Celebrate a new year with 2010′s first Five Things! Contest winners CJ Hallman, Jimmy Dawson, Jack Boettcher, Nancy Jane Moore, and Tyler Stoddard Smith read from their winning stories followed by music by Cartographers, Morris Orchids, and The Baker Family Band.
Join us January 29th at the United States Art Authority (510 West 29th Street). Doors open at 7:30 with music before the show by Bethany Bauman. Admission $1, hosted by Amelia Gray and Stacy Muszynski.
Looking for an intro to the show? Check out our interview over at the American Short Fiction blog.
“For our New Year celebration we’ll witness life! On an illegal dumping ground, in a garden with gnomes, under Congress Avenue Bridge, when your father wants you to believe he’s dead, and via the teachings of “I of the Tiger” about Chinese New Year!” –Stacy Muszynski
Thanks to everyone who submitted a story to A NEW YEAR, our first ever contest here at Five Things. Congratulations to the winners:
Jack Boettcher
Nancy Jane Moore
CJ Hallman
Tyler Stoddard Smith
Jimmy Dawson
And honorable mentions:
Lesley Clayton and Carrie Cook
Fred Pierce
Lisa Eisenbrey
Tyson Midkiff
We can’t wait to watch and hear our five winners at the show at 7:30pm on January 29th at the United States Art Authority (510 West 29th Street). Come celebrate great Austin fiction with us!
Our contest is closed and we’re reading a parcel of wonderful entries. Add our page to your RSS feed and keep an eye out for updates in a few weeks. We can’t wait to reveal the winners at the show on January 29th.
Meanwhile, come see Five Things host Amelia Gray read at a BRAND NEW reading series in Austin, The Awesome and Great Reading Show! Details:
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Momo’s Club, 618 W. 6th St. Austin, TX
Reading Series, Jan 6, 7:00 PM
Featuring writers: Tod Goldberg, Jill Alexander Essbaum, and Amelia Gray
Musical guest: Kacy Crowley
Your host: Elizabeth Crane
Writers write stories based on songs! Songwriters write songs based on stories! It’s backwards and bizarro awesome and great fun!
