Aesthetica Creative Works And The Liebster Award

Not so long ago, on a pure whim and at the very last minute, I entered two stories into the Aesthetica Creative Works competition. I've had a special mention in the selfsame comp two years ago and I had a couple of stories I thought would suit this year, so I just sent them off and put it out of my mind.

Imagine my delight then, when several months later I receive an email congratulating me as one of my stories had been selected as a finalist! Stunned. They have thousands of entries and the...