Long listed stories 2017
And now the winners…
First Place: Rhiannon Lewis – The Jugs Stay with the Dresser
Joint Second Place: Jo Else – Mr Reginald’s Last Encounter
Joint Second Place: Mark Johnson – Hedgehopping
Highly Commended: Alison Wray (Back Home), Roland Miles (Class Mates), Beth Miller (A Little Bit Ucher Nabish)
The L0cal Prize went to Margaret Histed (The Button Game) with Kylie Whitehead (A Plastic Owl) and Caroline Mair (Vulture and Child) as runners-up.
Congratulations to our winners, all the shortlisted entrants and thanks to everyone who took part.
We have our 2017 shortlist!
27 and Life
A Little Bit Ucher Nabish
Back Home
Bird Flu
Class Mates
Hedgehopping
Mr Reginald’s Last Encounter
The Cuckold’s Cabin
The Jugs Stay wit the Dresser.
The Mall of America
The Virgin on Toast
Many congratulations to the writers of these stories.
None of the shortlisted writers is ‘local’ this year, but we have drawn up a shortlist of six for the local prize (for writers living within 25 miles of Frome Library), which is as follows:
A Plastic Owl
Amazing and the Pebbles Twins
Jupiter Child
Runaway
The Button Game
Vulture and Child
We have a long list for 2017! Congratulations to those whose stories are listed here and many thanks to all those who have entered the competition. So many diverse and fascinating tales!
The final results will be announced on Sunday 16th July at the prize-giving in Frome Library.
2017 Longlist
27 and Life
A Little Bit Ucher Nabish
A Plastic Owl
A Yearning for Bananas
Amazing and the Pebbles Twins
Back Home
Bird Flu
Class Mates
Hedgehog Eating
Hedgehopping
In Another Country
Jupiter Child
Mr Reginald’s Last Encounter
Murk
Runaway
She Chose Him Because of his Red Hat
The Button Game
The Cockle Pickers
The Cuckold’s Cabin
The Gamekeeper
The Jugs Stay with the Dresser
The Link
The Mall of America
The Midnight Choir
The Tiny Lies
The Virgin on Toast
The Watchman
Unravelling
Violin Lessons
Vulture and Child
Yannis’s Dilemma