Exeter Writers Short Story Competition 2017: Longlist Announced!

Thank you to everyone who entered this year's short story competition.

We had hundreds of entries from around the world, so don't despair if you didn't make it this time. Maybe next year could be your turn?

The longlisted stories are shown below. Authors names are not listed at this stage as we are still going through the judging process.





2017 longlist (in no particular order):

Bury Me in Brently Park.
A Death in the Family.
The Miss Higher Complex.
Past breaking.
Calling the Tune.
Thin Air.
The Tracker.
The Secrets of Bones.
Never the Same Advantages.
Saving Anna.
Collision.
Dotted About the Terrace.
Fire and Ice.
The Grief Register.
The Woman Within the Dress.
I Came and Met Your Absence.
The Fire of Fortune.
A Light Dusting of Snow.
The Crossroads at Jijiga.
Abandon Ship.
Dear Horse.
Rebuffed.
The Manana Approach.
The Palace Road Hunt.
The Fire People.
The Power of Three.
Deer.
A Eulogy for Boo.
Call of the Kazer.
Celluloid Job.
Fences.
The Cullen Quartet. After Teresa.
Flowerboy.
Selling Fans in Haliville.
Lapsang Souchong.
42nd Street.
A New Doll. 
Bye Bye Birdie.


Keep an eye on the website for when these have been narrowed down to a shortlist of ten, and the winners will be announced by the end of May.


Good luck and well done to everyone who has made it this far. 

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