SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A short story by University of Rhode Island alumna Theo Greenblatt has won first place and $700 in a contest hosted by The London Magazine, according to a February release by the school.
“I was just stunned” by the honor, said Greenblatt in a statement. “I stared at the email for a few minutes wondering, ‘Is this real?’ Then I ran to my colleague’s office next door and jumped up and down.”
According to the release, the story, “Solitaire,” “is about the unexpected connection between two vulnerable people – an eccentric woman who plays solitaire on her front porch and a 13-year-old girl who runs off with an older man she meets on the internet and returns to her neighborhood lonely and excluded. A blind cat brings them together.”
Called “The New Yorker of England,” The London Magazine is one of Britain’s oldest literary periodicals.
Emily Gowdey-Backus is a staff writer for PBN. You can follow her on Twitter @FlashGowdey or contact her via email, gowdey-backus@pbn.com.
