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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Jul 14, 2014 18:17:25 GMT
Ro Pardoe has contacted me about the new Ghost Story Awards which were announced today, and I thought the following might be of interest to fellow Vaulters... Announcing new annual awards devoted to the classic ghost story tradition…Vote for the finest ghost story writing in 2014 Three stalwarts of the classic ghost story have combined to launch new awards for the best ghost story and the best ghost story collection each year. The journals Ghosts & Scholars and Supernatural Tales and the literary society A Ghostly Company will jointly sponsor the awards. The winners will be chosen by votes of their readers and members. The term ‘ghost story’ is intended to be understood broadly, to mean any supernatural motif. The classic exponents of the field did not always write about ghosts, but also about a wide range of other uncanny entities, and sometimes left room for doubt too. The awards will cover new stories in a similar range. The awards are for short stories and short story collections or anthologies. The first awards will be made in 2015 for stories and books first published in English in print and paper form in 2014. Voters will be able to name up to three choices for each award. Readers and members are asked to think about who they would like to vote for throughout the year. The book award may be for either a single-author collection or a multiple-author anthology. Votes will be requested early in 2015. The awards will be made to the story and book receiving the most votes. As a safeguard, Award Administrators will exceptionally be able to disqualify any win resulting from unfair practice. They will also have the casting vote in the event of a tie. The award winners will each receive a specially commissioned statuette and a year’s free membership or subscription to A Ghostly Company, Supernatural Tales and The Ghosts & Scholars Newsletter. Enquiries to the Awards Secretary – Mark Valentine, markl.valentine@btinternet.com. Rules available on request. suptales.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-ghost-story-awards.htmlwormwoodiana.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-ghost-story-awards.html
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Post by ropardoe on Feb 22, 2016 15:41:46 GMT
Don't forget to vote for your choices in the Ghost Story Award for 2015. The deadline is February 28th. You can pick up to three choices in two categories: best short story and best collection. (And this is my first ever post to the Vault!).
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Post by Mike Brough on Feb 22, 2016 19:31:34 GMT
Is there a link?
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Post by ropardoe on Feb 22, 2016 19:41:33 GMT
The email address to send your votes to is Mark Valentine's, as in the above post. I should have mentioned that.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Feb 22, 2016 19:50:37 GMT
And this is my first ever post to the Vault! Oh, to be young and innocent again!
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Post by dem bones on Feb 22, 2016 19:51:20 GMT
Hi Rosemary. Thanks for registering, and I hope you enjoy your time with us. Will give the matter some serious thought. Jotting down a rudimentary short list was easier than anticipated, but will need to revisit a few to establish that (a) they were first published in 2015, and (b) they qualify as ghost stories. Mike, here's the direct link to the 2015 awards on Supernatural Tales.
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Post by ropardoe on Feb 23, 2016 11:52:58 GMT
Well, I haven't been called "young and innocent" for a very long time. The Vault is clearly going to be good for my self-esteem!
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Post by dem bones on Feb 23, 2016 14:39:15 GMT
Here's personal short-list. Quite clearly, I don't read nearly enough contemporary ghost stories ... not in the year they're published, at any rate.
Carl Barker - Broken Spectres (Terror Tales Of The Scottish Highlands) Peter Bell - Ragnarok (The Ghosts & Scholars M. R. James Newsletter #28) Kate Farrell - Alma Mater (The Eleventh Black Book Of Horror) Helen Grant - The Dove (Terror Tales Of The Scottish Highlands) Graeme Hurry - Shelleycoat (Terror Tales Of The Scottish Highlands) Tom Johnstone - Slaughtered Lamb (The Eleventh Black Book Of Horror) Thana Niveau - Two Five Seven (The Eleventh Black Book Of Horror) Carole Tyrrell - Lorelie (The Ghosts & Scholars M. R. James Newsletter #27)
Deciding on a number 1 from that lot is a tough ask. Whittling it down to a top three may prove beyond me.
Reluctantly dropped from shortlist:
Stephen Bacon - Mr. Giggles (Kitchen Sink Gothic). Because it was originally published in 2012. Kate Farrell - A Murder Of Crows (And Nobody Lived Happily Ever After). Haunted land for sure, but not sure it qualifies as a ghost story. Franklin Marsh - Duet. (Auld Franklin's Almanack Of Doom). However much I want it to be, it's not a ghost story. It just feels like one. John Forth - Molli And Julie (The Eleventh Black Book Of Horror). I'm not sure a two-headed succubus actually qualifies as a ghost. Even if it does dress like the Fat Slags.
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Post by Mike Brough on Feb 24, 2016 7:51:12 GMT
I suffer from the same problem, dem: catching up on the best of the last 25 years means I don't get the time to read too much current horror. But, from my limited exposure, the stand-out novella from last year was Cottam's The Going And The Rise.
I've just finished the same author's second Colony novel, Dark Resurrection, but I wasn't impressed enough to vote for it: not as good as the first Colony story but still a good story, well-told.
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Post by lvf on Feb 24, 2016 8:30:11 GMT
Thank you Dem for the mentions, even if A Murder of Crows didn't make the short-list. A mention is a mention is a mention, after all!
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Post by dem bones on Feb 24, 2016 13:20:13 GMT
I suffer from the same problem, dem: catching up on the best of the last 25 years means I don't get the time to read too much current horror. I'm sure there are days when even a Stephen Jones finds it impossible to keep up with it all! Also, for those whose budget/ preference dictates they wait for the paperback edition, that will often appear 12 months after the hard-cover - if at all - so it's usually a case of being at least a year behind. The Kindle crowd are at a slight advantage though, of course, not every indie/ small press publication is made available in e-format. Thank you Dem for the mentions, even if A Murder of Crows didn't make the short-list. A mention is a mention is a mention, after all! Almer Mater qualifies in spades and it prominently features a creepy nun - always a plus in my book - but, as a collection, And Nobody Lived Ever After is infinitely more suited to British Fantasy Awards (nominations to reach them before end of February). On reflection, I can't not include Drew Anderson's haunted gym story, Evening Prayers, Ghosts & Scholars MRJ Newsletter #27 on GSA short-list. It's wonderful! Same goes for Tina Rath's Incident In The Harvest Field in following issue, although I feel you need to have read the Stewart Evans article, M. R. James and Local Names, in #27 to get the very best from it. Of course, there's only one name in the frame for the 2016 Cross Sports Books Award ....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 21:24:33 GMT
John Forth - Molli And Julie (The Eleventh Black Book Of Horror). I'm not sure a two-headed succubus actually qualifies as a ghost. Even if it does dress like the Fat Slags. Ach, you're too kind. Definitely not ghosts, though. That said, I can see them making a return sometime soon. The form poor Tom Saddler encountered is neither their only nor their true form.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 25, 2016 9:08:59 GMT
John Forth - Molli And Julie (The Eleventh Black Book Of Horror). I'm not sure a two-headed succubus actually qualifies as a ghost. Even if it does dress like the Fat Slags. Ach, you're too kind. Definitely not ghosts, though. That said, I can see them making a return sometime soon. The form poor Tom Saddler encountered is neither their only nor their true form. You mean they adopted that form because they figured it was alluring? I will never stand within a mile of anybody ever again.
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Post by dem bones on Feb 26, 2016 13:59:56 GMT
A timely reminder in today's press release from Gray Friar Press. ... If you've already bought and read Terror Tales Of The Ocean, don't forget that the book is eligible for recommendation in the British Fantasy Awards' 2015 Best Anthology category!
Just to note that we're in the process of constructing a new website, so the old one is currently out of use. I'll make an announcement when the new one is live.Lynda E. Rucker's The Seventh Wave added to personal short-list for GSA. Best think about mailing off your top three stories/ collections as "Your votes must arrive by midnight on 28 February 2016." Wormwoodiana
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Post by ropardoe on Feb 29, 2016 9:29:41 GMT
The deadline has passed and the results are in! They'll be announced later this month, both in G&S and in various places on the Net. I'm sworn to secrecy at this stage!
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