Hope & Glory stories for Tuesday 9th July

This month's HOPE & GLORY event is next Tuesday 9th July, so let patriotic pride swell in your breast as you look on the green and pleasant lands of our winning stories, which feature bears, treasure-hunters, counts, mysterious hatchings, Oscar Wilde and Beyonce. And of course there's also the usual fiendish book quiz, bargain wine, etc. all for £5 on the door. (Where do I go?) Here's the Facebook event - tell us you're coming and we'll look forward to seeing you there.

HOPE & GLORY WINNING STORIES
The Maiden Voyage of Walter Pizarro by Rob Hawke *NEW AUTHOR*, read by Cliff Chapman
The Bird Machine by Amber Lee Dodd *NEW AUTHOR*, read by Miranda Harrison
The Glorious Count by Alan Graham, read by Tony Bell
The Importance of Being Oscar by Diane Payne, read by Clive Greenwood
The Last Thing Ever Lost by James Smyth, read by Peter Noble
Me and Beyonce by David McGrath, read by the author

Plus we'll have a special guest mini-story by Gregory Norminton (read by Nicky Diss) taken from Beacons, an anthology of stories imagining the near future: all royalties go to climate change charity Stop Climate Chaos. It's a very nicely produced book full of excellent fiction, a bargain at £8.99, and can be purchased via the link above. Even better, it's edited by LL alum Gregory Norminton, and features authors including Alasdair Gray, Joanne Harris, Toby Litt & A. L. Kennedy.

DEADLINES:

Sun 7 July: Send us (LL London) your short stories of 2000 words or fewer on a Life & Limb theme - [email protected]

Sat 13 July: Liar Liam appears at Dalston Oxjam.
Mon 15 July: Spread the Word Writing Prize - £1000 to win!
Tue 16 July: Liars’ League Presents Granta 124: Travel Our actors read new work by Dave Eggers, Swedish author Lina Wolff & more: 7pm The Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3BL. £7 on the door only, tickets include a copy of Granta 124. RSVP to [email protected] to reserve your place.
31 July: Wells Literature Festival Poetry & Short Story comps: check out http://www.wellslitfest.org.uk/flyer.pdf
31 July: The Virginia Prize for Fiction is open to any woman over 18 with an unpublished novel. More here.

31 August: Liars' League New York needs tales of Teachers & Students, 800-2500 words; send to [email protected]
23 September: Mslexia's Women's Novel Competition for unpublished female writers in any genre. See www.mslexia.co.uk/novelcompetition for details.

OTHER STUFF:
Liars' League Hong Kong has new videos up from their Sink & Swim night - including murder, magic goldfish, shoplifters & dishwashers!
LL alum and short story prize collector extraordinaire Sammy Wright has an ebook out at www.galleybeggar.co.uk - this story has won TONS already. Buy it. It's only 99p.
Two LL writers, Cherry Potts & David McGrath, are appearing with Spread the Word at Towersey Festival! http://www.towerseyfestival.com/artists/spread-the-word