Momaya Press

Welcome to the Momaya Press Newsletter
January 2008

(1) Momaya Press Awards Ceremony 2007
(2) Momaya Annual Review 2007 Available for Purchase
(3) 5th Annual Short Story Competition Deadline is 30th April 2008

(1) Momaya Press Awards Ceremony 2007

On 15th December 2007, Momaya Press hosted our annual awards ceremony in the United States for the first time at Hygeia in New Milford, Connecticut. The evening featured readings of winning stories, words of inspiration from authors and judges, and original music. Writing is typically a solitary affair and opportunities to share writing communally are rare. We were glad to demonstrate the international nature of our competition which generates submissions from writers around the globe and thank those who joined us on the evening.

View photographs at http://www.momayapress.com/2007awards.htm

(2) Momaya Annual Review 2007 Available for Purchase

The Momaya Annual Review 2007 contains some of the finest writing of the year, complimented by poems and photography. We thank the writers, artists, judges, and others who have supported our project to promote the short story as an art form, both as readers and writers.

The Momaya Annual Review 2007 is available for purchase through our site: http://www.momayapress.com/store.htm

(3) 5th Annual Short Story Competition Deadline is 30th April 2008

Momaya Press is extending an invitation to any writers you think may be interested in publishing a short story.

Momaya Press sponsors a Short Story Competition to bring fresh writing to the attention of qualified judges. Submit your short story (2,500 word limit) by 30 April 2008 in order to compete for prize money and publication in the Momaya Annual Review 2008. The judges are Claire Nozières, Literary Agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates and Rosalind Porter, Editor at Random House.

Submission details at: www.momayapress.com/contest.htm

Best wishes for the New Year,

Maya Cointreau and Monisha Saldanha
Directors
Momaya Press
www.momayapress.com

Welcome to the Momaya Press Newsletter
November 2007

(1) Momaya Press Awards Ceremony 2007

(2) 2008 Momaya Short Story Competition — now open

(1) Please join us to celebrate the Momaya Press Awards Ceremony 2007
Hosted by Hygeia

Creative writing and theatre meet at Hygeia, host of the 4th Annual Momaya Press Awards Ceremony. Hygeia is the holistic health store owned by Maya Cointreau, Director of Momaya Press. Previous awards ceremonies have been held in the United Kingdom, and we are holding this year’s ceremony in the United States to demonstrate our commitment to writers from nations around the world. The Momaya Press Awards Ceremony will feature dramatic performances of the winning short story entries. The event will be lively and engaging, with creative interpretation of the short stories by the actors and distribution of awards to the authors, followed by a champagne reception.

In attendance will be the winning and published writers featured in the Momaya Annual Review, and the Directors of the Momaya Press. Copies of the Momaya Annual Review 2007, featuring the winning authors, will be available for purchase. 40 tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis, so please RSVP promptly to the email below.

2007 Momaya Press Awards Ceremony
6:00PM
Saturday, 10th December 2007
Hygeia, LLC
337-B Kent Rd.
New Milford, CT 06776
U.S.A.

Please RSVP to Hygeia
Email: moc.e1337320695nilno1337320695aiegy1337320695h@ofn1337320695i1337320695
Call: +1 (860) 355 1268

(2) 2008 Momaya Short Story Competition Now Open – the Theme is ‘Passion’ We invite you to join the crusade to promote the short story to readers and writers worldwide by submitting your short story:

Regards,

Maya Cointreau and Monisha Saldanha
Directors
Momaya Press
www.momayapress.com

Momaya Newsletter

August 2007

(1) 2007 Momaya Short Story Competition Winners
(2) Pre-order your Momaya Annual Review 2007
(3) 2008 Momaya Short Story Competition – Now Open – Theme “Passion”
(4) Join the newsletter

(1) Momaya Press proudly announces the Momaya Short Story Competition 2007 winners:

1st Place
Deborah Pearson-Jones, Quarry

2nd Place
Kendare Blake, The Photographer

3rd Place
Victoria Adams, Renovation

Honourable Mentions
Virginia Baily, Ash
Catherine Binnie, Cry Baby
Susan Davis, Manipura
Swathi Kappagantula, Crazy
Josh McDonald, The Aquarium
Riccioni, Dog Days
Cally Taylor, C is for Cuckoo

On the Theme of Transformation
Mel Fawcett, The Evangelist
Helen Hunt, Shredding the Label
Lucy Palmer, Epiphany
Sally Quilford, Mr. Potato Head
July Walker, From Tesco to Mother Earth

We received 204 entries to the competition (an increase of 8% over the 189 entries received in 2006). Our competition is open to English-language submissions from anywhere in the world. We were pleased to receive 2007 entries from sixteen diverse countries: Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, The Netherlands, South Africa, St Vincent and the Grenadines, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. We encourage people to submit wherever in the world they may be, or whoever they may be. Our judges do not see the name or contact information of the authors; they see just the title and text of the story when they choose the winners.

We would like to thank the judges who support Momaya Press and our mission to promote the short story. Three judges comprised the 2007 panel: Lucy Alexander, Alison Hennessey, and Claire Nozières. Lucy Alexander is a writer and researcher at The Times Magazine. Lucy was a PR account manager at Freud Communications before becoming a journalist. Alison Hennessey is an Assistant Editor at Random House. Claire Nozières works at Andrew Nurnberg Associates as a literary agent. Previously she was Foreign Rights Manager at Frances Lincoln, an independent publishing house specialized in high quality illustrated books and children’s books. Claire sells translations rights to France for a wide-ranging list of contemporary US and UK fiction. Alison Hennessey has worked in publishing for five years, and is now an Editor at Random House. She also works as a freelance reader for a literary consultancy.

(2) You may now pre-order your copy of the Momaya Annual Review 2007 at http://www.momayapress.com/store.htm

The 2007 theme of transformation proved to be fertile ground for our writers imaginations. While entries for the short story competition were welcome on any fictional topic, the review gets its cohesion from stories, poems and artwork on this central theme. The short stories in this collection express the theme from the literal (a la Kafka) to the cerebral (the transition from childhood to adulthood). Overall, these stories highlight the power of transformation to change how we think of ourselves, others, and the world around us.

You will not see the work published here elsewhere. We encourage you to share this anthology with friends, families, and writer. You may also purchase previous year’s editions on the website. We hope that our publication will inspire writers to write even more, and readers to put pen to paper.

(3) The Momaya Short Story Competition 2008 is now accepting submissions at http://www.momayapress.com/contest.htm.

The theme for this year is passion. It inspires, it creates, it infuriates, it rages, it loves, it lusts, it hungers, it satisfies. Passion is the fuel of life. This year’s theme examines passion on all levels, all manifestations.

Passion can take us where we want to go or get in the way, it can exhilarates or exhaust. It’s not just about passion for people, but work, hobbies, joys and hates. It may come upon us suddenly, or so quietly we don’t notice what’s transpired until the moment is past. Think Dostoevsky’s “Brothers Karamazov,” Nabokov’s “Lolita,” Thoreau’s “On Golden Pond.”

Past Momaya Themes:
2007 Transformation
2006 Escape
2005 Humour
2004 Food

We invite you to join the crusade to promote the short story to readers and writers worldwide by participating as a reader/writer in the Momaya Short Story Competition and Momaya Annual Review.

Maya Cointreau and Monisha Saladanha
Directors
Momaya Press
www.momayapress.com

Welcome to the Momaya Press Newsletter

February 2007

(1) Momaya Press Awards Ceremony 2006
(2) 2007 Short Story Competition Deadline is 30th April

View photographs at www.momayapress.com/2006awards.htm

The evening was a celebration of those who have had the courage to put pen to paper (or hand to keyboard) and share the results with the world. Momaya Press hopes that every one left feeling inspired. We are part of a community of readers and writers, and events like the Momaya Press Awards Ceremony are rare opportunities to meet face to face.

Our thanks to the London Review Bookshop, which very kindly served as the host of this event, featuring it in the London Review of Books and stocking the Momaya Annual Review for sale. Momaya Press also thanks the actors and actresses of the American Repertory Theatre of London, who will be giving dramatic readings of a selection of our published writing tonight. We also thank the judges who have supported the competition for the past three years.

Last, but not least, we thank the writers who submitted 189 stories (an increase of 7% on the number of submissions we received in 2005). Authors submitted stories from seventeen countries around the world (an increase of one country from 2005): Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. Women accounted for 60% of the entries, and many writers chose to submit multiple stories.

The Momaya Annual Review 2006 contains some of the finest writing of the year, complimented by poems and photography. We thank the writers, artists, judges, and others who have supported our project to promote the short story as an art form, both as readers and writers. The Momaya Annual Review 2006 is available for purchase through out site.

(2) 2007 Short Story Competition Deadline is 30th April

4th Annual Momaya Short Story Competition – Now Accepting Entries

Momaya Press is extending an invitation to any writers you think may be interested in publishing a short story.

Momaya Press sponsors a Short Story Competition to bring fresh writing to the attention of qualified judges. Submit your short story (2,500 word limit) by 30 April 2007 in order to compete for prize money and publication in the Momaya Annual Review 2007. The judges are Lucy Alexander, Writer at The Times, Claire Nozières, Literary Agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates, and Rosalind Porter, Editor at Random House.

Submission details at: www.momayapress.com/contest.htm

With best wishes,

The Team at Momaya Press

You are invited to forward this email to other writers and readers. You may sign up to this newsletter at http://www.momayapress.com/newsletter.htm

Welcome to the Momaya Newsletter

October 2006

(1) Tickets Now Available for the 2006 Momaya Press Awards Ceremony
(2) Order your copy of the Momaya Annual Review
(3) Spread the word – the 2007 Momaya Short Story Competition is Open
(4) Marketing Interns

(1) Tickets Now Available for the 2006 Momaya Press Awards Ceremony

Creative writing and theatre meet at the London Review Bookshop, host of the 3rd Annual Momaya Press Awards Ceremony. The Momaya Press Awards Ceremony will feature dramatic performances of the winning short story entries by actors from the American Repertory Theatre of London. This year’s winners will discuss the inspiration for their stories, and previous year’s winners will discuss their latest writing projects. The event will be lively and engaging, with creative interpretation of the short stories by the actors and distribution of awards to the authors, followed by a wine reception.

In attendance will be the winning and published writers featured in the Momaya Annual Review, and the 2006 Competition judges who work at The Times Magazine, Random House, and Andrew Nurnberg Associates literary agency. Copies of the Momaya Annual Review 2006, featuring the winning authors, will be available for purchase. Tickets are on a first-come, first-serve basis, and there are only 50 seats still available. We hope you will be able to join us for this unique event.

Photos and commentary on last year’s event:
http://www.momayapress.com/2005awards.htm

2006 Momaya Press Awards Ceremony
7:00PM
Thursday, 30th November 2006
London Review Bookshop
14 Bury Place
London WC1A 2JL
United Kingdom

Tickets available (£6) from the London Review Bookshop
Email: ku.oc1337320695.pohs1337320695brl@s1337320695koob1337320695
Call: +44 (0)20 7269 9030
Fax: +44 (0)20 7269 9033

(2) The Momaya Annual Review 2006 is available for purchase now at http://www.momayapress.com/store.htm. An inspiring collection of new short stories from writers around the globe, the Momaya Annual Review 2006 features fiction in a variety of categories from the winners of the Momaya Short Story Competition and winners of Momaya Awards, as well as a stunning collection of photographs, poems and short stories celebrating the theme of “Escape”.

Order now, and you will receive free shipping. The Momaya Annual Review 2006 will be ready for shipping in December 2006.

Every year the Momaya Annual Review has a different theme. While entries for the short story competition can be on any fictional topic, the review gets its cohesion from stories, poems and artwork on a central theme, interspersed amongst the contest winners’ stories. The 2007 Annual Review will feature fiction in a variety of categories from the winners of the Momaya Short Story Competition and winners of Momaya Awards, as well as a stunning collection of photographs, poems and short stories exploring “Transformation”.

(3) Spread the world – the 2007 Momaya Short Story Competition is open. This year’s theme is Transformation. We’ve all experienced it at some time, whether we wanted to or not: Life is change. The universe is in constant flux. This year’s theme examines change and transformation on all levels, all planes.

Transformation can be subtle or obvious, exhilarating or sad. It may come upon us suddenly, or so quietly we don’t notice what has transpired until the moment is past. Think Kafka’s “Metamorphoses,” Gogol’s “The Nose,” Vonnegut’s “Galapagos.” Or on a simpler level: childbirth, divorce, growing up, death, or even simpler, a haircut. A moment when our definitions change, when we transcend ourselves and emerge as someone new: “As good As It Gets,” “Steel Magnolias,” “Bend It Like Beckham.”

Past Momaya Themes:
2006 Escape
2005 Humour
2004 Food

(4) Marketing interns sought

As Momaya Press seeks to expand it’s worldwide promotion of the short story, we find that we could use extra support. We seek someone who is willing to work on a pro bono basis and is highly motivated. In return, we will provide mentorship, a good reference, and publishing experience. Interested candidates can be based anywhere in the world, as you will work remotely. Interested candidates should email: moc.s1337320695serpa1337320695yamom1337320695@kuof1337320695ni1337320695

You are invited to forward this email to other writers and readers. You may sign up to this newsletter at http://www.momayapress.com/newsletter.htm

Brought to you by the Team at Momaya Press

Welcome to the Momaya Newsletter

August 2006

(1) Proudly announcing the winners of the 2006 Momaya Short Story Competition
(2) “Transformation” is the theme for the 2007 Competition – now accepting entries
(3) Order your copy of the 2006 Momaya Annual Review

The 3rd annual Momaya Short Story Competition built on the success of our inaugural year with a greater number of varied submissions. Congratulations to our winners, who were chosen from a pool of 189 submissions (an increase of 7% on the number of submissions we received in 2005). Authors submitted stories from seventeen countries around the world (an increase of one country from 2005): Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. Women accounted for 60% of the entries, and many writers chose to submit multiple stories.

The three judges were Claire Nozieres, a literary agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates; Rosalind Porter, Random House; and Lucy Alexander, a writer at The Times. The judges were impressed with the high overall quality of the entries, which made it difficult to single out the winners.

(1) Congratulations 2006 Momaya Short Story Competition Winners!

First Place
John Hulme, The Leaflet

Second Place
Sheila Corbishley, Lessons

Third Place
Laura Owen, The Villa

Honourable Mention
Brad Adams, The Glimmering
Jo Cannon, Nasma’s Malady
Mark Fink, Do I Hear Seven Hundred and Fifty?
Sally Hinchcliffe, Making Space
Jason Jackson, Strays
Leonard Kenyon, Pleasing Mother
Jordan Kushins, Just the One
Alan McClure, The Produce Section

To Be Published under Escape
Shannon Banks, Hangers
Katherine Fay, Curtin’s Legacy
David Fulton, Plan B
Babette Gallard, For Rany
Jennifer Hill, Passport
Joleen Kuyper, One Afternoon
Pamela Lynn Palmer, Neither Man Nor Beast

(2) Every year the Momaya Annual Review has a different theme. While entries for the short story competition can be on any fictional topic, the review gets its cohesion from stories, poems and artwork on a central theme, interspersed amongst the contest winners’ stories. The 2007 Annual Review will feature fiction in a variety of categories from the winners of the Momaya Short Story Competition and winners of Momaya Awards, as well as a stunning collection of photographs, poems and short stories exploring “Transformation”.

Transformation. We’ve all experienced it at some time, whether we wanted to or not: Life is change. The universe is in constant flux. This year’s theme examines change and transformation on all levels, all planes.

Transformation can be subtle or obvious, exhilarating or sad. It may come upon us suddenly, or so quietly we don’t notice what has transpired until the moment is past. Think Kafka’s “Metamorphoses,” Gogol’s “The Nose,” Vonnegut’s “Galapagos.” Or on a simpler level: childbirth, divorce, growing up, death, or even simpler, a haircut. A moment when our definitions change, when we transcend ourselves and emerge as someone new: “As good As It Gets,” “Steel Magnolias,” “Bend It Like Beckham.”

Past Momaya Themes:
2006 Escape
2005 Humour
2004 Food

You may email your suggestions for future Momaya Themes to: moc.s1337320695serpa1337320695yamom1337320695@suof1337320695ni1337320695

(3) The Momaya Annual Review 2006 is available for purchase now at http://www.momayapress.com/store.htm. An inspiring collection of new short stories from writers around the globe, the Momaya Annual Review 2006 features fiction in a variety of categories from the winners of the Momaya Short Story Competition and winners of Momaya Awards, as well as a stunning collection of photographs, poems and short stories celebrating the theme of “Escape”.

Order now, and you will receive free shipping. The Momaya Annual Review 2006 will be ready for shipping in December 2006.

You are invited to forward this email to other writers and readers. You may sign up to this newsletter at http://www.momayapress.com/newsletter.htm

Brought to you by the Team at Momaya Press

February 2006

(1) Recap of the Momaya Press Awards Ceremony 2005
(2) Momaya Short Story Competition 2006 – Now Open!
(3) Publishing interns sought

(1) Recap of the Momaya Press Awards Ceremony 2005

Writers, judges, and readers packed out the London Review Bookshop at the 2 December 2005 Momaya Press Awards Ceremony. Writers shared their inspiration for particular stories and their plans for their writing in the future. Last year’s winners discussed how their winning of the competition has inspired them to take the next step in their literary career – including writing a comic novel and entering/winning over 15 competitions in a single year! It was uplifting to see the impact that Momaya has had on readers and writers alike, and we hope that the readers of this newsletter will consider entering the Momaya Short Story Competition 2006 and attending this year’s prize ceremony.

You may view photos and quotes from the Momaya Awards Ceremony 2005 at www.momayapress.com/2005awards.htm.

(2) Momaya Short Story Competition 2006 – Now Open!

Stories can be submitted on any topic, but there is a special focus on Escape. The top 10 winners of the Short Story Competition and an additional selection of stories focusing on “Escape” will be printed in the Momaya Annual Review 2006.

Escape is a theme common to us all. Sometimes we long to escape a boring job, a loveless marriage, and distressed family situation. Sometimes we need to escape a prison, a repressive regime, a burning building. Escape can be dramatic, funny, dangerous, exciting, traumatic. Think of “Kavalier and Clay” by Michael Chabon, “Empire of the Sun” by J. G. Ballard, “Vernon God Little” – by D B C Pierre, “The Handmaiden’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood. We look forward to reading your own tales.

Short stories of up to 2,500 words can be submitted at www.momayapress.com/contest.htm.

(3) Marketing interns sought

As Momaya Press seeks to expand it’s worldwide promotion of the short story, we find that we could use extra support. We seek someone who is willing to work on a pro bono basis and is highly motivated. In return, we will provide mentorship, a good reference, and publishing experience. Interested candidates can be based anywhere in the world, as you will work remotely. Interested candidates should email: moc.s1337320695serpa1337320695yamom1337320695@kuof1337320695ni1337320695

You are invited to forward this email to other writers and readers. You may sign up to this newsletter at http://www.momayapress.com/newsletter.htm

Brought to you by the Team at Momaya Press

Momaya Press has completed the 2nd Annual Momaya Short Story Competition, and Maya and I would like to invite you to attend the prize ceremony. Creative writing and theatre meet at the London Review Bookshop, host of the 2nd Annual Momaya Press Prize Ceremony. The Momaya Press Prize Ceremony will feature dramatic performances of the winning entries by actors from the American Repertory Theatre of London. The event will be lively and engaging, with creative interpretation of the short stories by the actors and distribution of awards to the authors.

2005 Momaya Press Prize Ceremony
7PM
Thursday, 1 December 2005
London Review Bookshop, 14 Bury Place, London WC1A 2JL, UK
Nearest tubes: Holburn or Russel Square

Introduction of Momaya Press, the Competition, the Judges
Monisha Saldanha Koruth, Director, Momaya Press

Words from Momaya Writers
On Writing
Alexandra Fox, First Place (2004)

The Transition from Short Stories to a Comic Novel
Deborah Thomas, Honourable Mention (2004)

American Repertory Theatre of London Performances
3rd Place “McCauley Speaks Out” by Louis Malloy
Read by Daniel Landau

2nd Place “Lost Ideas” by Donald Hiscock
Read by Veronika Tugendraich

1st Place “Sleeping Lions” by Tracy Moyle-Maton
Read by James Tait

Wine reception

In attendance will be the winning and published writers featured in the Momaya Annual Review, and the 2005 Competition judges who work at The Times Magazine, Vintage (a Random House imprint), and Andrew Nurnberg Associates literary agency. In addition, a number of media and literary/acting agents will be coming to hear from fresh talent. Copies of the Momaya Annual Review 2005, featuring the winning authors, will be available for purchase. Tickets are on a first-come, first-serve basis, and there are only 50 seats still available. We sold out last year, and we expect to pack the house again.

Tickets available from the London Review Bookshop:
£4 (about US$7) per person
Email: ku.oc1337320695.pohs1337320695brl@s1337320695koob1337320695
Call: +44 (0)20 7269 9030
Fax: +44 (0)20 7269 9033

I hope that you will join us to toast the 2nd year of Momaya Press!

Monisha Saldanha Koruth and Maya Cointreau
Directors
Momaya Press
2006 Momaya Short Story Competition Now Open – the Theme is “Escape”
www.momayapress.com

Welcome to the Momaya Newsletter

(1) Proudly announcing the winners of the 2005 Momaya Short Story Competition

(2) Mark you diary – the 2005 Momaya Prize Ceremony

(3) Order your copy of the 2005 Momaya Press

The 2nd annual Momaya Short Story Competition built on the success of our inaugural year with a greater number of varied submissions. Congratulations to our winners, who were chosen from a pool of 177 submissions (an increase of 27% on the number of submissions we received in 2004). Authors submitted stories from sixteen countries around the world (an increase of four countries or 33% from 2004): Argentina, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States. Women accounted for 55% of the entries, and many writers chose to submit multiple stories.

The three judges were Claire Nozieres, a literary agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates; Jason Arthur, Editorial Director at Vintage (an imprint of Random House); and Lucy Alexander, a writer at The Times Magazine. The judges spoke highly of the overall quality of the submissions, and entered into lively debate over certain stories. They encourage those who submitted to keep writing, and expressed their interest in raising the profile of the short story in the literary world.

(1) Congratulations 2005 Momaya Short Story Competition Winners!

First Place
Sleeping Lions, Tracy Moyle-Maton

Second Place
Lost Ideas, Donald Hiscock

Third Place
McCauley Speaks, Louis Malloy

Honourable mention
Bistro and Cemetery, Frances Gapper
English Lesson, Toni Scott
Copywrite on my Soul, Louis Malloy
God’s Feather, Andrew Myers
Raynor’s Parade, Leon Davey
I am not a wicked Queen, Graham Burchell
Nail Lady, Sandra Stone

To be Published under Humour
Myclonic Jerk, Catherine Myhal
Martin Slewinsky’s Wheel of Fortune, Alison Bullock
Losing Georgina, Alex Keegan

(2) Mark your diary – the 2nd Annual Momaya Press Prize Ceremony will be hosted by the London Review Bookshop in London at 7PM on the 1st December 2005. Writers, their supporters, and anyone interested in celebrating this year’s winners and learning more about writing are invited. The judges will be present to distribute the awards, and selected stories will be performed by the actors of the American Repertory Theatre of London. This is an innovative event which resulted in a full house at last year’s event. Tickets can be booked directly from the London Review Bookshop (http://www.lrb.co.uk/lrbshop/index.php).

(3) The Momaya Annual Review 2005 is available for purchase now at http://www.momayapress.com/store.htm. An inspiring collection of new short stories from writers around the globe, the Momaya Annual Review 2005 features fiction in a variety of categories from the winners of the Momaya Short Story Competition and winners of Momaya Awards, as well as a stunning collection of photographs, poems and short stories celebrating the theme of “Humour”.

Order now, and you will receive free shipping. The Momaya Annual Review 2005 will be ready for shipping in December 2005.

You are invited to forward this email to other writers and readers. You may sign up to this newsletter at http://www.momayapress.com/newsletter.htm

Brought to you by the Team at Momaya Press

Welcome to the June 2005 edition of the Momaya Newsletter!

Highlights of Momaya Press:

(1) Read This and Write
(2) Momaya Press Deadline Extended – 30 June 2005
(3) Ideas for Next Year’s Competition

(1) Read This and Write

Momaya Press is profiled in the June 2005 edition of the Harvard Business School Alumni Magazine. The text of the article read as follows.

“If you are capable of reading this article, you are capable of writing a short story,” says Monisha Saldanha Koruth (MBA ’01), cofounder and director of London’s Momaya Press, dedicated to the promotion and publication of short stories. Koruth, a manager at an Internet development services firm, publishes an annual short- story review, sponsors a short-story competition, and organizes theatrical performances adapted from stories. “Our goal is to create a friendly, nonthreatening forum that will encourage people to both write and read short stories,” she says. “A short story can be written in an afternoon or a weekend. We all have stories to tell, and it is a thing of beauty to share your mind with the world.” For this year’s competition (deadline June 30), Koruth welcomes submissions at www.momayapress.com

View the online edition of the article at:
http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2005/june/newsmakers.html

(2) Momaya Press Deadline Extended – 30 June 2005

To date, Momaya Press has received 160 entries to the 2005 Momaya Short Story Competition (as compared to 142 in 2004). In order to give more people the opportunity to enter, the deadline has been extended to 30 June 2005.

Winners will be informed via email and announced on our website in August 2005. Writers are welcome to submit more than one story, and to explore the theme of humour.

(3) Ideas for Next Year’s Competition

Momaya Press welcomes your suggests for the theme of the 2006 Competition. Currently under consideration are Escape, Heartbreak, and Competition.

Please respond to moc.s1337320695serpa1337320695yamom1337320695@kuof1337320695ni1337320695 with your ideas.

Copies of the 2004 Momaya Annual Review are available for purchase at:www.momayapress.com/store.htm