Thursday, October 11, 2012

Spring Laker Larry Menlove Achieves New Literary Honor


Spring Lake fiction writer Larry Menlove is elated to have received news that he has won the top award for fiction writing in the short story category in the Utah Original Writing Competition.  His prize-winning story is “Petey Immigrates North, Then Moves West.”

His short story collection “The Fur or Feathers, the Teeth or Venom” was an honorable mention last year in the short story collection category.  Larry has been submitting to the competition for twenty years.  “Last year they kind of cracked the door with the chain still latched and let me see inside a bit.  This year they opened it up and let me walk right in and sit down!” Larry tells us.

Competition judge and accomplished fiction writer Darrell Spencer compares Larry’s story favorably to Cormac McCarthy’s fiction or a Coen brothers’ film.

Larry lives in Spring Lake with his family, wife, Chautel.  Their children are Clint, Conner, Andy, Celeste, and Lexie.


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