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In early 2011, Spec Fic NZ teamed up with the Wily Writers Podcast to run a short story competition. I read the email, and did nothing about it. I read the newsletter that mentioned it again, and I did nothing. As far as I was

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Imagine my surprise when I found out that Crucible had taken top honours in the competition. In a word, I was very surprised. OK, that’s two words. What do you think I am, a writer?

Anyway, it appears that the judges liked it, and I hope that everyone who listens or reads the story does, too. The upshot of all of this is that I am now aware of a whole new world out there which I had, up until now, been blissfully ignoring. I have never considered myself particularly proficient in the art of the short story, but I guess after months of consuming the best short fiction I can find in audio form (usually at StarShipSofa, Lightspeed Magazine, and elsewhere), something must’ve sunk in.

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