Paul Byall
If you happen to remember me from somewhere, please drop me a line at pbyall@gmail.com.

Peter II, king of Aragon, count of Barcelona, lord of Gevaudan and Montpellier


North Carolina Writers' Network: Paul Byall wins 2010 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize

North Carolina -- Final judge Sheri Reynolds, best-selling author of five novels, named Paul Byall of Savannah, Georgia, the winner of the 2010 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize for his story "Sequestered". Reynolds said of this story, whose main character, Maggie, finds herself sequestered as a jury member at a murder trial, "This writer brilliantly controls the story's tempo, moving between scene and summary, between details of the murder and the trial itself. The story is controlled, complicated and graceful."


NOTICE:I've been making an effort recently to connect with people who knew me in one or more of my previous lives, so if you happen to remember me from 'way back when' please punch me out an email at pbyall@​gmail.com, and I promise to get back to you. That's pbyall@​gmail.com.

09-10-11. I've just been informed that my short story "Do You Remember Me?" has been chosen the winner of the 2011 Porter Fleming Fiction Prize. The final judge, Professor Cecelia Tichi of Vanderbilt, cited the story for its "skillful combination of allusion and specificity, its deft handling of time changes and its plotting." The story will appear in the Spring Issue of the Bellingham Review. I will make the story available here, in its entirety, after it has appeared in print.

09-05-10
The two drawings under the picture of King Peter are by Rudy Van Giffen and were lifted from the website of the Association Trencavel, created and maintained by one Monique de Camps, which contains some information about Ramon-Roger Trencavel, viscount of Beziers-Carcassonne, and the Cathar Crusades, including a wonderful video on the life of the viscount. The video is accompanied by an even more wonderful old Occitan song, Se Canta. Se Canta is the unofficial anthem of Occitania, as well as the official anthem of the Aran Valley in Catalonia, Spain. To see the video, you need to scroll to near the bottom of the page, but it's worth it, and I would encourage anyone remotely interested in the Cathar Crusades to visit the website:
www.moniquedecamps.com

Selected Works

Novel
Short Stories
Winner, 2010 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
Finalist, 2009 Dogwood Short Story Award

Winner, 2008 New South Award
Finalist, 2008 David Nathan Meyerson Prize
Finalist, 2008 Willesden International Fiction Prize

Finalist,2009 Arthur Edelstein Short Story Award