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Results of the 2015/16 Exeter Writers Short Story Competition

Results of the 2015/16  Exeter Writers Short Story Competition Exeter Writers are delighted to announce the winners of the 2015/16 Exeter Writers Short Story Competition. We received many fantastic entries, and thank all our entrants for their efforts. We can now reveal the winning stories and their authors. We can also reveal the authors of the shortlisted and longlisted stories. Congratulations, everyone! We hope to see you next year.

1st Prize 2016 - Mr Dixon's Lawnmower by Michael Snelle

Mr Dixon's Lawnmower  by Michael Snelle ‘So but then,’ he says. ‘Go on,’ she replies. ‘That’s all I’ve got so far.’ ‘What do you mean that’s all you’ve got? It’s not even a sentence’.

Short story competition 2015/16 - The Final Results

Exeter Writers are delighted to announce the winners of the 2015/16 Exeter Writers Short Story Competition. We received many fantastic entries, and thank all our entrants for their efforts. We can now reveal the winning stories and their authors. We can also reveal the authors of the shortlisted and longlisted stories. Congratulations, everyone! We hope to see you next year. Winners 1st – Mr Dixon’s Lawnmower – Michael Snelle 2nd – The Indus Seals – Frances Thimann 3rd – Not as Fast as Lightning Boy – D. Bruton Devon prize – Things I Have Wasted Money On – Hayley Jones

Devon Prize 2016 - Things I Have Wasted Money On by Hayley Jones

Things I Have Wasted Money On  by Hayley Jones Plane tickets to Paris (and three nights in a fancy hotel). You spent most of our weekend in the hotel room because you said the city was too loud and too dirty. Too French. You were not impressed by the night-lit Eiffel tower. Nor did Notre Dame’s flying buttresses and decorative gothic windows impress you. The crêpes we ate in a little café on the Ile de St Louis, you admitted, were quite nice.

2nd Prize 2016 - The Indus Seals by Frances Thimann

The Indus Seals  by Frances Thimann My boy Will come back last month.    I went up on the train to see him in the hospital, big new place in Birmingham. Six weeks before he gets home, they said.    And then he'll have to take it quiet, not do too much.     Not for a while.                 I say my boy but that don't seem right no more.    It's Will's name on the end of the bed, but it's not my lad lying there, like.    Someone different, they got Will's name up by mistake.

3rd Prize 2016 - Not as Fast as Lightning Boy by D. Bruton

Not as Fast as Lightning Boy  by D. Bruton He snuck up on us, slow, making no noise, his bare feet soft on the grass and creeping, like a wolf might creep up on sheep in the fold. No, not like a wolf, but something less bold, like mice that sneak into the barn where grain is stored and the cat don’t even hear. The lightest wind played ‘cross the tops of the trees, and the soot-scatter crows kept to their settled nests, and the screech-owl held its fright-full breath. 

Short Story Competition 2015/16 - The Shortlist

Well, here we are! It was a difficult decision, but we winnowed our competition longlist down to a shortlist of just ten stories. The authors have been informed (but their names are still confidential) and Exeter Writers will make its final decision on the winners on Saturday 14th May. Congratulations to our shortlisted authors, and watch this space...