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Updated Writing Biography
It's time to update the bio, I'm told. So here it is, warts and all. This should probably start with the most recent achievement - but that's not the way I roll.
Sporting 87 of my Ad Hoc stories on my Litographs scarf. December 2017
S.B. Borgersen - short biography
Once described in the writing world as a ‘third space inhabitant’, S.B. Borgersen, originally from England, writes and makes art on the glorious shores of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sue’s favoured genres are poetry, short and micro fiction. She is published internationally in anthologies, and arts and literary magazines, in print and online. She’s currently re-working one of her eleven NaNoWriMo novels into a novella-in-flash.
S.B. Borgersen is a long-standing member of The Nova Scotia Writers’ Federation, a keen member of the expat writers’ group Writers Abroad, and a founding member of The Liverpool Literary Society. Sue was a judge for the Atlantic Writing Competition (Poetry Category) 2016 and Hysteria (Poetry) 2017.
Achievements and publications - S.B. Borgersen:
1958 My Life Story: told by Laika, the sputnik dog in The Crusader, the first school magazine from King Richard School Dhekelia.
The missing years, mountains of non-fiction, only slightly creative, technical and training documentation.
2000 The Wings of the Doves in A Drop in the Ocean, a collection of six short stories, published by Brave Waves. A writer initiated project, a result of the NSCC creative writing programme.
2000 2nd place with The White Wisteria in South Shore Literary Society annual competition. ($50 prize!)
2001 2nd place (poetry) with Life in the Atlantic Writing Competition. (another $50 prize!)
2009 The big breakthrough: Sister of No Mercy, one of 75 poems from poets around the world in Leonard Cohen You're Our Man, from the Foundation for Public Poetry, to celebrate Mr Cohen’s 75th birthday. Leonard Cohen You're Our Man
2011 20 Winners at the Game of Life, essays by successful women, published by Parker and Watson. 20 Winners at the Game of Life
2012 Mail Order Bride in Foreign Encounters, a Writers Abroad anthology.Foreign Encounters
2012 Layers, poems and photographs. Self published using Lulu Layers
2013 Shortlisted by the CBC for The Song that Changed Your Life.
2013 Edited, designed and produced Distant Voices, talking drums A Six Week, Long Distance Poetry Project for More Writers Abroad. Published using Lulu. Distant Voices
2013 Peeling, 39 poems and photographs written in 2012 and 2013. Published using Lulu
2013 Knickers a creative non-fiction essay, was published in the anthology Foreign and Far Away. This work subsequently received acknowledgment from the provincial government of Nova Scotia for the manner in which it addressed the tragedy of the Bangladesh factory disaster and compared it with excellent working conditions in the Maritime underwear factory, Stanfields, 100 years earlier. Foreign and Faraway
2013 to present: contributed to ArtAscent, the international arts and lit journal with flash fictions: Emergence, The Sequence Dance, The Green Dress, Loved to Death, and Three Anthems for Althea, along with the poems, The Feel of Dark, Eating an Orange Before Breakfast, and Point of View, in addition to visual art. ArtAscent
2015 Solas, a collection of short poems on the subject of light was published in Kaleidoscope.Kaleidoscope
2016 Stiff as Boards, short story set in the Canadian Maritimes, published by Centum Press in 100 Voices Volume 1.100 Voices volume 1
A consistent contributor to Ad Hoc since January 2016, with her micro story, Walter’s Quest, being pronounced a winner in September 2017. http://adhocfiction.com
2016 Then I Kissed Her in Adverbially Challenged published by Chris Fielden. http://www.christopherfielden.com
2017 Wrong Stones in Nonsensically Challenged also published by Chris Fielden
2017 Shapes and Trip of a Lifetime, two short stories, shortlisted by Writing magazine.
2017 Tonight’s the Night longlisted in the Bath Flash Competition and published in To Carry Her Home - Bath Flash Fiction Volume 1. To Carry Her Home
2017 Interview with Hysteria https://www.hysteriauk.co.uk/2017/06/06/an-interview-with-sue-borgersen-poetry-category-judge-for-hysteria-2017/
2017 24 Hours of a Canadian Winter, first prize in Writing magazine’s Numbers Poetry competition.
2017 Interview with Hysteria https://www.hysteriauk.co.uk/2017/06/06/an-interview-with-sue-borgersen-poetry-category-judge-for-hysteria-2017/
2017 24 Hours of a Canadian Winter, first prize in Writing magazine’s Numbers Poetry competition.
2018 an interview with Jude Higgins of Bath Flash Fiction Award https://bathflashfictionaward.com/2018/01/on-being-an-adhoccer-s-b-borgersen/
2018 My poem 'How You Thing You Might Find Happiness' published by ArtAscent in their April 2018 issue. https://artascent.com
2018 Hit the 100 mark with Ad Hoc. That is 100 micro (150 words) story without a break. Looking for a publisher. 100 stories. 100 pages. What's not to like?
2018 My short The Blackout takes the 'featured story - Gold' place in June's issue of ArtAscent. The review by Oleksandra Osadcha is overwhelming.
2019 Daniel was accepted in February and published in April by Wells Street Journal https://wellsstreetjournal.com on page 56.
2019 Coming of Age accepted by Setu. Published May 3rd Coming of Age
2019 Daylight robbery Shortlisted by Strands
2019 Mike and Sophie accepted by 50-words on April 11 2019 https://fiftywordstories.com
2019 - May 3rd Partners published on The Drabble http://www.thedrabble.com
2019 - June 1 - Tunnel Vision was longlisted my Micro Madness New Zealand
2019 - June 21 - Pink Capri finally found a lovely home wiht Strands Publishing Pink Capri
2019 - July 9th - Trip of a Lifetime published by Cafelit. Trip of a Lifetime
2019 - July 15th - The Escape long listed by Retreat West
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