May 2025 – Flash shortlist and winners

The judges have announced the shortlist and winners for our May25 Flash Fiction Prize – our final Flash Prize.

Congratulations to the following two winning entries:

1st: Matt Oliver – Now and Then

2nd: Kathy Goddard – The Dare

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

Well done also to the following writers who made it onto the shortlist:

Chris Cottom
Anne Elliot
Nigel Hall
Nargis Lal
Claudia Nicholson
Fizle Sagar
Ruth Saunderson
Mandy Wheeler
Rachael Yates