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Welcome To Thresholds
May 21st 2012
If you would like to join our international team of feature writers, please contact us at thresholds@chi.ac.uk. THRESHOLDS receives over 5000 visitors each month. Make sure to check our resources for short story competitions, upcoming events, and the latest short story news.
Story: ‘Atlantic City’ by Kevin Barry
May 21st 2012
'A July evening, after a tar-melter of a day, and Broad Street was quiet and muffled with summer, the entire town was dozy with summer, and even as the summer peaked so it began to fade....'
Flash Fiction Day
May 16th 2012
' Short-story writers see by the light of the flash…’ ~ Nadine Gordimer
Flash Fiction: Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places?
May 14th 2012
In the spirit of debate as we approach National Flash Fiction Day, THRESHOLDS asked STEVE WASSERMAN to take a close look at Flash. Was he blinded by what he found?
You’re doing a degree in what?
May 9th 2012
We've all experienced that awkward moment when someone asks, "So what is it you actually do?" THRESHOLDS intern and soon-to-be Creative Writing graduate MORGAINE DAVIDSON considers her answer.
National Flash-Fiction Day: 16th May 2012
May 3rd 2012
Wednesday 16th May is National Flash-Fiction Day in the United Kingdom. PAULINE MASUREL gets us ready for the big (little) day.
We Recommend: Hey Yeah Right Get A Life
May 2nd 2012
Shortlisted for the THRESHOLDS Feature Writing competition, Carys Bray recommends Helen Simpson's short story collection, 'Hey Yeah Right Get a Life'.
Story: ‘Up At A Villa’ by Helen Simpson
April 30th 2012
We are pleased to be able to publish a short story by Helen Simpson.
Competition Winner
April 25th 2012
We are delighted to announce the winner of the THRESHOLDS Feature Writing Competition...
Get Carter — at the Bath Literature Festival
April 23rd 2012
For several years in the 1970s, Angela Carter lived in Bath, and at this year's Bath Literature Festival, a number of events celebrated her work. PAULINE MASUREL went along to find out more.
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Shortlist Results
Over the past few weeks, the team of THRESHOLDS judges has been busy reading through the entries, drawing up a shortlist, and arguing the case for one of their own personal favourites to become the overall winner of the £250 prize.
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Close Up and Urgent
We are pleased to be able to publish the speech made by Joanna Trollope at the awards ceremony of this year's Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Prize.
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New Ways with Words
Podcast: BBC Editor of Readings, Di Speirs, hosts a discussion on modern modes of experiencing short fiction – with readings from Joe Dunthorne, Geoff Dyer and Tessa Hadley.
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Starting Block — An Exercise
In The Sound of Music, Maria sings: ‘Let’s start at the very beginning. It’s a very good place to start.’ That might be the case if you’re an ex nun in the Swiss Alps but it doesn’t work so well in short story writing.
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