2008 Samurai Fiction short story contest results

[Steve Hubbell]

I don't know who here frequents the Samurai Archives website, or it's forum, but it is a great site. Personally, I tend to lurk around the Samurai Film section of the forum, with an occassional trip to the Entertainment section for new posts concerning Japanese Historical manga.

http://www.samurai-archives.com/
http://forums.samurai-archives.com/index.php

Anyways, the Samurai Archives have been sponsoring a Samurai Fiction Short Story contest for the last several years, which has (needless to say) generated some great short story contributions. So far, I have only read a handful of the submitted stories, most of them by a couple of regulars on the samurai film forum.

Check them out and let's hear what you think....

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A Dog in Winter
By OnnaMusha
(2008 Samurai Fiction Contest - Winner)
http://www.samurai-archives.com/sfic08b.html

The Stone Steps
By Gozen
(2008 Samurai Fiction Contest - 2nd Place)
http://www.samurai-archives.com/sfic08e.html

The Street Sweeper
By Wave Tossed
(2008 Samurai Fiction Contest - Honorable Mention)
http://www.samurai-archives.com/sfic08d.html

The Matsudaira Plot
By Wave Tossed
(2007 Samurai Fiction Contest - Third Place / Best Writing) http://www.samurai-archives.com/story3g.html

The Faithful
By Wave Tossed
(2006 Samurai Fiction Contest - Runner up)
winner of the Riccardo Tacchini Memorial Award
http://www.samurai-archives.com/samfic5.html

Stray Dogs
By Wave Tossed
(2005 Samurai Fiction Contest - Winner)
http://www.samurai-archives.com/sdg.html

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http://forums.samurai-archives.com/viewtopic.php?t=3185 Scroll to the last message posted for a list of the 2008 winners and links

http://www.samurai-archives.com/guestart.html
Scroll to the bottom of the page for lists and links to previous years contest submissions