Tag: contest

Catching up: FBCW Shortlist Times Two!

Jan 10, 2024

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Ace Baker

in golden gloves

Ok, ok, so I’m sad about the fact that I didn’t make it to the top two positions… but I’m quite thrilled that I made the shortlist in not one, but two categories in The Federation of BC Writers latest contest: https://bcwriters.ca/2023LiteraryContest My flash fiction story, “The Match,” and my short story, “Wave Runner,” both…
THREE Pushcart Prize Nominations!

Nov 29, 2023

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Ace Baker

in golden gloves

For this year, 2023, THREE short stories from my book, How to Make a Killing Jar, have been nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE! They are: The official announcement by Chicken House Press is here: PUSHCART PRIZE NEWS
SHORT STORY IN THE RED TUQUE FINALS!

Jan 17, 2015

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Ace Baker

in champion, fiction, short stories, writer ace baker

A short story of mine is in the finals for Red Tuque’s “Canadian Tales of the Mysterious” contest. That means it’s one of thirteen stories chosen to be published in an anthology later this year. Right now, they’re choosing the placings, so I won’t say the title of my story just yet, to keep the…
Quotation Inspiration #010: Seeing is believing!

Aug 29, 2014

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Ace Baker

in knockout idea

I think this minimalist quotations poster sums up how I’m feeling as I’m about to do the September Writing Challenge and the 3-day novel contest…two activities I’ve never done before: Try this: Enter a contest you’ve never entered before, or write something in a genre you’ve never tried, or write something longer or shorter than…
Update on “Big Red Schoolhouse” . . . Judges’ comments!

Jul 10, 2014

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Ace Baker

in champion

Ok, so here are the lovely words the judges had to say about “Big Red Schoolhouse,” my poem that won the inaugural Magpie Poetry Award: Magpie Award Winner ‘Big Red Schoolhouse’ by Ace Baker “The poem in 1st place, ‘Big Red Schoolhouse, keeps us up to our elbows in the muck of the moment and the…
“BIG RED SCHOOLHOUSE” wins MAGPIE POETRY AWARD!

Jul 10, 2014

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Ace Baker

in champion, poetry

Ok, I am THRILLED to announce that my poem, “Big Red Schoolhouse,” was the winner of the inaugural Magpie Poetry Award by PULP LITERATURE, whose contest’s final judges were the amazing Daniel Cowper and past Poet Laureate of Vancouver, George McWhirter. This poem is special to me because I wrote it because of Patrick and…
Writer’s Digest Contest Update: I moved up to sixth place now…don’t know why!

Aug 1, 2013

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Ace Baker

in writer ace baker

Ok, I got an e-mail from Writer’s Digest today saying that my literary short story is now 6th, not 7th place (although the prizes remain exactly the same…sigh…). No explanation of WHY, but I’m moving up in the world…
Ace Made the Quarter-finals in the Casey Shay Poetry Chapbook Contest!

Jul 31, 2013

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Ace Baker

in poetry, writer ace baker

Ok, nail-biting time all over again! My chapbook of poetry, Kaleidoscope: Bright Lives, Broken, made the quarter-finals in this year’s Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Contest. That’s exciting, but that’s just round one. We’ve been narrowed down to about 160, and the semi-finals will cut that number drastically, down to about 30. Fingers crossed…
Writer’s Digest Mystery…Solved! 7th place in Literary Fiction!

Jul 26, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fiction, short stories, writer ace baker

Ok, while I had hoped it might rank even higher, my short story, “The High Price of Fish,” won 7th place in the 82nd Writer’s Digest Competition. There were a heavy number of entries, so I’m quite happy about this! I’ve really been concentrating on reading great short fiction writers this year and learning technique…