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Dan Purdue

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Short story writer. Winner the of H.E. Bates Short Story Competition 2012, Flash 500, and the Chapter One International Short Story Prize 2010. Placed or shortlisted in competitions including the 2012 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition, The James White Award, Southport Writers' Circle, Brighton CoW, and the NAWG Open Short Story Competition.

Dan's stories have been published in Writers' Forum magazine, The Guardian Online , The Waterhouse Review, Every Day Fiction, Fiction at Work, Defenestration, Words With Jam, and The View From Here. ...more

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	Somewhere to Start From it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Somewhere to Start From 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	100RPM - One Hundred Stories Inspired By Music by Caroline Smailes (Editor), Nik Kershaw (Introduction), Rowan Coleman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Was Once a Place by Rob Redman (Editor), Mike Scott Thomson (Goodreads Author), Alex Clark 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Write: The 2016 Just Write Creative Writing Competition by Louise Hare, Sally Jenkins, Sumana Khan (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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