Adults’ Short Story Competition – Final Shortlist 2015
This year’s competition closed on 15th June and we have shortlisted the numerous stories received, which as usual were of a very high standard. Congratulations to our final 13 authors who are shown below in alphabetic order.
“Bird Calls” by Sherry Morris
“British Ocean Radio” by David McVey
“Conchie” by Jane Rogers
“My Castaway This Week Is…” by Christine Tennant
“Pink Pig by Valerie Powney
“Rebel” by Sandy Norris
“Runnymede Rebellion” by Tim Walker
“Saint Rita” by Peter Smith
“The Directorate” by Glenys Grey
“The Flight of the Tawny Owl” by Jacqueline Bain
“The Turn of the Wheel” by Corrinna Toop
“Twenty Forty Four” by R M Neil
“Whose Broken Heart” by Linda Muller
We are sorry if your story wasn’t shortlisted but it doesn’t mean that you scored badly. Some of the marks were extremely close, sometimes with only one point between stories.
Thank you to everybody who entered. There are no plans as yet for a competition in 2016 but that may change so watch this space.
Adults’ Short Story Competition – Final Shortlist 2014
Last year’s (2014) competition closed on 30th September and we have shortlisted the numerous stories received, which were of a very high standard. Congratulation to our final 10 authors who are shown below in no particular order.
Echoes from the Somme by Frances Colville
Fredi and the Yellow Bird by Pat Black
Grűnewald by Julie Hayman
Remembrance by Nick Primmer
The Ambulance Train by Stuart Braid
The Rose Tattoo by Polly Harvey
The Unkindest Cut by Gerard Loughran
Waiting by David Joy
War Baby by Clare Orchard-Twist
Where the White Poppies Grow by Paul Barnett
We are sorry if your story wasn’t shortlisted but it doesn’t mean that you scored badly. Some of the marks were extremely close, sometimes with only one point between stories.
Thank you to everybody who entered and we now look forward to 2015 when the adults’ short story judge will be Julia Copus, the renowned, award winning poet and children’s author and all-round nice person. The theme will be “Rebellion” and the start date sometime in January with a closing date in June.