The 2005 InnermoonLit Award for Best Short-Short Story
First prize: "The Tragedy of Dewy C. McCray" by E. E. King
Ms. King's story is a tightly written, hilarious, strikingly original tale involving the misadventures of an animal rights
activist gone awry.
Ms. King's story is a tightly written, hilarious, strikingly original tale involving the misadventures of an animal rights
activist gone awry.
E.E. King has performed both nationally and internationally in theater,
comedy, dance, teaching, painting & science. She has danced with the
San Francisco Ballet, performed stand-up and improvisational comedy in
Los Angeles and San Francisco, toured the United States with The
Nebraska Theater Caravan, and is the recipient of two International Tides
Painting fellowships and two Earthwatch fellowships.
Ms. King has worked as a teacher and as an artist-in-residence in Los
Angeles, San Francisco and South Korea. She was an advisor to the J.
Paul Getty Museum and the Science Center for their Arts & Science
Development Program and a science and art coordinator in Bosnia with
Global Children’s Organization.
comedy, dance, teaching, painting & science. She has danced with the
San Francisco Ballet, performed stand-up and improvisational comedy in
Los Angeles and San Francisco, toured the United States with The
Nebraska Theater Caravan, and is the recipient of two International Tides
Painting fellowships and two Earthwatch fellowships.
Ms. King has worked as a teacher and as an artist-in-residence in Los
Angeles, San Francisco and South Korea. She was an advisor to the J.
Paul Getty Museum and the Science Center for their Arts & Science
Development Program and a science and art coordinator in Bosnia with
Global Children’s Organization.
E.E. King with egret friend
Second prize: "When It's Okay to Lie" by Krista Kimmel
An unflinchingly honest, unsentimentally poignant look at a teenage girl's sexual maturation.
An unflinchingly honest, unsentimentally poignant look at a teenage girl's sexual maturation.
Krista Kimmel is a college instructor residing in Kentucky. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in
Penwomanship, Wild Strawberries, Toasted Cheese, and Cenotaph Pocket Edition.
Penwomanship, Wild Strawberries, Toasted Cheese, and Cenotaph Pocket Edition.
Third prize: "Inspiration" by Greg Beatty
This creepy story about the sometimes unhealthy way established artists feed off young rivals has dead-on
dialogue, great insight into character, and a nice little twist at the end.
This creepy story about the sometimes unhealthy way established artists feed off young rivals has dead-on
dialogue, great insight into character, and a nice little twist at the end.
Greg Beatty is recently married. He and his wife live in Bellingham,
Washington. Greg has a B.A. from the University of Washington and a
Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, both in English, and attended Clarion
West 2000.
Greg's work has appeared in 3SF, Absolute Magnitude, Abyss &
Apex, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Asimov's, Fortean
Bureau, HP Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror, The Internet Review of
Science Fiction, Ideomancer, Oceans of the Mind, Paradox, SCI
FICTION, Shadowed Realms Strange Horizons, Star*Line, and The
New York Review of Science Fiction, among other venues. Greg won
the Rhysling Award in 2005 (short poem category). When he's not
writing, Greg teaches for the University of Phoenix Online.
Washington. Greg has a B.A. from the University of Washington and a
Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, both in English, and attended Clarion
West 2000.
Greg's work has appeared in 3SF, Absolute Magnitude, Abyss &
Apex, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Asimov's, Fortean
Bureau, HP Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror, The Internet Review of
Science Fiction, Ideomancer, Oceans of the Mind, Paradox, SCI
FICTION, Shadowed Realms Strange Horizons, Star*Line, and The
New York Review of Science Fiction, among other venues. Greg won
the Rhysling Award in 2005 (short poem category). When he's not
writing, Greg teaches for the University of Phoenix Online.
Greg Beatty with his Rhysling Award
plaque.
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She is the Arts & Science Director of Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, a nonprofit housing
agency that provides quality housing for low income residents in South Central Los Angeles. Ms. King runs
programs for the children and youth in the community as well as running an extensive outreach program
providing excursions, workshops and programs with museums and science centers throughout Los
Angeles.
Her mural, A Meeting of Minds (121' X 33') can be seen in downtown Los Angeles. She has published
field reports for Earthwatch in animal communication and lesson plans on portraiture and genetics for the J.
Paul Getty Museum and Science Center. An excerpt of her novel, Dirk Snigby’s Guide to the Afterlife, was
short listed for both the Aeon Award and the Biscuit Publishing International Short Story Award. This
excerpt will be published and recorded as a CD by Biscuit Publishing. Another excerpt from the novel will
be published by Descending Darkness press.
agency that provides quality housing for low income residents in South Central Los Angeles. Ms. King runs
programs for the children and youth in the community as well as running an extensive outreach program
providing excursions, workshops and programs with museums and science centers throughout Los
Angeles.
Her mural, A Meeting of Minds (121' X 33') can be seen in downtown Los Angeles. She has published
field reports for Earthwatch in animal communication and lesson plans on portraiture and genetics for the J.
Paul Getty Museum and Science Center. An excerpt of her novel, Dirk Snigby’s Guide to the Afterlife, was
short listed for both the Aeon Award and the Biscuit Publishing International Short Story Award. This
excerpt will be published and recorded as a CD by Biscuit Publishing. Another excerpt from the novel will
be published by Descending Darkness press.