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Bearing Up by Beverley Byrne Selected The not so amazing dancing bears by Jason Darrell Nightmares by Jill Waters If you go down to the cemetery today by Vivienne Moles Little Miss Minx by Dorothy Snelson PICTURE THIS #11 A Shipwreck of Memories by Sheena Billett Selected Hidden Sea by Jonathan Wainwright Down Along the Cove by RT Hardwick PICTURE THIS #10 The Sack by Jason Darrell Selected Time to Face the Facts by Roger Shipp A Most Disgruntled Santa by R.T Hardwick Choosing to Believe by Rachel Smith PICTURE THIS #9 The Hoax by Jason Darrell The Wishing Sisters by Beverley Byrne May the Light of the Lord Shine Down Upon Us by John Stephens PICTURE THIS #8 Frozen in Time by Sheena Billett Katy's Discovery by RT Hardwick The Private Investigator by Steve Goodlad Acting Up by Beverley Byrne PICTURE THIS #7 Going Home by Rani Jayakumar Easy Money by Susmita Ramani The Young Man in the Station by RT Hardwick Mitigating Circumstances by Paul Garson The Displaced Heart by Steve Goodlad The Power of Freedom by Sheena Billet Peaches by Beverley Byrne PICTURE THIS #6 Darling Girl by Beverley Byrne Holiday Nightmare by Sheena Billett PICTURE THIS #5 Last Supper by Rani Jayakumar French Disconnection by Steve Goodlad The Cracking of the Mirror by Mary Farrell Spring Street Love Story by Beverley Byrne The Real Peter by Sheena Billett The Dis-Entanglement Dinner by Paul Garson PICTURE THIS #4 Beverley Byrne: Facing Facts Mike Rymarz: The Headache R.T. Hardwick: Trouble with Anthea PICTURE THIS #3 Mike Rymarz: Losing Streak Susmita Ramani: The Message on the Banner Elaine Peters: Winners Liz Breen: The Winner Takes It All R.T. Hardwick: Ladies' Day Steve Goodlad: The Improbable Win for Walsh's Women Graham Crisp: Seedcake or Eccles Cake PICTURE THIS #2 RT Hardwick: The French Connection Hilary Taylor: And Chaos Ensued PICTURE THIS #1 Liz Breen: The Ending Sammi McSporran: A Furtive Conversation Madelaine Taylor: Waiting Words Elaine Peters: Happy to Chat Jennifer Patsalidou: Bench Mark Graham Crisp: Caroline and Steven Hilary Taylor: The Choice Week 17
Break it to me Gently by Kate Twitchin Selected A Funeral in Reverse by Cindy Pereira Invisible Twin by Steve Goodlad High and Dry by Dorothy Snelson The Old Hen by Felicity Edward Oh, how I’ve mist you by Jason Darrell Week 16 All I Said Was... by Kate Twitchin Selected For Land and Liberty by Cindy Pereira Walk On By by Dorothy Snelson More Than A Game by Jill Waters On The Arrival Of An Unexpected Gift by Caroline Jenner Future Dreams by Roger Woodcock Week 15 The Price for Treachery by Cindy Pereira Selected Mojito by David O'Keefe The Mistakes of the Day Revisited by Steve Goodlad Eyes by Felicity Edwards Sibling Rivalry by Kathy Goddard Haute Cuisine by Kate Twitchin Week 14 Secrets and Smoking by Rachel Smith Selected A Daughter's Love by Jonathan Wainwright A Rose by Any Other Name by Vivienne Moles Chrysanthemums for Kay by Cindy Pereira Something Fishy by Jill Waters The Sins of the Father by Robert Eydmann Jr Week 13 I Sent A Letter To My Love by Vivienne Moles Selected The Epilogue of Alexis Brown by R Kennedy-Escott A Toy for Mandy by Roger Woodcock Ash by Steve Goodlad Miss Pick's Lesson by Sheena Billett Strong in Broken Places by Cindy Pereira Week 12 Love Thy Neighbour by R Kennedy-Escott Selected An Indomitable Spirit by Cindy Pereira Principal Dancer by Steve Goodlad The Things We Do For Love by Jason Darrell Sucking Up The Grist by Kate Twitchin Gin O'Clock by Jill Waters Week 11 Lily of the Valley, Mamma and Me by Mary Anne McEnery Selected The Man in the Park by Louise Wilford Presentiment, it's a thing by Kate Twitchin Awakening by Jason Darrell The Country Churchyard by Steve Goodlad One Saturday in Kilburn by Beck Collett Week 10 Jalepenos by Steph Clark Selected Getting Me What I Need by Kate Twitchin Listen to the Sea by Roger Woodcock The Call of the Wild by Jason Darrell A Delivery by Robert Eydmann Jr Holy Smoke by Beck Collett Week 9 Saying Goodbye by R.T. Hardwick Selected The Crux of it All by Beck Collett Pants on Fire by Jill Waters Mongrels Are The Best by Kate Twitchin Better Than Me? by Sheena Billett Grandmother by Felicity Edwards Week 8 The Sunflower by Felicity Edwards Selected The Sooner the Better by Cindy Pereira Here Be Monsters by Beck Collett Filling the Void by Jill Waters Walk on By by Caroline Osborne What the World Needs Now by Kate Twitchin Week 7 Going, Going, Gone by Jill Waters Selected The Typing Pool by Vivienne Moles The Things We Do For Love by Beck Collett Mercury's Doppelganger by Cindy Pereira Memory by Steph Clark Rage Inside the Machine by Jason Darrell Week 6 The Get-Out Claws by Jason Darrell Selected Traitor's Gate by Jill Waters Neighbourhood Watch by Rachel Smith Some More Doilies by D.H.L Hewa His Sneer by Marian Myers Too Fast by Roger Woodcock Orphans by Felicity Edwards Week 5 Scorched Earth by Jill Waters Selected The Burning Question by Steph Clark An Easy Touch by Roger Woodcock Destiny's Child by Steve Goodlad A Concessionary Bus Pass and a Radar Key by Beck Collett A Matter of Definition by Robert Eydmann Jr The Quest for the Princess' Hand by Jason Darrell Week 4 Steel Ruler by Felicity Edwards Selected Double-Dealing by R.T. Hardwick Birthday by Jill Waters Pest Control by Yvonne Clarke The One That Got Away by Jason Darrell Lost in Foreboding by Kate Twitchin Week 3 The Vinyl Countdown by Jason Darrell Selected The Ultimate Brag by Steph Clark Rant by Jill Waters Potty Women by Kate Twitchin Raspberry by Margherita Sabato Stone the Crows by Adele Evershed Week 2 The Moving Finger Writes by RT Hardwick Selected Brave by Jill Waters Before the Wake by Francis Kirk Stress Fractures by Adele Evershed The Café at the End of Time by Robert Edymann Jr Deborah's Ghost by Rachel Smith Week 1 A Turn Up For The Books by Kate Twitchin Selected Jeff and Dave by Michael Barnes What Jason Didn't Expect by Rachel Smith Revenge by Sue Johnson Take Heart, Anne by Beck Collett All's Well... by Jill Waters High Noon by Roger Woodcock Goodbye Mr Chips by Dorothy Snelson Perceptions and Reality by Bev Byrne 2000/2021 Week 52 Making Peace with Dandelions by Adele Evershed Selected Grit Your Teeth and Smile by Kate Twitchin The Gulf by Jason Darrell From a Distance by RT Hardwick Flowers in the Park by Beverley Byrne The Bathroom Countdown by Stephanie Clark Week 51 Christmas Leather Pleasure by Stephanie Clark Selected Too Soon by Kate Twitchin The Interview by Jason Darrell Intruder by Felicity Edwards Do You Come Here Often? by Vivienne Moles Her Stop by Roger Woodcock Just Four Sinister Words by Cindy Pereira Week 50 The Top Floor by Felicity Edwards Selected December Destination Destitute by Stephanie Clark Never Say Never by Roger Shipp The Rake’s Progress by Dorothy Snelson The Sadness of Lost Things by Stephen Goodlad Away from Prying Eyes by Sheena Billett Time for a Change by Jason Darrell Playing with Your Food by Rachel Smith Week 49 Release by Roger Woodcock Selected Beauty Treatment by RT Hardwick The Tell-Tale Christmas by Jason Darrell New Life by Maggie Iribane Poop Deck by Stephanie Clark Mr Slate by Rachel Smith Dinner's Ready by Vivienne Moles The Lakeland Dip by Stephen Goodlad Week 48 The Face in the Cornfield by Laura Loney Selected The Dare by Jason Darrell Aberfan by Steve Goodlad The Investment by Frank Staniforth Waiting for a Butterfly by Cindy Pereira Week 47 Mr Al-Zheimer by Steve Goodlad Selected Frozen in Every Way by Stephanie Clark Trespassing on the Dead by Laura Loney Cake by Lewis Dunn Mind your Peas & Q's by Dotty Snelson Week 46 Musings in a Mirror by Steve Goodlad Selected The Adventures of a Trinomial Equation by Cindy Pereira You Can't Miss It by Danni Hudson Edwina's New Quarry by Rachel Smith A Living Burial by Laura Loney Week 45 Father and Son by RT Hardwick Selected A Second Chance by Rachel Smith The Prescription by Steve Goodlad Choosing, Boozing and Losing by Stephanie Clark Christening the Couch by Laura Loney Week 44 Without Exception by Jasmine Holt Selected Size Matters by Glo Curl And by Frank Staniforth Lady of the Garden by Laura Loney The Last Voyage by Rachel Smith Week 43 On The High Seas of Love by Steve Goodlad Selected Living Up To Expectations by Liz Berg The Power of Suggestion by Glo Curl A Question of Values by Cindy Pereira Week 42 The Tears of a Clown by R.T. Hardwick Selected Room for Four by Stephanie Clark Remnants of a Marriage by Margherita Sabato Definitely Maybe by Frank Staniforth Caught in a Storm by Glo Curl Week 41 Mystery Lady by RT Hardwick Selected A Mother's Son by Mick Shawyer The Tipping Point by Steve Goodlad Secrets on a Public Bus by Freya Roberts Jeopardise by Caroline Jenner Week 40 Going Back by RT Hardwick Selected Stiff Upper Lip by Vivienne Moles Buddies by Stephanie Clark The Great Cycle of Retribution in the Year Rabbit-12 by Paul Garson Week 39 The Witness by Rani Jayakumar Selected Trouble in Store by RT Hardwick Maimed by Felicity Edwards In Search of Hidden Dungeons by Cindy Pereira Life's Lies by Freya Roberts Week 38 Roses are Red, Violets are Blue by Reena Rajyaguru Selected Huskar Pit Mining by Steve Goodlad Football by Lewis Dunn Praline by Robert Eydmann Jr A Diagnosis of Depression by Cindy Pereira Week 37 Heavy Lifting by Susmita Ramani Selected The Passenger by RT Hardwick Old Soldiers Never Die by Cindy Pereira Lovely to See You by Vivienne Moles How to Store Watermelons by Robert Eydmann Jr Week 36 The Pub with No Cheer by David Silver Selected Masks no longer required at the convenience store by Paul Garson A Subdued Dinner by R. T. Hardwick The Repair Shop by Steve Goodlad Week 35 Stars at Night by Lewis Dunn Selected Philanderer by Steve Goodlad The Fairy and the Fly by Cindy Pereira What Three Words by Graham Crisp Suspicions by Ian Buzard How I Failed at Sisterly Sharing by Gloria Curl Week 34 Warrior and the Worrier by David Silver Selected Shades of Gray by Mick Shawyer A Step Too Far by Cindy Pereira Close Shave by Liz Breen Week 33 Love by Lewis Dunn Selected A Chance Meeting by R.T. Hardwick Soon by Yvonne Clarke Trouble at the Double by David Silver Get Out Alive by Steve Goodlad Week 32 Out of the Question by David Silver Selected But We Forgot About The Ropes by Steve Goodlad Big Bella's Piano Lessons by Graham Crisp The Frog Walker by Cindy Pereira Week 31 The Way Things Are Done by Kat Cade Selected It's Different Now by Liz Breen Little Angels by Vivienne Moles A Blast from the Past by Sheena Billett Nature and Knives by Beverley Byrne Week 30 The Final Farewell by Elaine Peters Selected A Beer Garden Encounter by Graham Crisp The Line Up by Kat Cade Walking the Line by Cindy Pereira Week 29 Inhabited by Steve Goodlad Selected The Return of the Ugly American by Paul Garson Is This Seat Taken? by Kat Cade The Night Bus by Vivienne Moles Week 28 Justifiable by Maisie Bishop Selected Arrokoth by Promise Rani Story from the Street by Clodagh Burrows In a Mood by Andrew Ball Week 27 Cancelled Week 26 The Gift by Mike Rymarz Selected Old Soldiers Just Fade Away by Paul Garson The Opening Gambit by Steve Goodlad The Anniversary Present by Graham Crisp Week 25 Up There by Graham Crisp Selected Virtue by Mike Barnes Fingers Crossed by Mike Rymarz Jed's Place by Felicity Edwards Week 24 Survival of the Fattest by Annie Wills Selected Evie by Graham Crisp The House on the Hill by Susan Wicks Just a Small Portion for Me by Deb Hollywood Shaking a Leg by Susmita Ramani Week 23 Playing by Ear by Susmita Ramani Selected Relax by John Quinn Rare by Cindy Pereira Unheard by Elaine Peters Week 22 A Rock and a Hard Place by Rachel Smith Selected A Family Visit by Sven Camrath Wedding Planner by Liz Berg The Driving Lesson by Steve Goodlad Highs and Lows by Mike Rymarz Week 21 Fifty Shades by Liz Berg Selected Peace, Perfect Peace by R.T. Hardwick Hell in Your Hand by Graham Crisp Mavis & Mary by Darren Arthurs Week 20 Drama Queen - Elaine Peters Selected The Affair - Graham Crisp Short Changed - Liz Berg Midday, Thursday - Darren Arthurs Week 19 The Night Cleaner - Darren Arthurs Selected A Flawless Defense - C.E. Tidswell Flirting With Benefits - Hilary Taylor Say Cheese - Steve Stucko An Emperor - Felicity Edwards Week 18 Justice in a Kidney Tray - Cindy Pereira Selected Officially Dead - Emily Dixon The Shopping Trip - Hilary Taylor The Beacon on the Shore - Darren Arthurs For Better For Worse - Liz Berg Week 17 Pope Urban - Stephen Lisle Selected The vaccination centre volunteer - Steve Goodlad Date night - Caitlin Kearns A sociologist down Brick Lane - R T Hardwick Week 16 Snow Angel - Stephen Goodlad Selected 'Tis Goodbye - Hilary Taylor Blood is thicker than water - Cindy Pereira Inaction speaks louder - Rachel Smith Dying with a view - Felicity Edwards Week 15 Mistaken Identity - Madelaine Taylor Selected Lend me a tenner - Graham Crisp Siesta - Elaine Peters Pocket money - Felicity Edwards Week 14 Bat Chat by Elaine Peters Bat Woman by Niall McKenna Peter by RT Hardwick A Close Shave by Cindy Pereira The Stone by Felicity Edwards Room 12 by Graham Crisp An Unfortunate Incident by Hilary Taylor Out on the Town by Caitlin M Kearns Week 13 The Surprise by Jeff Jones A Compromise by Caitlin Magnall-Kearns Caught in the Act by Hilary Taylor A Chance by Liz Breen She Thinks I'm Stupid by Steve Goodlad Tangle by Miriam H Harrison Global Architects by Rachel Smith Teacher by Madelaine Taylor Week 12 Raisins and Rum by Cindy Pereira Reality, What A Concept by Bud Scott Love and Sparkles by Hilary Taylor Plenty by Miriam H Harrison Tough Cookie by Liz Breen A Drink After Work by Graham Crisp An Easy Mistake by Rachel Smith Dreaming of You by Steve Goodlad Beads of Gold by Eva Bell Hunger by Caitlin Magnall-Kearns Week 11 Bride to Be by RT Hardwick Barely Dry by Madelaine Taylor Bell Bottoms and Beer by Cindy Pereira Carnaby St Boutique by Stephen Goodlad Crocodile Tears by Felicity Edwards Holiday of a Lifetime by Elaine Peters Mr. Patel's Shop by Graham A Crisp The Rescue by Hilary Taylor When to Err is Not Human by Dipayan Week 10 Liz Breen with her story The Returners Week 9 Colin Ward with his story Cash or Claret Week 8 Madelaine Taylor with her story A Moment of Introspection Week 1 - Week 7 "Is that your blood?" Dean Hodsfry (Bloodrite) Graham Crisp (A Red Breakfast) Hilary Taylor (The Perfect Date) "No, I don't think so." Elizabeth O'Shea (The Wedding Dress) Pat Mudge (The Last Time) Andrew Ball (First Kiss) (Imaginary Friends) Ronald T Hardwick (On The Meeting Of Two Minds) Steve Lodge (Mixed Signals Or Moonbeams) "Where's this bit go?" Madelaine Taylor (The Making) Andrew Ball (DIY) "Here, drink this." Jonathan Hunter (Exuding Chirpiness) Stephen Isle (Gargoyles) Eva Bell (Home Remedies) John Morris (Glass) "I'll have three more then." Andrew Ball (One Each) "Is this your mask?" Elaine Peters (Mask Dilemma) Liz Breen (One More Week) "I'll see you on Christmas Day, hopefully." Elaine Peters (Christmas Cheers) "Try not to think about it." Steve Lodge (Cloak of the Wizard) Matt Allen (Where Do We Go When We Die?) "Who invited you?" Hilary Taylor (The Mourner) WEEK 3/4 “But you must come! It’s my birthday!” Graham Crisp (The Visit) "Did you do that on purpose?" Michelle Weaver (Faces of Home) Elaine Peters (Sorry) WEEK 5 "Can you move?" Liz Breen (Bob and Phyllis) “You're too late, he died last year.” Graham Crisp (The Apology) Elaine Peters (The Phone Call) WEEK 6 "Of course it matters!" Hilary Taylor (The Plan) WEEK 7 "What you lookin' at?" Steve Goodlad (The Big Issue) "Whose shoes are these?" Graham (Sheilding) "Don't get too comfortable." Eva Bell (The Avenging Ghost) MARCH '23 - MARCH '24 CLOSED
Flash Fiction - February '23 Winner Beyond Doubt by Kevin Owen Selected The Wave by Belinda Crowther We've All Been There by Jonathan Wainwright All Aboard by Jill Waters Mirror, Mirror on the Wall by Cindy Pereira My Memory of You by Christine Reeves I'll Go To Hell For You by Melanie Barrow The Dressing Gown's Girlfriend by Lily Annis John Chose the Venue by Marian Myers My Favourite Things by Lynn Gale The Lost Triumvirate by R.T. Hardwick Festival Daze by Vivienne Moles Flash Fiction - January '23 Winner Pickles and Bacon by Lesley Anne Truchet Selected Devastating Beauty by Melanie Barrow Faking It by Tony Oswick Transcendence by Liz Berg Climbing Mountains by Jill Waters Swansdown by Lynda McMahon A Rose for Jamie by Roger Woodcock The Crimson Slick by Mick Shawyer Owen's Girl by R.T. Hardwick Love Respect inclusion Diversity Equality Pride by Kevin Owen Switching Places by Marian Myers Before You Know It by Jason Darrell Dancers by Felicity Edwards Red Sprinter by Emma Wells Hair of the Dog by Kathy Goddard The Signs are There by Vivienne Moles Flash Fiction - December '22 Winner Mrs Dracula by Emma Wells Selected The Wobble I Had... by Hannah Retallick Morten by Benjamin J Devlin A Better Atmosphere by Kevin Owen Photograph by RT Hardwick The New Job by Melanie Barrow A Fine Day for a Boat Trip by Kathy Goddard Ruby Red by Vivienne Moles Summer Saffron by Valerie Fish First Date by Marian Myers Lest We Forget by Stephen Goodlad Mecca by Duncan Lyon One Word says it all by Jonathan Wainwright A Bus to Nowhere by Roger Woodcock Baby it's cold outside by Julie Haworth Lamp by Anna Dubey School Shooting by Felicity Edwards Chocolate Ice Cream by Daisy Blacklock Jack's Journey by Maggie Sinclair Flash Fiction - November '22 Winner Only a Rumour by Marian Myers Selected An Unlikely Encounter by Charlotte Stobart At the Sharp End by Vivienne Moles Boy Issues by Daisy Blacklock The Fortune Teller by Tanya Johnson Life's Tattoo by Niamh O'Brien Babca by Felicity Edwards Bodmin Summer by Steve Goodlad Yes, Love is Magic by Kevin Owen Armageddon in an Envelope by Chris Cottom This Service Terminates by Jason Darrell Marcia Hits Town by Lynn Gale The Rules of Grammar by Julia Paillier Soup and Penance by R.T. Hardwick The Crack in the Ceiling by Kathy Goddard Flash Fiction - October '22 Winner Rewind by Gordon Pinckheard Selected Dedicated by Vivienne Moles Last Chance by Jason Darrell Piccalilli and Peanut Butter by Mick Shawyer Marching On by Jenny Worstall Jobs for the Weekend by Liz Berg Going Off-Grid by Kate Twitchin A Lost Romance by Ronald T Hardwick A Scuttling of Vermin by Roger Woodcock Moving Forward by Marian Myers The River’s Course by Zelda C. Thorne The One That Got Away by Andrew Ball Family by Kevin Owen Freedom by Patricia Mudge How To Write Plain English by Chris Cottom Flash Fiction - September '22 Winner One Mule Too Many by Julie Dron Selected Break the Fast by Vivienne Moles Spearmint Silencer by Stephen Goodlad The Show Must Go On by Jenny Worstall Couchettes by Beverley Byrne Down at the Bottom of the Pit by Jason Darrell What I've Become by Patsy Collins Becoming Younger by Rosie Douglas The Squirrel's Secret by Marian Myers Empty Nester by Yvonne Clarke Woman in the Wind by R.T. Hardwick Mittendorf's Diamond by Kevin Owen APRIL 2022
Winner Different Worlds by Louise Wilford Selected A Monster Feasts by Leonard Mills Destination Achieved by Marian Myers Room at the Inn by Beck Collett The Cell B Kennedy-Escott Tomorrow's Tasks by Cindy Pereira Let Them Eat Kale by Mary Anne McEnery MARCH 2022 Winner The Detritus of Living by R.T Hardwick Selected A New Life by Louise Wilford Counting Beeps by Cindy Pereira Friendship by Marian Myers Signs of Spring by Vivienne Moles Don't Smoke by Beck Collett Cat and Mouse by Jill Waters FEBRUARY 2022 Winner After by Linda McMullen Selected Pearson & Sons by Carrie Hynds Power to the People by Mary Anne McEnery Sanctuary by Michael Lane Deadheading Daisies by Adele Evershed Chance of Freedom by Sheena Billett JANUARY 2022 Winner Foster to Forever by Cindy Pereira Selected A World Turned Upside Down by Marian Myers Under the Stairs by Jonathan Wainwright Je Regrette Tout by RT Hardwick Hindsight by Jason Darrell Pills, Eat by Hannah Retallick The Death of Dignity by Stephen Goodlad Medics by Trevor Alexander Swept Away by Roger Woodcock The Day I Gave Up by Leonard Mills Wolf Taming by Creana Bosac Tightrope Walking by Beck Collett Protecting the Pack by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins Lost and Found by Yvonne Clarke DECEMBER 2021 Winner Following Yonder Star by Jane Bidder Selected Still by Julie Astronaut Choices by Emily Dixon Ho Ho Go by Vivienne Moles Clocking Off by Jason Darrell An Away-Day Ticket by Michael Lane The Sleuth by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins I Think by Hannah Retallick There's No One Quite Like Grandma by Dorothy Snelson Desperate Dating by Stephanie Clark Let's Face It by Raymond Brown Don't Forget Your Manners! by Kai Double Hush! Our Baby Brother Sleeps by Cindy Pereira The Knocking Game by Shannyn Garrity Last Words by Rachel Smith Lost by R.T. Hardwick SEPTEMBER 2021 Juvenile Opinions Matter by Stephanie Clark JUNE 2021 Working the Streets by Raymond Brown MARCH 2021 The Accident by Mike Rymarz March '23 - March '24 CLOSED
Short Story - January '23 Winner The Beau Show by Beverley Byrne Selected Who's Adam's Apple by Lesley Anne Truchet Loving Tom by Kathy Goddard Radio Ga Ga by Kate Twitchin Minesweeper by Colin Heaney In'cast'cerated by Cindy Pereira Party Girl by Pat St. Pierre The Go-Between by Frank Staniforth Short Story - November '22 Winner Looped by Riel Rosehill Selected The Old Days by Vivienne Moles 123a Park Lane by R.T. Hardwick Penance by Jason Darrell It was only a Penny by Pat St. Pierre The Dying of the Light by Clare Durham Four Days in the Life of Adelola Oseghare by Kevin Owen The Herd by Felicity Edwards Into the Light by Edward Latham Little Marika by Chris Cottom An Insincerity of Sausage Rolls by Anna Mahoney Dancing in the Moonlight by Kathy Goddard A Fairytale for Grownups by Kate Twitchin Saving Christmas by Maisie Bishop Short Story - October '22 Winner The Whole Earthly Shebang by Lynda McMahon Selected Adding Up by Carrie Hynds The Right Ingredients by Zelda C. Thorne Sugar by Kathy Goddard Dolls' House by Jenny Worstall Time for a Kitchen Garden by Cindy Pereira The Power of Ten by Maisie Bishop That Organ is Mine by Hannah Retallick There's Something at the Bottom of the Garden by Vivienne Moles The Unfortunate Adventures of Prince Cuthbert Winkwilliam by Riel Rosehill Church with No Upstairs by R.T. Hardwick The Secret by Alberta Gibbs Travelling Light by Jason Darrell The 'Down-and-out' by Edward Virgo String of Pearls by Anna Mahoney Waiting for Geraldine by Roger Woodcock One One-Thousand by Andrew Ball Young Rocker by Mike Creese A Miracle in the Back-to-Backs by Gill James September 2022 Winner Cold Cases by Niamh O'Brien Selected A New Chapter by Claudia Nicholson Sorry, Can't Stop by Vivienne Moles Wonky Syntax by Aneeta Sundararaj The Snowman's Ghost by Kevin Owen Memory is a Funny Old Thing by R. Kennedy-Escott From Me to You by Jenny Worstall The Bandalero by Beverley Byrne The Train from Norwich by Rosie Douglas Face at the Window by R.T. Hardwick Sunflower Dreams by Riel Rosehill In the Garage by Cathy Bryant The Corn Dolly by Jason Darrell #24 The Miniature Torture by Cindy Pereira SELECTED Wall of Moon by Beck Collett The Bride by Rosie Douglas The Hedge-Witch and the Boy by Louise Wilford Meeting Queen Boudicca by R.T Hardwick Rock Bottom R Kennedy-Escott The House on the Shore by Jill Waters A Brief Encounter by Dorothy Snelson War of the Needles by Claudia Nicholson It's a Cracker! by John Bunting Little Black Box by Warren Tang Twelve Storeys by Sam Szanto Miss Munro's Day by Roger Woodcock Effie the Library Elf by Mai Black Clean by Nick Gilbert The Beauty in Vulnerability by Steve Goodlad Dear Diary by Beverley Byrne #23 IT'S A TIE! Simply Just Different by Niamh O'Brien A Monomaniac by Christina Latysheva SELECTED Aunt Sarah's Legacy by R.T Hardwick Maddy Said by Louise Wilford The Power of Certainty by Eva Bell Cat--astrophe by Dorothy Snelson I Spend All My Hours... by Zaqary Fekete The Deeper Sleeper Creepers by Jason Darrell Free Spirit by Kathy Goddard The Ribbon Path by Adele Evershed The Weight of Warfare... by Cayden Nusantoro Liu Never Such Innocence Again by Jack Bumby The Great Green Goblet by Cindy Pereira Basingstoke Love Song by Jo Bodley Sisters by Jill Waters Shoelace by Gilles Talarek Punch by Steph Clark Wish You Were Here by Brian Webster Dust to Dust by Maggie Iribane Violent Nylon by Beck Collett Make My Day by Steve Goodlad The Dog Gets It by Beverley Byrne Seated in Silence by Vrinda Lmathur #22 The Interview by Steve Goodlad SELECTED The Long Night by Vivienne Moles The Lift by Edward Virgo Flashback by Carlo Musso Fall to Rise by Niamh O’Brien Trouble in Paradise by Dorothy Snelson If Walls Could Talk by Adele Evershed Cannibals by Katerina Kosma Pop to the Shops by Carrie Hynds Comeuppance by Jason Darrell Lovers forever by Pat St Pierre Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow by Jill Waters What Can You Do? by Louise Wilford Your Worst Nightmare by Jonathan Wainwright A Scattering of Seeds by Roger Woodcock Scarlett by John Roberts Angel Street by Caroline Osborne Dinner on the Last Page by Cindy Pereira Fifty-fifty Split by Beck Collett Past and Present by Kathy Goddard Dog Days by Beverley Byrne #21 A Cure for Death by Beverley Byrne SELECTED New Beginnings by Yvonne Lang The Stuff of Nightmares by Vivienne Moles Books by Elizabeth O'Shea The Corpse by Vrinda Lavakare Mathur Show and Tell by B. Craig Grafton Room Seventeen by Brian Skinner Deceit by Jonathan Wainwright The Letter by R.T. Hardwick The Things We Leave Behind by Adele Evershed Why no one should spy on a Mobsters Funeral by Rachel Smith Jetta Black and the Seven squats by Bryan Thomas Four Deaths and a Funeral by Steph Clark Neuro Rehab by Paul Rogers Ghosts Aren't Real by Beck Collett In Confidence by Caroline Osborne The Shaman and the Drummer by Felicity Edwards Shadows by Louise Wilford Dear Grandad by Connie Harris Meeting the Father by Maggie Nerz Iribarne Weight Watchers by Julie Walsh Waiting for tomorrow by Pat St. Pierre The Straight Line and the Curve by Yvonne Clarke The Birthday Reaper by Cindy Pereira What Did You Do On Your Holiday? by Michael Lane #20 Not Moths, Just Dust by Beck Collett SELECTED Emotional Baggage by R.T Hardwick Kizzy's Kitchen by Lucy Nankivell Hellebore Season by Maisie Bishop Snow in June by R. Kennedy-Escott Mistletoe by Mick Shawyer Time by Urte Grinkaite Brown Bear & Stick Jaw by Cindy Pereira Randy & Me by Eva Bell The Spotlight's On You by Vivienne Moles Last Vampire by Luke Hodge The Wise Ones by Gip Roberts The Old Shopper by Vaibhav Sharma Stealing Snowdrops by Beverley Byrne In the Balance by Sue Johnson Paradise Unearned by N.J. Weber Talking with the Void by Stephanie Clark Kingdom to Awry by Daisy Blacklock Borderline by Frank Staniforth Amidst a Ruin by E.R. Temblett Red Zero by Jonathan Wainwright #19 Closed Chapters by Cindy Pereira SELECTED Catch Me If You Can by Christina Collins Is There Something Else? by Thomas Morgan Run Away with Me by S. Bee Annette's Amusia by RT Hardwick Alarm by Hannah Retallick My Guilty Secret by Carrie Hewlett Moving House by Barbara Compton Nifty Fifties by Sharon Haston Henrietta by David John Griffin William the First by Colin Taylor Loving Anthony by Wendy Janes Memory Swinging by Rebecca Castell Skybound by Niki Baker Just Me by Daisy Blacklock Love Letters by Kathy Goddard The Best Kind of Magic by Jon Hunter Two Pairs of Hands by Maisie Bishop Butter Pecan by Gilles Talarek Reckoning by Ken Cohen Piles by Vanessa Horn Rudolpho's Comeback by Steven Barrett #18 Perfect by Sue Buckingham SELECTED Emily by Mick Shawyer The Two of Us by Tracey Williams Just Another Day by Gareth Gray Six Blank by Rishika Srivastava Please by Barbara Compton Stray Things by Kailey Blount The Gift by Brian A Skinner The Punch by Richard Gibney Music to Die for by Adele Evershed All Fall Down by Rowena Fishwick Threads by Gilles Talarek Different by Wanda Dakin Heartlifter by Jo Roberts Madeline by Caroline Jenner Little Dove by Shelley Crowley Running with the Bull by Darrell Case #17 The Silent Heroes by Amy McCarthy Selected Typeface by Rani Jayakumar God's Disposable Creatures by Gilles Talarek A Little Something by Mick Shawyer Man in the Window by Meg Bell Across the Hallway by John Jones Afternoon Tea by Vivienne Moles The Reverend Willis and the Development by Graham Crisp The Feathered Friend by Scott Wilson The Repository of Secrets by Carrie Hynds Mis-Communication by Sue Buckingham The Photographer's Justice by Luke Cresswell The Burning Question by Carrie Hewlett Unforgettable by Laura Tapper The Party's Over by Ginny Swart #16 JustLikeMe by Christopher Wortley Selected Fitting Tribute by Vivienne Moles Light by Grace Collins Surveillance by Eileen Morgan Fine In Trainers by Julie Astronaut True Romance by Patsy Collins Fifty Years From Now by Maisie Bishop What Colour Is The Wind? by Brian A Skinner Lost In The Crowd by Scott Wilson What Would Alan Do? by Brian Weston High Tea by R.T. Hardwick Tall Dark and Handsome by Jennifer Anne F. Messing Michael And The Red Scooter by Mick Shawyer Kindred by Rani Jayakumar Now Or Never by Sharon Boothroyd Time Out by Sue Barnard Adventures In Romance by Sue Johnson Stonestruck by Alyson Faye #15 Mortal Sin isn’t what it used to Be by Jenny Worstall Selected Get Your Skates On by Christina Collins Patience by Andy Baker If I Could Cry, I'd Be Happier by Leah Holbrook Sackett Burning Bright by Susmita Ramani The Lilac Shawl by Esther Byrne That Night by Elaine Barnard Skyclad by Kate MacDonald The Statues a Liberty by Brian A Skinner John's Turn by Noreen Jeffers The Red Velvet Dress by Maisie Bishop Friday Needs a Suitcase by Adele Evershed The Loft by Scott Wilson Serving of Revenge by Yvonne Lang The Charmer by S. Bee The Viewing by Vivienne Moles The Ghosts of Durley Hall by Jeff Jones #14 Bonzo by Felicity Edwards Selected The Shortcut by Scott Wilson The Boy in the Bed by Graham Crisp Redemption by Jeff Jones Falling on Deaf Ears by Sarah J Davies Rising from the Ashes by Yvonne Clarke #13 Those Who Live by the Word by Andrew Ball Selected The Somme by Jeff Jones Thirteen Minutes by Scott Wilson Persona non grata by Yvonne Clarke Julius and Earl by Gilles Talarek Handyman by Gary Egan The White Arrows by Graham Crisp Always Closer Than You Think by Jo Winwood The Mirror of Youth by Rachel Smith #12 A Mother's Love by Jo Winwood Selected Katrina Hayes - The Doctors Peculiar Boy Liz O'Shea - Getting Lost Jeff Jones - Another Chance Graham Crisp - Mary and the Spirit Stephen Goodlad - Lost James Northern - Race Ya Sven Camrath - The Right Place Gilles Talarek - Soap Bev Byrne - The Suicide Tree Rachel Smith - Wrong Number Victoria Kuzmina - A Ritual #11 Crossed Wires by Jeff Jones Selected Author, Author! by Andrew Ball The Book of Revelations by R.T. Hardwick Molly Dolly’s New Clothes by Elaine Peters Change Matters by C.R. Berry Ding Dong Dung by Cindy Periera The Death of an Actor by Steve Goodlad Werewolves by Jessica Brown The Incidentals Table by Liz Breen Weakender by JP Seabright A Letter by Joe Bedford The Neighbour by Lynne Couzins Taking the Floor by Claire Barnard Hotel Kasbah by Beverley Byrne #10 A Blanket of Stars by Georgia Cook Selected: The Inheritance by Graham Crisp The Present by Peter Hankins Chance Encounter by Jeff Jones Command by Ian Tew #9 Kings and Pawns by Dutch Simmons Selected Murderous Intent by Jeff Jones The Day With The Birds by Liz Breen Something Fishy Going On by Adele Evershed The Ransom Note by Steve Goodlad Wilhelmina Turns Eighty by Anita Gorman Mavis’s Cosy Christmas Cottage by Jon Hunter The Tap by Beverley Byrne Forever Gone by Hilary Taylor A Party? by Felicity Edwards #8 Footsteps by Savanna Naylor Selected Entries: Weather Report by Paul Garson Bartlett, The Dog and the old Sailor by Ronald T Hardwick The Post-Lockdown Holiday by David A Jones The Best Jest by Shelley Crowley Phil in Real Life by Sam Szanto Evergreen by Samantha Priestley The Secret To Staying Young by Saul Greenblatt Volume Control by Grace Tierney Hologram Futures by Alyson Hilbourne The Grief Eater by Christina MacKinnon Monster Under the Bed by Patricia Green Roisin's Party by James Elson The Full Moon by Dipayan Chakrabarti A Little Hard Work by Carrie Hynds Log Me In by Paul Warnes Delight in Every Bite by Nathalie Roos First Impressions by Jeff Jones What's In A Name? by Ian Inglis I'll See You When I Get There by Thomas Morgan Double Trouble by Vivienne Moles Number 69 by Eve Naden The Healing Stone by Katie Winkler Beached by Maisie Bishop The Queen of the Forest by Renee Gerald The Winter Tree by The Somnambulist Society The Hourglass by Madelaine Taylor I Don’t Like Cheats by Patsy Collins Mrs Stepney's Stepdaughter by Betty Hasler Isodel by Darren Smith All Hallows Eve by Jane Bidder Eve by Hilary Davies Pas De Deux Redux by Adele Evershed The Thing by Taqwa A Helping Hand by Christina Westwood Come the Morning Stars by Conor O’Sullivan Interconnected by Ena Catlin Watching by Natasha Weber #7 A Charmed Life by Patsy Collins Selected Entries: The Suitcase by Maddy Allen Alpha to Zulu: Alphabet Phonetic Frolics by Jolie Marchant Letting Go by Kate MacWhannell I Lost My Wife Down the Back of the Sofa by Brian G Ross Something Comes to Live in Vincent Van Gogh's House by Sobia Ali The Ritual by Vaibhav Sharma Little Miss Perfect by Dorothy Snelson Waiting by Jeff Jones A Merry Encounter by Donna Hughes Blossom Time by James Ellson The Bird and the Riley by David Crozier Last Chance by Sonia Mehta The Near Demise of Old Norm by Rachel Wade On Rings of Fire by Dipayan Chakrabarti In Conclusion by Lou Hoffman Communal Gardening by Stef Smulders The Three Little Pigs Meet Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Anita Gorman The Housefly by David Butler A Moment by Josie Turner Chop Wood Carry Water by Feliz Piez After the Last Guest Left by Barbara Zapson Beta Testing by Stephen Hosking Ballroom Dancer by Felicity Edwards Falling Light by Debbie Robson Blackberry and Apple by Andrew Ball Dead Fast by Stephen Foster-Pilkington Telepathic Drugless Therapy by Eva Bell Stolen Warmth by JY Saville #6 Sabrina's Rising by Cheryl Burman Selected Entries: First Climb of the Season by D.M Kerr Calm Evening - River Wind by Thomas Elson Vergence by Stephen Lisle Puzzle Box by Bob Carlton The Bright Side by Ophelia Clare A Change of Luck by Jeff Jones For Whom The Hands Clap by Fiona Murphy-McCormack The Cardinal Sins by JB Polk Most Marriages Performed by Leah Holbrook Sackett Special Recollections by Bryan Smith Fifty Ways to Leave your Lover by Andrew Ball Yogurt Man Street by J. Anthony Hartley The Well by Patricia Furstenberg Bapaume III by Nick Fraser No Longer by Emily Kate Hastings Grace's High Note by Philip Charter No Regrets by Felicity Edwards The One that Got Away by Malina Douglas Rosalyn Tempest by John Jones I Fear Myself by Kurt Russell Black Money Matters by Antonio Salituro Agility by Stef Smulders A Smouldering Secret by Amy B. Moreno Johnny by Steven Evans #5 Mother by Michelle Hendriks Selected Entries: The Man in the Living Room by Rodrigo Palacios The Believer by Warren Benedetto The Interview by Philip Jones A New Friend by Emily Dixon The Cat by Brian Skinner The Elephant in the Black Hole by Crescentia Morais Bridges Are Beginning to Ice Over by Bob Carlton The Art of Almost by Natascha Graham The Online Death of Gerald Thorne by Lisa M Lane Elisha's Game by Harlan Wells First Snow Day by Chloe Winterburn Bones by Raluca Comanelea Career Girl by Jean Cooper Moran House 147 by Nate Ealy The Lady in White by Jeff Jones Creeper by James Ellson New Beginnings by Jennifer Anne F. Messing Cherry by John Jones The Shame Game by Amy B. Moreno Death is Nothing by Andrew Ball Little Wooden Boxes by Alex Rollings The Cottonwood Tree by Rachel Tyrrel Have You Seen This Man? by C.E. Tidswell The Oasis by AS Winter Amber Night Tattoo by Malina Douglas #4 We Still Don't Use the Garage by S.J. Townend Selected Entries: A Lantern; A Knife by Philip Charter Tattoos by Martin Flett Little Dove by Shelley Crowley Letters Home by Daniel Clark Morning Coffee by Susan Hoffmann Rise and Set and Rise Again by Jenni Cook Layover by Rebecca Redshaw October October by Andrew Ball Unheard by Lois Chapin Cross the Eyes by Josh Cassidy Escape and Evade by Jeff Jones In the Footsteps of the Paediatrician by Liz Berg Forbidden by Meg Isaac Love by Edward Breen Memory Stones by Chloe Winterburn No More Heroes by Melanie Roussel Discovery by David Darling The Year of the Dying Fish by JB Polk Opal by Jessica Disney #3 Equal Rights by Andrew Ball Selected Entries: Don't Turn Around by Alexander Gerolimatos The Glitch by Vaibhav Sharma Caught in a False Sunbeam by Roghan David Aran Duggan Metcalf Failing by Ruth Makepeace Homecoming by David Darling Speech! Speech! by Andrew Galvin Love Letters by Adesola Adewale Euthanasia by Pragya Rathore Out of the Flow by Dharmavadana Penn Memory by Matthew Thorpe-Apps The Mystery of the White Ghost at Chrisard School by Anna Jozefowicz Leviathan by Owen Reilly A Discovery/Saying Goodbye by Emily Dixon Lord Old Timer by Robin Mortimer After Life by Hannah Burgess Dead on Time by Jeff Jones The Queen's Attendant by Catherine McCarthy The Key by Victoria Huggins The War and the Wall by MacKenzie Tastan #2 The Wait by Jeff Jones Selected Entries: Consequences by Dave Darling Your Favourite Dolly by Tesni Penney For Better, For Worse by Catherine Ogston A Trace of Red by Clare Adams A Nice Bit of Tongue by Karon Alderman Hello, You by Philip Charter Potted Bavaria by Sheila Kinsella The Things We Left Behind by Michael Lacare The Man in Black by Morgan Brennan So Close by Tracy Stevenson The Suitcase by Maddy Allen Lockdown: One Good Deed by Mary Macread Betrayal in a Shade of White by Emma Cooper Her Brother’s Friend by J. L. Harland Tight Corners by Kathleen Kenny Koi by Nadia Mikail Howl by Shaun Calvert Kelsey by Robert Boucheron A Campfire Story by Mike Noyes Stars by Abigail Green Parts by Alexander Mo The Funeral Procession by Robert Raymer The Songs of my Sister by Kathy Hoyle Hilarity Paling by Alex Bestwick Trapped by Patricia Cole The Change by Liz Berg Grasses by Alex Barr #1 Podsnezhniki by Anita Davie Selected Entries: Another Day At The Office by Seamus Easton Antartica Origins by Joanna MacInnes Cousins by Wan Phing Lim Famous by Jacqui Jay Grafton George Polishes Up by Ian C Douglas Gone Viral by Jacqueline Harrett Graffiti by Cathy Bryant It Starts With A Train by Magdalene Bird Monkey Beach by Robert Raymer The Accidental Jesus by James Stark The Broken Doll by Alice Prior The View by Kay Chomic Thunder Flies by Jeremy Hubbard Weaving the Magic by Robert Scott MARCH '23 - MARCH '24 CLOSED
Nifty-Fifty - February '23 Winner An Unexpected Muse by Tess P Selected The Rent Man by Vivienne Moles The Autobiography of a Stranger by Andrew Ball The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round by Kate Twitchin Twins by R.T. Hardwick Dulcie by Jill Waters The Prodigal Son by Kathy Goddard A Clown's Paint by Melanie Barrow Mum by Daisy Blacklock What a Smile Conceals by Hilary Ayshford Hospital Tag by Emma Wells Nifty-Fifty - January '23 Winner Final Girl by Charlotte Amelia Poe Selected Dramatic Licence by Liz Berg There Can Only Be One Winner by Lynda McMahon Your Ticket, Please, Sir by Kathy Goddard The Winning Ticket by Mick Shawyer On the Cut by Jonathan Wainwright Scratchcard by Jill Waters Three Word Win by Tess P Nifty-Fifty - December '22 Winner The Blanket by John Cooper Selected Moving On by Melanie Barrow The Unspoken Goodbye by Mick Shawyer Flying by Lynda McMahon God Speed, Sweetheart by Valerie Fish Star-Crossed Lovers by RT Hardwick Andrea, Forty One and Three Quarters by Jeanette Driver Always the Same by Marian Myers Do pobachennya by Kate Twitchin The Hardest Goodbye by Stephen Goodlad Funeral by the Sea by Kevin Owen The Rescue Dogs by Duncan Lyon My Nugget by KW Zafari The Violinist by Felicity Edwards The Music of Dust by Cindy Pereira No Words by Roger Woodcock Little Miss Sunshine by Jason Darrell Into Exile by Liz Berg Nifty-Fifty - November '22 Winner The Told You So's by Steve Goodlad Selected Peter's Phobia by Melanie Barrow It Should be in my DNA by Marian Myers Countdown of a Dandelion Clock by Caroline Jenner Without You by Daisy Blacklock Gentle Giant by Felicity Edwards Aisle be Back by Kevin Owen Fear of Flying by Rebecca Saxon High Hopes by Val Fish Flying Blind by R.T. Hardwick Fear by Julie Haworth A wake, a wake, awake by Jason Darrell The Timid Mother by Kathy Goddard Nifty-Fifty - October '22 Winner A Spoonful of Sugar? By Val Fish Selected There's Always a Price by Vivienne Moles Unlocking the Senses by Liz Berg Waterloo Teeth by Jenny Worstall The Countdown by Kathy Goddard Lab-yrinth by Jason Darrell Metamorphosis by Caroline Jenner Retired by Melanie Barrow Catalyst for Change by Kate Twitchin Ecstasy by Patricia Mudge An Opening by Matthew Tenwick Racing for an Empty Lift by Esther Amis-Hughes Last Season by Andrew Ball Blame Harry Potter by Beverley Byrne Together by Roger Woodcock Morning Swim by Stephen Goodlad The Priest by R.T Hardwick Nifty-Fifty - September '22 Winner Fly Like an Angel by Valerie Fish Selected The Recluse by Stephen Goodlad Don't Intend to Look Back by Jenny Worstall Don't Look Back by Rosie Douglas Working From Home by Vivienne Moles Voted Most Likely To... by Kate Twitchin No Turning Back by Cindy Pereira Forward Thinking by Melanie Barrow Wilde Childe by Jason Darrell Black Hole by B. Kennedy-Escott Leaving by Caroline Jenner A New Year's Epiphany by Liz Berg |