that will be open to the public.

If you are a Book Reviewer,  Book Blogger, Travel writer, Paris organization or Publication based in France and you would like to receive a review copy of Best Paris Stories, please contact Summertime Publications with "review copy" in the subject line..

and the winner is.... Best Paris Stories ebook cover contest

After long and tortured consideration of many excellent submissions, we have selected the cover for the ebook edition of Best Paris Stories, to be released in May 2012.

Congratulations to graphic designer Lydia D'moch!

Last Submissions for Best Paris Stories Ebook Cover contest!

Last day for submissions to the Cover Contest for Best Paris Stories !  Here are the latest additions to the many excellent designs we have received from talented artists. Might one of these be the cover? Many thanks to the fine graphic artists for their excellent work: William Busch, Micheal Dekel, Jonathan Freedman, Margo Berdeshevsky, Lee E. Shilo, Naofimi Hojin, Pascal Nocquet, Lydia D'moch, Ryssa Mae Allercon, Sophie Ren, Louisa Gioffre Suziki, Bas Zwigtman,  Sarah Nocquet, Sharon Watts, and Bob Bouwense. We invite you to enjoy their creativity and watch this space for more …

Naofimi Hojin  2

Bas Zwigtman

Sharon Watts

Pascal Nocquet

Bob Bouwense

Sarah Nocquet

Lydia D'moch 1

Naofimi Hojin

Lydia D'moch 2

William Busch

Ryssa Mae Alercon

Sophie Ren

Margo Berdeshevsky 1

Louisa Gioffre Suzuki

Micheal Dekel

Jonathan Freedman

Margo Berdeshevsky 2

Lee E. Shilo

Jonathan Freedman

Margo Berdeshevsky 3

See: list of short story winners

See: Judges and Editorial Committee

See Submission Guidelines for Ebook Cover Contest

Announcing the Paris Short Story Cover Contest…

Calling artists and graphic designers…

Help us create the front cover for the ebook of  BEST PARIS STORIES!

The winners of the Paris Short Story Contest have been selected, the book is nearly ready. Only one thing remains: the cover.

The winning submission will receive 100 euros and see his/her creation used as the official cover for the BEST PARIS STORIES ebook, on Kindle, Ipad, Nook, Sony, etc…

Attention: BEST PARIS STORIES comes out this fall. The deadline is short.

Submission guidelines

Title: Best Paris Stories

( See Paris Short Story website for more information-- list of authors, titles and judges)        
Format: JPG

 Dimensions front cover : 5 x 8 in or 203 x 127 mm*

Minimum Resolution : 300 dpi

Maximum file size: 20 MB per image. (Large files risk rejection by email servers)

Filename : should be your name.

Rights: You must own the rights to all images submitted and be  willing to authorize display of your submission  as will as a release for use in BEST PARIS STORIES.

You should also obtain a release for any recognizable person in any photograph

Send JPG file, to parisshortstory@gmail.com, put “Cover Contest” as the subject

·         Best cover wins 100 € and will be used for the BEST PARIS STORIES ebook

·        Deadline for submissions:  30 September 2011.

*Artists of shortlisted covers will receive specifications for the BEST PARIS STORIES paperback cover, with template including front, back and spine.

·     Shortlisted covers and Honorable Mentions will be featured on our website and social media.

Story summaries (for inspiration)

“The Pharmacy” – Ruled by someone else’s whims and habits, a man opens a black-market pharmacy looking towards the day he may break free.

“May” – A married woman flirts with her professor with help from Henry James.

“Brazzaville” – Raised amid unrelenting praise for the French, a man finds himself a Congolese refugee in Paris.

“A Pinch of Tarragon” – Meek Sophie’s monotonous routine as a waitress changes when she encounters a man who teaches her to appreciate food, and thus, life.

“Desolée Monsieur” – After the death of his father, a young man returns to Paris to reclaim his ancestral apartment.

“Frank Stands His Ground in Belleville” – Frank considers the value of things in his life as his apartment building goes up in flames.

“Hortense on Tuesday Night” – A group of women meet weekly to discuss intellectual matters, frivolous things, and their lovers until the glamorous Hortense upsets their routine.

“The Way You Looked At Me” – A newcomer to Paris unknowingly disarms men with her smile

“The Baker of Vaugirard” – A bench in the Tuilieries anchors a man’s life. 

"That Summer With My Dad, In Paris” – An adolescent girl, jaded since the death of her mother, travels to Paris with her father. 

"My Sunday with God"