Competition Results

We are delighted to announce the results of our 17th annual Short Story Competition. Huge congratulations to the four prize winners but also to those writers whose stories were shortlisted or longlisted. Commiserations to anyone who missed the cut in what was a very strong year of entries. Please do try again next year.

First prize: A House Without Song	John Barrett Lee
Second prize: The Ingredients of Home	Susan Swan
Third prize: The F*ck Hamster	Chris Durston
Devon prize: The Snail And The Stork	Paul Batterham
Shortlist Can You Eat Berries From a Fuchsia Bush?	Nicole Fitton
Companion Planting	Deborah Hugill
Fire Sign	Elizabeth Pratt
His Backpack	Alexis Wolfe
It is time for you to ride to your place and I to mine	Georgia Boon
Looking Out For Sheep and Cows	Alice Fowler
Texting: Parenthood	Julie Evans
Longlist A Year Ago I Didn't Know Anything About Hedgehogs	Jenny Pierpoint
Alice, the Anchoress's Girl	Elen Lewis
Furlough	Michael Riley
God Bothering	Dianne Bown-Wilson
Selkie	Nyra Selwyn
The Living Garden	eamon o'leary
The Quality of Mercy is Actually Really Fucking Strained	Shannon Savvas
The Ring of Truth	Truda Thurai
The Taller One	David Micklem
The Zante Painting	Paul B. Cohen
Tongues of Fire	Josie Turner