the winner of the 3rd eacwp flash fiction contest
is anna lu (ger) with her english text "motorway service stop". a total of 13 texts in different european languages were competing in the final round.
the winner of the 3rd eacwp (european association of creative writing programmes) flash fiction contest has been chosen:
"motorway service stop"
by anna lu (ger)
Tuesdays, on your way to the motorway service stop, she is wearing perfume. Before she disappears in the motel, she buys you a Fanta at the self-service restaurant. You wait for her in a plastic chair, like the ones in your school cafeteria. Sometimes, you go outside where the air is heavy with gasoline and sit on the curb. Once, the sun had already started to bleed into the horizon, a grown-up invited you into his truck. You shook your head. You felt sick. You stayed on that curb waiting for your mother, shivering despite the heat of the day.
points were awarded according to the eurovision songcontest voting system.
2nd place: "captured moment" by elske van lonkhuyzen (bel)
3rd place: "unedited manuscript" by aurora tàrrega gàlvez (esp)
4th place: "picture postcard workers" by rafael olivares seguí (esp)
5th place: "summer camp" von yael statman (isr)
congratulations to the winner and all finalists!
from 30 january to 1 april 2020 a total of 1,200 texts from across europe were submitted to the >> 3rd eacwp flash fiction contest. the jury for the final round (in addition to the public voting) consisted of representatives of the 13 participating eacwp institutions. for the vienna poetry school, the poet peter waugh (gbr/aut) acted as juror.
the winner of the german language round was eva pilipp (vienna) with her text "sparkles".
(sfd-jury for the german language texts: gertraud klemm, fritz ostermayer, harriet nachtmann)
additional information:
>> https://sfd.at/en/newsflash/eacwp-flash-fiction-contest-2020?set_language=en&cl=en
texts in the final round (in their original language with english translation):
>> https://eacwp.org/flash-fiction-contest-european-winner-2020/
winners per language (texts in their original language with english translation):
>> https://eacwp.org/2020-winners-per-language/
