PUBLISHED - Fat Chance

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PUBLISHED - Fat Chance

Written by Ross Cavins

Wednesday, 03 October 2007 06:29

I am now a published author. Well, semi-published. Somebody else thought enough to put my words on their site, so I guess that makes me published.

Visit hackwriters.com to see my flash fiction story - Fat Chance. At the time of this writing it is on the front page.

Hackwriters is part of the new MA in Creative Writing at Portsmouth University.

They've received numerous accolades:

Guardian Media Award Winner 1999 (As Bloc)
Guardian Nominated again in 2000
Skylines Travel Writers of the Year 2001
New Statesman Community Website Nominee 2004
Nominated for New Statesman Education Website 2006

Please enjoy the site and send any comments my way.

-Ross

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