Showcase

View our competition winners, read their stories and review the judges' comments.

Children's and YA short story competition - June 2021
Winner
Emma Turner
Nuclear
Runner Up
Dave Cryer
Multiplex
Food writing competition - June 2021
Winner
Jenn Lopez
The Buffet
Runner Up
Amy Askew
The Feast at the End of the World
Spirit Short Story Competition - May 2021
Winner
Maria Dean
Human Spirit
Runner Up
Ian Dodsworth
Work Ethics
750-word competition 2021 - April 2021
Winner
Richard Fox
Just passin' through
Runner Up
Tracey-Anne Plater
Never Lonely
Adventure Story Competition - April 2021
Winner
Sara Parkinson
Today Will Be A Good Day
Runner Up
Kell Cowley
The Beauty of Rust
New Start short story competition - March 2021
Winner
Kate Turton
Out of Office
Runner Up
Jane Ayrie
Olive
Last Line Competition - February 2021
Winner
Jennifer Moore
Jack of Knives
Runner Up
Charlie Place
From Out of the Rising Star
Dialogue only short story competition - February 2021
Winner
Sumana Khan
The Rabbit
Runner Up
Carolyn Bartley
Sunbow Calling
Open Short Story Competition 2020 - January 2021
Winner
Jess Crandon
A Short History of British Trees (according to Hattie Webb)
Runner Up
Michael Callaghan
Still World
Epistolary Short Story Competition - December 2020
Winner
Haydn Cavanagh
Dadsdeadtemporary – WhatsAppGroup
Runner Up
Dominic Bell
Second Lockdown Diary

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