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Adele chooses short story competition winners

Celebrated novelist Adele Parks has chosen the winners of a short story competition launched at º£½ÇÖ±²¥.

The five top stories will be published in a booklet and feature on honorary graduate Adele’s website. Overall winner is Victoria Brown, MA Creative Writing 2012. Adele said: ‘I liked the humour, tension, character development. It's a clean script, definitely the strongest. Congratulations Victoria.’

Runner-up is Martin Leyland a postgraduate student adviser at the University. Adele said: ‘I know we didn't say we'd have a runner up but I think it is nice as the story was a strong second.’

Other finalists: Helen Victoria Anderson, MA Creative Writing 2013 Diane Leake, MA Creative Writing 2012 Hayley Hart , staff.

Further details of the stories will be published soon.

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