HISSAC Highlands and Islands Short Story Association and Writing Competition

2014

We had a huge amount of interesting and entertaining stories to read, and quite a few that only barely missed out on being in the top twenty five. And now has come the time has come to announce our winner.
A huge thank you to all our entrants, and never be discouraged.




THE WINNER OF OUR 2014 ANNUAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION IS:


ROBERT MASLEN for Fruit of the Vine


2nd place goes to JENNIFER FOOTMAN for Hell

3rd place goes to NICOLA DALY for Summer's Psalm


HIGHLY COMMENDED

Rosemary Collins for Rear View Mirror

Ruth Corkill for Monkey

Karen Jones for Twelve Steps and a Lightbulb Moment

Rebecca Kemp for King of Kilkenny

Zoe Meager for No One Looks Sideways at a Servant



SHORT LIST 2014

A Song Died by Andrew McLinden
Fruit of the Vine byRobert Maslen
Getting Away by Josie Turner
Green-hats by David MacPherson
Hell by Jennifer Footman
If The Oceans Rise by Marilyn Messenger
King of Kilkenny by Rebecca Kemp
Let Down Your Hair by Sara Khorasani
Monkey by Ruth Corkill
No One Looks Sideways at a Servant by Zoe Meager
Rear View Mirror by Rosemary Collins
Summer's Psalm by Nicola Daly
The Devil You Know by Naomi Rossetter
Twelve Steps and a Lightbulb Moment by Karen Jones
Wool by Christina Bulbrook

LONG LIST 2014

A Song Died by Andrew McLinden
Back-seat driver by James McGhee
Butterfly Kiss by
Fiona Allan
Dead Daffodils by
Tamara Jones
For you Dad by
Jo Roberts
Fruit of the Vine by
Robert Maslen
Getting Away by
Josie Turner
Green-hats by
David MacPherson
Hell by
Jennifer Footman
If The Oceans Rise by
Marilyn Messenger
King of Kilkenny by
Rebecca Kemp
Lazarus Rising by
James Stark
Lessons in Love by
Giselle Leeb
Let Down Your Hair by
Sara Khorasani
Monkey by
Ruth Corkill
Natural and Unnatural Worlds by
Helen Welsh
No One Looks Sideways at a Servant by
Zoe Meager
Rear View Mirror by
Rosemary Collins
Sixteen Years an Asylum Nurse by
Douglas Bruton
Summer's Psalm by
Nicola Daly
The Devil You Know by
Naomi Rossetter
The Tennis Sock by
Gill Darling
Tiny Broken Horses by
Chloe Turner
Twelve Steps and a Lightbulb by
Karen Jones
Wool by
Christina Bulbrook