Results of the 2019 Short Story Competition

The Winning Entries For 2019

Exeter Writers are delighted to announce the winners of the 2018/19 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.  Congratulations, everyone! We hope to see you next year.

1. The Woman in Pieces by Jenny Pierpoint, Torquay, Devon
2. Wave after Wave by Brigid McConville, Pilton, Somerset
3.  The Real Thing by Tracy Fells, Ashington, West Sussex.

The winning entry from Devon is: Seeing to Mrs Hickmott by David Bonnett, Exeter, Devon.

The Short List

Wave after Wave by Brigid McConville, Pilchon, Somerset.
The Nimrod Variation by Evan Guilford-Blake, Stone Mountain, USA.
The Real Thing by Tracy Fells, Ashington, West Sussex.
Demolition by Yvonne Sampson, Bushey, Hertfordshire.
The End by  Tabitha Dylan, Exeter, Devon.
The Woman in Pieces by Jenny Pierpoint, Torquay, Devon.
Home Schooling by Shannon Savvas,  Nicosia, Cyprus.
Anonymous by Hannah Persuad, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Seeing to Mrs Hickmott by David Bonnet, Exeter, Devon.
The Entertainer by Kate O’Grady, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Me Foot is a Foot is a Foot by Nick Petty, Utrecht
The Netherlands.

The Long List

Woman in a Chair by Natalie Smith, Bristol.
The Nimrod Variation by Evan Guilford-Blake, Stone Mountain, USA.
Anesu and Andrei by Tristan Marajh, Ontario, Canada.
The Balance of Things by Hannah Persaud, Stroud, Gloucester.
The Entertainer by Kate O’Grady, Stroud, Gloucester.
Me foot is a Foot is a Foot by Nick Petty, Utrecht,
The Netherlands.
The Holiday by Cath Barton, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.
 Bon Bon And Marguerite by Clare Palmer, London.
Seven Dandelions by Jayne Buxton, London.
Note of Respect by Alan Bryant, Swansea, Wales.
Peace Offerings by Elizabeth Pratt, Swansea.
The Assassination of a President by Richard Hooton, Ashton-under-Lyne,  Lancashire.
Home Schooling by Shannon Savvas, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Wave after Wave by Brigid McConville, Pilchon, Somerset.
Terry Toast by Rob Schofield, Sherborne,
Dorset.
Choosing Another Goodbye by Taria Karillion, Mickle Trafford, Chester.
The Real Thing by Tracy Fells, Ashington, West Sussex.
 Demolition by Yvonne Sampsom Bushey, Hertfordshire.
The End by Tabitha Dylan, Exeter, Devon.
The Woman in Pieces by Jenny Pierpoint, Torquay, Devon.
Seeing to Mrs Hickmott by David Bonnett, Exeter, Devon.
Veronika by Minnie Day, Newton Abbot, Devon.

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