Winning Stories
It is always difficult to hone our short lists down to the final few, and as always personal taste comes into it. Which is another way of saying that all the authors listed below, in both Flash Fiction and Short Story sections, should be immensely proud.
And to everyone who entered our competitions: we have been privileged, entertained and on occasion awed by your work. May you keep on writing to the best of your ability, and beyond.
FLASH FICTION 2018 WINNERS
| First Place | Kathryn Burke | Soul Music |
| Second Place | Diane Simmons | Processing |
| Third Place | Rob McInroy | Peewit |
| Highly Commended | Karen Jones | The Girl She Never Was |
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SHORT STORIES 2018 WINNERS
| Joint First Place | Laurane Marchive | Expectations | Click here to read |
| Joint First Place | John Whitehouse | Unuccustomed As I Am | Click here to read |
| Joint Third Place | Fiona Thackeray | Guava Season | Click here to read |
| Joint Third Place | James Arnold | Not the Four Aces in Your Head | Click here to read |
| Highly Commended | Mike Corbett | A Conversation on the Nature of Things | Click here to read |
| Highly Commended | Charlotte Chadwick | Before This Moon | Click here to read |
| Highly Commended | Rob McInroy | Sequela | Click here to read |
Click here to view Short Lists for 2018
Click here to view Long Lists for 2018