Winner of Doctor Who short story competition announced.

[icebluenothing]

Looks like I can talk about this now:

"[T]hough the competition was aimed at finding just one winner, the judges were so impressed with the quality of many entries they've decided to extend the prize.

'We had an incredibly strong shortlist of the best 25 entries,' explains Guerrier. '[...] we felt our shortlist was of such quality that it deserved a whole book of its own.'

This special anthology, deftly titled How The Doctor Changed My Life, will be published in late 2008. The 24 runners up are:

Violet Addison; Steven Alexander; Mike Amberry; Arnold T Blumberg; Anna Bratton; John Callaghan; Dann Chinn; Stephen Dunn; Richard Goff; Peter Hallbright; Tim Lambert; JR Loflin; Nick May; James C McFetridge; Simon Moore; Michael Montoure; LM Myles; Einar Olgeirsson; Bernard O'Toole; Andrew K Purvis; Michael Rees; Mark Smith; Chris Wing; Caleb Woodbridge."

bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/06/19/46091.shtml

Comments

[darkmane.livejournal.com]

Yay! Now I can start saying "I knew him when...."

[chemicallace]

Congratulations!

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

W00t!!

[gwywnnydd.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! :)

Re: W00t!!

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[pulpguy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Makes all those days of fanzines seem worth it, somehow.

[pulpguy.livejournal.com]

LOL

[wendolen.livejournal.com]

Yay!

When they come knocking to interview me for the unauthorized biography, I'll stick only to the "evil genius" stories. This means yes to "I step on your face!" and no to "cat food cake!", I think.

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

I wonder on which side of the divide "What are you doing out of class?!?" would fall? :)

[wendolen.livejournal.com]

Probably depends on what the answer was in any given situation. :)

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Well, since Six was asking the question of the professor whose class we were currently skipping, the response was merely a bit of incoherent bluster. :)

[wendolen.livejournal.com]

Hah! Yes, I'd say that definitely belongs in the unauthorized bio.

[airlinepilot.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[lordshiva.livejournal.com]

That's fabulous. I'd assumed by the quality of your writing (and the stuff at your website) that you"d been published already. If not congratulations!

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

I just barely met their "not previously professionally published" criteria -- I've sold stories that didn't appear in print, and I've been in print but I've never been paid for it. So there you are. Thanks!

[lordshiva.livejournal.com]

I just barely met their "not previously professionally published" criteria -- I've sold stories that didn't appear in print, and I've been in print but I've never been paid for it. So there you are. Thanks!

Two of you guys on the shortlist have stories in the first issue of Lost Luggage. I'm just so thrilled that y'all are getting some respect. You are a really amazing writer and so is Cryptile and I couldn't be happier for you.

[bork.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[treebyleaf.livejournal.com]

This was worth reading LJ for today. It's about damn ti Couldn't have had a more appropriate/auspicious point of beginning of your international career.

-- Tree

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That's wonderful news!

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Nick May; James C McFetridge; Simon Moore; Michael Montoure; LM Myles;

I'd totally be giving them a hard time about their alphabetization prowess. Or lack thereof.

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and these are the people who are going to be editing me. :)

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Well, maybe the folks who edit their press releases aren't the same folks who edit their other publications.

In any case, I look forward to reading your new story, "Dictator What and the Plat of the Dales".

[mahariel.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful - go you!

-Victoria

[meowse.livejournal.com]

AWESOME!!! :-)

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Suh-weet. :)

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[addelle.livejournal.com]

Hail the conquering HERO!

[ursako.livejournal.com]

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.... no seriously. Congratulations, though.

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

I know! Thank you!

[crazedcamel.livejournal.com]

Woo Hoo, good job!

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[str1.livejournal.com]

Gwar! Congratulations. That's awesome news!

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[jeanne-dark.livejournal.com]

OMG yay! Congrats to you!

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Thank you!