Vanessa Gebbie (www.vanessagebbie.com) Vanessa Gebbie is a UK journalist whose short fiction has been published on the web and in print. Her successes in competitions include a longlisting in the Bridort Prize 2006, shortlistings at Fish International Short Story Competition, Firsts at Willesden 2006 (judged by Zadie Smith), Guildford International/BBC Radio 2006, Charleston Small Wonder Festival Slam 2006, Cadenza Magazine 2005, JBWB 2005, Cotswold Writers 2005, and some thirty other places/listings/commendations. Her stories have been broadcast on BBC radio, distributed on London Underground by the Litro initiative, and will be among the 50 word stories given out with cups of Illy Coffee by Meridien Hotels. She teaches Creative Writing..