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Brittle Star Issue 38 Launch & Competition Prize Giving

Thank you everyone who entered our poetry and short fiction competition. Everyone who’s won a prize has been notified and we’ll be announcing the winners and commended writers (and giving out the prizes!) as part of our Issue 38 Launch on 22nd June.

Join us and our competition judges George Szirtes and Alison Moore on Wednesday, 22th June, 6.30 for 7pm at the Barbican Library, London, as we celebrate the launch of Issue 38 and the competition winners with an evening of wonderful readings.

Wednesday, 22th June, 6.30 for 7pm at the Barbican Library, Silk St, London, EC2Y 8DS. FREE Event.

And to accompany our readings we have our traditional summer Pimms & strawberries! Let us know you’re coming either by email or through our
Facebook Event Page.

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So we ran a wee competition called #pimpmystar.

We had some slight seconds issue 34s for sale at the reduced price of £3 and asked you to use the (slightly marked) covers to come up with your own, individual issue 34 covers – and tweet them, pinterest them or facebook them. We had a good bunch of people buy copies and four fabulous submissions (six including mine and Martin’s – but we don’t really count) – with collage and gold paint and an embroidered belly-band and a toddler-artist. Out of the four submissions we’ve chosen a #pimpmystar winner who wins a subscription/re-subscription to Brittle Star and our three other entries win some lovely runner up prizes. Alison Clayton Smith is our overall winner, Peter Raynard is a very close second, and Anna Robinson and Kate Wise are our runners up.

Peter Raynard

#pimpmystar

Kate Wise

Alison Clayton-Smith

Jacqueline’s version

Anna Robinson