November 2023 – Flash shortlist and winners

After a year’s break, our writing competitions are back! And we had some fantastic entries for our first flash competition, making it – as ever – very difficult to decide. But our judges have finally managed to do so, and we’re delighted to announce the winners and shortlist today.

So – congratulations to the following two winning entries:

1st: Angela Fitzpatrick – The Day A Stranger Followed Me Home

2nd: Mandy Wheeler – The One Thing They Could All Agree On Was The Hat

Your stories are published here on our website, and prize money is on its way.

And well done to the following writers who made it onto the shortlist:

Karen Arnold
Andrew Boulton
Sharon Boyle
Chris Cottom
Alan Kennedy
Tony Oswick
Tiffany Siougas
Mark Stocker
Vicky Turner