2020 Long-list and past winners
Here is the short-list for the 2020 competition.
Congratulations to the writers of these ten wonderful stories!
Air Freshener and Jam
At The Hotel Du Moulin
Father and Son
Flowers for Miss Havisham
Missing the Boat
Peace Offering
The Prodigal Robin
The Snake
The Uncle and the New Aunt
The Visitors
2020 Long-list
The following stories have been long-listed this year
(in alphabetical order)
A Family Gathering
A Lesson from a Turkish Cat
Air Freshener and Jam
At the Hotel du Moulin
Books do Furnish a Room
Cephalopod
Cherry Red
Dark Determination
Don’t Forget your Dancing Shoes
Eternal Vertere
Faking it
Father and Son
Fever
Flowers for Miss Havisham
Hands
It’s Later than you Think
Lost for Words
Missing the Boat
No Time to Dance
Old Man Henson
Painting over the Pictures
Peace Offering
The Bears of Mill Beach
The Gobbledygook
The Horse
The Prodigal Robin
The Real Fake News
The Snake
The Tiger
The Uncle and the New Aunt
The Visitors
The Wooing Group
Where’s Lisbeth?
Congratulations to all the writers.
Previous Years’ Winners
2019
First Place: Clare Reddaway – A Long Way From Home
Second Place: Richard Hughes – Is this the Fussen train?
Third Place: Jessica Fabrizius – Trapped in a Box
2018
First Place: Julie Evans — The Artist’s Last Model
Second Place: William Hillier — I am not Elena
Third Place (and local prize): Suzie Lockhart-Smith — Colouring in
2017
First Place: Rhiannon Lewis – The Jugs Stay with the Dresser
Joint Second Place: Jo Else – Mr Reginald’s Last Encounter
Joint Second Place: Mark Johnson – Hedgehopping