March 15, 2017January 20, 2020 by joannathenomad

Stop press! Competition news

I’m delighted to say I’ve won first prize in the 1000 Word Challenge quarterly short story competition!

Follow the link to read ‘Right of Way’ with the rest of the the winning stories for ‘Stop!’ – 15 March 2017:

http://www.1000wordchallenge.com/

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Joanna Rubery worked for Oxford Dictionaries on and off for over fifteen years, and now writes and edits children’s literature. She has also spent considerable time as a travelling writer and musician while teaching English around the world. So far she’s lived and worked in Belgium, Cambodia, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Germany, Japan, India, and Spain. She’s also worked voluntarily in Peru, and spent a lot of time in Ireland.

Joanna’s travel writing and articles on language have been published by Oxford University Press, Wanderlust, and the Christchurch Press. She has also won and been placed in several Very Short Fiction competitions, and her short stories have been published in Narrative magazine and the Grindstone Literary Anthology.