Against the homogenization of literature - Jeanette Winterson

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Jeanette Winterson decried the growing homogenization of literature due to the proliferation of writer training programs.

"The crazy part of it is that we are breeding professional, competent, homogenized writers who will go on to teach writing that is professional, competent and homogenized." 

Competence is good. But uniformity is not.  This expresses perfectly our concern - and explains why we set up such an unusual selection process for Best Paris Stories. 

Paris Short Story Contest : deadline November 30 !

PARIS WRITERS NEWS SHORT STORY CONTEST


SUBMISSIONS HAVE CLOSED FOR BEST PARIS STORIES: BOOK COMING OUT FALL 2011 !

Genre: Short fiction (story must have some link to Paris)

Closing date: 30 November 2010

Prize: 200 euros for first prize, plus publication of twelve best stories

Entry fee: 10 euros

Restrictions: Maximum 5 000 words. Submission in the body of the email only

Further information: 12 stories will be selected to appear in the book: “BEST AND MOST DELIGHTFUL STORIES ABOUT PARIS” to be published fall 2011

Internet site for details and updates: http://parisstoriescontest.blogspot.com/

The finalist judges are :

• Nicola Keegan (author of Swimming),
• Janet Skeslien Charles (author of Moonlight in Odessa),
• Elizabeth Bard (author of Lunch in Paris),
• Charles Trueheart (Director of the American Library in Paris),
• Charles and Clydette De Groot (of the De Groot Foundation),
• Cara Black (author of the Aimée LeDuc mystery series),
• Anne Korkeakivi (short stories published in The Atlantic, The Yale Review…),
• Heather Stimmler Hall (author of Naughty Paris and Secrets of Paris),
• Penelope Fletcher (owner of the Red Wheelbarrow bookstore in Paris),
• Robert Stewart (editor of the New Letters literary review),
• Diane Johnson (author of Le Divorce, Le Marriage, National Book Award Finalist)! 

For info and submissions:  http://parisstoriescontest.blogspot.com/

Download flyer:   http://laurelzuckerman.typepad.fr/files/paris-short-story-contest.pdf 

To submit your short story, please send your text IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL (no attachments, no links) to  : pariswritersnews  AT  gmail  DOT  com
We accept payment through Paypal;   (click on "ajouter au panier" which means "add to basket" )

PWN's short story contest about Paris: Deadline November 30 2010

Paris Writers News is launching its first contest for the Best and Most Delightful Stories aboutParis

Twelve stories will be selected for publication in a collection of short stories about Paris.

Love, hate, expectation, desire, dreams, discovery and disappointment in the world’s most beautiful city. All themes, periods and approaches will be considered.

What we’re looking for: a great story, well-told. Humor, wit and luminous prose, please apply!

All authors welcome, published and unpublished.

Ten euro entry fee.

Submission by email, in text of mail.

Deadline for submission: November 30, 2010

After a preselection by the Editorial Committee, twelve distinguished judges from the literary community will each select one story for publication.

The Best and Most Delightful Stories about Paris will be published in paperback, e-book and POD in the fall of 2011.

For more info and contest updates, go to Paris Writers News.

To submit your short story, please send your text IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL (no attachments, no links) to  : pariswritersnews  AT  gmail  DOT  com
We accept payment through Paypal;   (click on "ajouter au panier" which means "add to basket" )