The Long List

of the 2023 Exeter Writers

Short Story Competition:

Congratulations to everyone who made it this far!
Please feel free to shout about it but don't mention which one is your story yet as we read all entries 'blind'.

In no particular order, the long listed stories are:

My Sister and the Bird Boy
The Other House
Slightly Off-Mint
The Eye Generation
Hedgerow Delights
REVENGE IS SWEET
For all the caged & warm birds *
Dying Teddy Bears
A LEASE OF LIFE
Dancing the Dead Leaf Charleston
Ssenippah
My Best Friend Chloe
The Curfew
Lest We Forget
Three Point Turn
C_a_ Cof_ _ _
Farmhouse supper
The Visits

Please don't be downhearted if your story didn't make it this far. We had a LOT of entries (over 400!)

Keep your eyes peeled for the short list in early May...

Exeter Writers