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Welcome to the February issue of the Bibliofaction Lite Newsletter. In this Issue In Other News Would you or your organisation like to sponsor a competition on Bibliofaction? It could be a combination of setting the challenge, judging the entries, or providing a prize... or all three. We have packages to suit every budget and give your brand a high-profile plug. So get in touch to find out more: press@bibliofaction.com Pass it on Do you know anyone else who enjoys reading or writing short stories? Click here to forward this email to up to five friends. |
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Welcome to Bibliofaction Lite this snowy February, and Happy New Year to all of our writers (and readers) of short stories.
Writing from life – winners announced! 
After a very long wait, we are delighted to announce the winners of Bibliofaction’s first competition, “Writing from Life”, gallantly sponsored by the CJH Wordservice. The task set was to write a story from a personal perspective based on your experience in 2,500 words or fewer. Congratulations to our winner, Ken Simm for his story Plank Lane Working Men's Club Trip to Southport. “Suffused with humour and compassion”, said the judges, the story is a deserving winner, and Ken will receive a book voucher for £50 and a copy of Bruce Chatwin’s What am I doing here? You can read Ken’s winning story here . Congratulations, too, to our runners up Vivien Jonesand Celia Dillow. You can find out more about the winners and all Bibliofaction’s competitions here. 
If you haven’t visited the site recently, it’s definitely worth taking a look at what’s new. In the past few months we’ve added the long-awaited book review feature, where you can share with the world your thoughts on that novel you’ve just finished reading. It’s proving to be a very popular part of the site so make sure you check it out. We’ve also launched a daily edition of our online newspaper, The Daily Writer bursting with news and views from the writing world. We'd love you to contribute to the paper, so if you’re involved in an event, or you’ve been to a book reading you’d like to tell us about, this is the place to do it. We’ve also added a section on the site to post advice articles about any aspect of creative writing. Ben Harris has written a great piece about "Dealing with Rejection" (thanks for that, Ben). It’s a particularly good place to share your ideas, but the really great thing is that you get to set a related challenge to Bibliofaction users at the end of the article, so people can actually try out your recommendations. Remember, Bibliofaction is your site and we can all use it to improve our short story writing. If you have any ideas about what you'd like to see on the site then get in touch with us at press@bibliofaction.com. 
We are thrilled to announce our campaign to revolutionize the short story art form. We have recently published our manifesto for the world to see and have set forth our plans to make this revolution real. Gosh, sounds like we mean business. "We will start this revolution, but we will not try to control it. It is a revolution for you. It is a revolution for the people. We want to empower and inspire and we hope that you will join us. We believe the short story is perfect for this busy day and age and will play a crucial role in the future of reading and writing..." Read our manifesto and our plan for action. 
I love discovering new words, and one I came across recently was drabble. It's a wonderful word which is the name for a short story told in exactly 100 words. Why don't you have a go? It's our brand new competition for February and March, and if you win we'll send you a copy of volume 15 & 16 of The World's Thousand Best Short Stories - The American Story-tellers. Over 90 classic short stories including work by Henry James, Mark Twain and O. Henry. The winner will also get the inspiring smell of a dusty second-hand bookshop as part of the prize! What more could you ask for? It's more difficult than you might think to write a story this length; 100 words is about the amount you would write on a postcard home, which is next to nothing really; this article alone is 184 words. But I'll be sharing some tips on how you might go about it later in the week on Bibliofaction, so keep checking the advice article pages for more information. Good luck! Closing date is end of March
Bibliofaction in Bed (or On the Train) 
If you haven't tried this already, you can download PDF copies of Bibliofaction short stories in various sized PDFs to read offline. For some people, printing stories on paper is easier on the eyes and for others it's a way to catch up with their Bibliofaction reading on the morning commute. Either way, the printable PDFs have a page for writing notes so when you get back to your computer screen you can pass on your feedback to the author. If you are lucky enough to own a new fandangled ebook reader we also provide stories formatted for the Sony Reader and the iRex Iliad. This lets you save on the paper but I don't recommend using your biro to scribble notes on that expensive e-ink screen! It might be wise to keep a separate notebook. To check out the PDF downloads, find a story that you would like to read and underneath the story you will see links for Printable PDFs and E-book PDFs. Get Involved and Spread the word 
We get some really great emails from members asking "what can we do to help with Bibliofaction?" The answer is that we really need your help to spread the word and let people know about the exciting things going on here. If you have a website or a blog, it would be a huge help to us if you could link to Bibliofaction. We have created a load of buttons and banners if you would like to use these, and if you are logged into the site, you can get buttons that link directly to your profile page. Check out ways to link to Bibliofaction We also have a Bibliofaction Desktop Wallpaper which looks great at home or in the office! See our wallpaper downloads here |
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