Third annual short story competition in conjunction with My Child magazine – winners announced

Thank you to all the parents who submitted a 900 word story for the third annual My Child-Parenting Express short story competition in December 2009. Once again, it was a tough choice but after much careful deliberation, the panel has selected the following stories:

Winner:

• Claire Zorn – ‘Where you were’

Runners Up:

• Peter Court – ‘A little scar’
• Selina Spowart – ‘Message to self’
• Kate Rotherham – ‘One of those days’

Winners will be published during 2010 in My Child magazine, and online at Parenting Express, which reaches more than 30,000 readers around the globe each month.

Winner’s prize

As well as having their story published in the Autumn 2010 issue of My Child magazine and in the March edition of Parenting Express, the winner will receive a selection of prizes valued at more than $615. This includes a Sydney Writers’ Centre online Feature Writing for Magazines and Newspapers course, valued at $395, a $150 voucher to spend online at Agoo, a two-year subscription to My Child, valued at $53.70, plus a copy of my parenting gift book Being Mummy (Wakefield Press), valued at $19.95.

Runners-up prizes

Three runners-up will each receive a $150 voucher to spend online at Agoo, a one-year subscription to My Child, valued at $30, plus a copy of Being Mummy (Wakefield Press), $19.95.

Short-listed entrants will also be published in My Child magazine, and here at Parenting Express.

Watch this space in November 2010 for details of how you can enter the 2010 short story competition.