We are delighted to announce that the following titles (in alphabetical order) have been selected for the short list. The final judging is now taking place and the results will be announced at the prize-giving on July 13th. We will be emailing all short-listed entrants with details.

Judging is always a subjective process, so if your story hasn’t made the short list do submit it elsewhere.

Thank you to everyone who entered, from all parts of the British Isles and beyond, and to those of you who added comments and told us about yourselves.

Frome also holds an annual competition for local young writers aged 11-21 – please click here for details of this year’s shortlist.

 

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

Many congratulations to the writers of these stories.

We hope to see you at the prize-giving.

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Results

First, second and third prize winners and local winners. Click here»

Get in touch

We’re always happy to talk through the Short Story Competition in more detail. So if you would like to find out more please get in touch»

Rules and Prize Details

The Frome Short Story Competition is an international competition open to all unpublished and published writers. Find out more»
Copyright © Short Story Competition 2024 Privacy Policy