The Judges for the Sunday 11 May 2025 event 'Keep in Movin''on the theme of JOURNEYS are Chloe Turner and John Holland
We are currently CLOSED for submissions but open on Sunday 16 February 2025.
Please Note - Both judges read ALL stories submitted. All stories are judged 'blind' ie all stories are received by our administrator Christiane, who ensures that no personal information about the authors is passed on to our judges.
Her debut collection, Witches Sail in Eggshells (Reflex Press), won the 2020 Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection. Her first novel, Blue Hawk (Deixis Press) was published in July 2024 and is set in 17th century Chalford and Bisley.
Chloe lives with her family in Minchinhampton, and when she's not writing, represents the area as a District and County Councillor.
Chloe's website is https://turnerpen2paper.com/
John has now been running Stroud Short Stories for ten years. A former librarian, library campaigner and satirical gag writer for the BBC and Punch magazine, John started writing short fiction in 2012, taking over the running of SSS in 2014. In June 2024 he was awarded the Stroud News & Journal Community Award for his Contribution to the Arts in running Stroud Short Stories.
John has had more than 100 stories and flash pieces published in anthologies, magazines and online. He has been lucky enough to have won first prize in five international short fiction contests, including InkTears Short Story Contest, Dorset Fiction Prize and To Hull and Back. He's also been runner up, short listed, long listed, commended, etc in competitions over 60 times.
John has performed his stories at live lit events in London, Birmingham and across the south west.
John lives in Ebley in Stroud.
Website www.johnhollandwrites.com
X (formerly Twitter) @JohnHolland52
