April 2024 – shortlist and winners

The development of Cranked Anvil continues.

There’s been more added to our website in recent weeks, with further announcements coming soon, all of which are geared towards helping new and established writers to get the most our of their writing. Keep your eyes peeled here and on our social media. If you don’t already, hit the subscribe button at the bottom of this page – you’ll then receive an email notification every time we post any new content and news, or publish a piece of new writing.

Meanwhile, today sees the shortlist and winners of our April short story competition announced. Congratulations to the following two winning entries:

1st: E J Taylor – Observation

2nd: Taria Karillion – A Yearning For Bananas

Prize money is on its way to you, and your stories are published here on our website.

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

Robbie Brown
Hilary Coyne
James Harvey
Claire Holland
Gwenda Major
Denarii Peters
Erica Sharlette
Jack Young

Our current flash fiction competiton is still open, with the next deadline being the end of August. And don’t forget, if you write microfiction (or if you’d like to give it a go) you can submit to us free, for a chance to have your stories published on our website.

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