What a great afternoon celebrating the winning stories in this year’s competition!

Here are the results:

Main Competition (judged by Jennie Godfrey)

First prize:  James Lowther for ‘Seventy-two’. *

Second prize: Daniel George for ‘Giles and the Alien at the Door’.*

Third Prize: Janet Jones for ‘Mixed Messages’.*

Highly Commended: Clare Boulter for ‘On the Edge’ and George Burnett for ‘Hedgehogs in the Bonfire’.

 

Local Category (judged by Alison Clink)

First prize: Sally Bramley for ‘Yesterday’s Newspapers’.*

Second prize: Daniel George for ‘Giles and the Alien at the Door’.*

Highly commended: Cassia Stevens (The Retreat), Sally Bramley (The One who Laughs), Peter Corbett (Till Death) and James Lowther (Seventy-two).

Thank you to all who entered – your support for the competition is vital.

Click on the titles with the asterisks* to read the stories.

 

 

Frome Festival Short Story Competition Short List 2025

Factory Flotsam

Giles and the Alien at his Door

Good Night, Sleep Tight

Hedgehogs in the Bonfire

Mixed Messages

On the Edge

Prima Vista

Seventy two

The Retreat

Waiting for Collie

Yesterday’s Newspapers

 

Long List 2025

A Chipped White Porcelain Teacup
Breaking Bread
Close for Comfort
Cold Wars
Drowning
Factory Flotsam
Giles and the Alien at his Door
Good Night, Sleep Tight 
Hedgehogs in the Bonfire
Honeysuckle and Bindweed
In Plain Sight
Isabel Ravenscroft
Jogney Fozgluk’s Interstellar Taxis
Juniper
Loose Tiles
Mixed Messages
Mother of Millions
On the Edge
One Golden Glance
Our Decline
Porpita porpita
Prima Vista
Seal Fat
Searching for Moonbow Unicorns
Seventy two
The Boy on the Bus 
The One who Laughs
The Quest
The Retreat
The Village
Till Death
To See a Robin Again
Two Minutes is all it Takes to Change the Shape of the Universe
Under the Greenwood Tree
Waiting for Collie
What it Would Be to Hold your Hand
When the Leaves Fall
Wild Geese
Yesterday’s Papers
You’re not very Good at this
You’re Unforgiveable, Daddy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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