Extended Deadline!!

We have decided to extend our deadline for the last fable competition...
So the deadline is now November 26. 
If you didn't have time to enter- we hope you do now!
harriet@gilgameshconnections.net

Readings Books Music & Film

Readings St Kilda, Malvern, Carlton and State Library stores now have our book in their collection. Readings St Kilda also put it on the recommended reading list... available to buy now online or in stores. Go in and grab a copy!
Thanks to Readings for being such an enthusiast for community projects.

Fable Competition III is here!

Gilgamesh Connections Fable Competition III is now open for entries... if you haven't been able to enter the comps in the past, make sure you try to this time, it's our last fable comp for a long time!!
500 word limit 
First, second and third prize.. all $500!
Deadline 5pm Friday October 8, 2010. 
Announcement party Saturday October 30 12noon to 3pm at Claypots, St Kilda. For terms, entry forms and further details, contact harriet@gilgameshconnections.net

Fable Competition II winning entry readings

Here are the winning entries being read at the awards party and volume one book launch at Claypots St Kilda June 13, 2010 (click on the name).

First Prize, The Day the Cars Ran Over All the People

Second Prize, The Mother and the Happy Ending

Third Prize, The Circular Boooks of the Great Library of Om

Thank-you to the readers- Daryl, Felicity and Bo and to Wayne for filming.

Gertrude Street Projection Festival and Claypots Fitzroy

Here is the Shortlist from our Second Competition...

All of these authors will be offered publication into 

'Contemporary Fables Volume Two'.

Well Done to Everyone!!

The King’s Son by Thomas Haley, ACT

The Scent of Chocolate by Jody Horowitz, Vic

The Small Goose by Sue Parritt, Vic

The Swagman’s Desires by Barbara Fraser, SA

The Princess and the Fool by Jonathan Cook, Vic

Isle of Man by Kathy Riley, NSW

Why Celine? by Maggie Veness, NSW

King Frog’s Folly by Phillip English, WA

The Curse on Her Back by Lynette Williams, Vic

The Coffee that did not want Anyone to Drink It by Elizabeth Burns, NSW

Jurassic Years Ago there were Three Little Birds by Peter Gilchrist, SA

Love’s a Bitch by Jody Horowitz, Vic

Top Shelf Produce by Thuy Linh Nguyen, Vic

The Nest Egg by Lesley Truffle, Vic

Dinosaur by David Greagg, Vic

Gillly’s Treasures by Julie Murphy, Vic

Ephemera by Karen Berger, Vic

The blue horse by Julie Egan, Vic

To Please the Gods by Rick Burchall, Vic

The Eagle and the Flea by Ralph Lante, NT

The Gardener and the Ring by Penelope Cottier, ACT

The Pond by Marie Watt, Vic

Buffalo Thinking by John Hale, Tas

Two in the Bush by Diana Harley, NSW

The Chimney and the Peppercorn Tree by Frances Dudley, SA

To Die a Lion by Henry Wynter, NSW

The mePhone by Boris Glikman, Vic

The Birds and the Brush Turkey by Henry Wynter, NSW

Snow White’s Prince by Rachel Freebury, WA

Congratulations to our Winners!!!

The Day the Cars Ran Over all the People (first prize) by James Whyte, NSW

The Mother and the Happy Ending (second prize) by Brett Ludeman, Vic

The Circular Boooks of the Great Library of Om (third prize) by Jonathan Cook, Vic