2012 Short Story Competition

 Process

This year the TL1 students were invited to write spy short stories. 

The students had to start their short stories with an extract from The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim by Jonathan Coe.

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Evaluation

A panel of readers composed of 1L students selected the three best short stories, according to different criteria: plot, coherence, linguistic wealth and accuracy and style.

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Prizes

Best short story: Arsamas-16  

Three Days in Strasbourg to discover the European Institutions

Second best short story:  Tempus Fugit 
The World's Greatest Short Stories

Third best short story: A Cold Case 
 Clouded Vision by Linwood Barclay

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 Short Stories

Click on the links below to read the short stories:

Arzamas-16  by Mélina, Gabin and Adrien 

A Cold Case by Anaïs and Camille  

Tempus Fugit  by Elie and Antoine  

Hearts Always Stay by Clothilde and Yelen   
 
Best Friends Royal Flush by Maeva and Candice 

A Trip to Freedom by Jéromine and Sébastien

Goodbye Chicago by Manon M and Manon G  

Murder, Money, Spying by Fanny and Rodolphe 

They were Spies Together by Astrée and Lucile

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An award ceremony took place on May 14th.

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Photos of the ceremony and the trip