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Winners' Showcase

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

750 Words

August 2025

Winner

Laura Besley

My father

Open Short Story

June 2025

Winner

Leanne Simmons

Apple Fritters at Sunset

Runner Up

Michael Callaghan

Going down?

Unexpected Tales

May 2025

Winner

Alyson Hilbourne

Past and Present

Runner Up

Craig Beadle

The Viper Trap

Future Worlds

May 2025

Winner

Sally Miles

Rewilding

Runner Up

Chris Morris

Leader 17

Look Back

April 2025

Winner

G Robin

Railway Time

Runner Up

Geraldine Terry

Bedbugs and Double-entry Bookkeeping

Confessions

April 2025

Winner

Andrew Hutchcraft

No Regrets

Runner Up

Liz Gwinnell

Tinned Carrots

Swanwick 2025

March 2025

Winner

Rebecca Hurst

Short story: The Mosquito

Runner Up

Louisa MacDougall

Writing for children: Wolf the Badger and Badger the Wolf

Honourable Mention

Janine Pulford

Boring

FREE TO ENTER - NEW YEAR, NEW YOU

February 2025

Winner

Genevieve Flintham

Clinger

Runner Up

Michelle Alexander

Reading the signs

Feelgood Fiction

February 2025

Winner

Mary Francis

The Feelings Machine at an Underfunded Fire Station in Newton

Runner Up

Kate Diamond

To Pass the Time of Day

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