Jennifer's story: Coming Into Senses

All welcome .. free entry at the Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho

.. this Wednesday, August 11, at the Phoenix Artists Bar, Soho. It's free.

Come along to the club tonight and meet Masters students from the London College of Communications who are looking for submissions for their book project:

desire/crave/greed/strive/yearning

Andrew Blackman congratulating Alex, who wins a £200 Gift Voucher from Waterstones.

2nd Prize: "Perspective" by Annabel Banks
3rd Prize: "The Grand Union" by Esther Madden
Commended: "Chasing Dragons Underground" and "To Be Like You".

Thanks to Josie Collins who organised the competition, and to the Old Operating Theatre for the incredible venue, and to the Times Literary Supplement who also supported this award. Shortlisted stories here.

A Waterstones £200 Gift Voucher will be presented today to the winner of the London Fringe Short Fiction Award 2009 at the Old Operating Theatre. Shortlisted stories here.

Shortlisted stories here.

Shortlisted stories and their authors:

Adnan Sarwar, Alex Burger, Anna May Mangan, Annabel Banks, Beryl Morgan, Emily Bullock, Emma Larkins, Emma Ruth Benson, Esther Madden, HC Victory-Maines, Janine Amos, Julia Lampshire, Katie Jackson, Lawson Blacklock, Will Nero

Story Reading Performances at 1 pm, July 23, 24 at the Old Operating Theatre.

London is an extraordinary place to live in. It has, and continues to inspire, countless stories from the very best writers. We're running a competition to find the best writers among you. We are looking for fictional stories, no more than a 1000 words, that are inspired by: London, Glamour and Grime more

London is an extraordinary place to live in. It has, and continues to inspire, countless stories from the very best writers. We're running a competition to find the best writers among you. We are looking for fictional stories, no more than a 1000 words, that are inspired by: London, Glamour and Grime

There will be Reading Performance of the shortlisted entries at the Old Operating Theatre. All shortlisted writers will be invited to read their stories at the Old Operating Theatre, and to the Festival Wrap Party on July 25 at the Roxy Bar and Screen. The Times Literary Supplement are supporting this competition. And Andrew Blackman, has kindly agreed to be the judge.

Andrew's debut novel, On the Holloway Road (Legend Press, February 2009), won the Luke Bitmead Writers' Bursary and was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize. It tells the story of two young Londoners who, inspired by Jack Kerouac's Beat classic On the Road, embark on a similar search for meaning and freedom in modern-day Britain. Andrew's site. More on the competition

London is an extraordinary place to live in. It has, and continues to inspire, countless stories from the very best writers. We're running a competition to find the best writers among you. And it's free.

We are looking for fictional stories, no more than a 1000 words, that are inspired by the Glamour and Grime that is London.

There will be Reading Performance of the shortlisted entries at the Old Operating Theatre on July 20, 21, 22 and 23, at 6 pm. All shortlisted entries will be invited to the Festival Wrap Party on July 25 at the Roxy Bar and Screen. More

London is an extraordinary place to live in. We are looking for fictional stories, no more than a 1000 words, that are inspired by: London, Glamour and Grime.

This ties in nicely with the Photography Competition based on the same idea. There will be Reading Performance of the shortlisted entries at the Old Operating Theatre. The Times Literary Supplement are supporting this competition.

We should be launching this competition in the Festival Club on June 16.