May 2026 – Flash Long List

With such a huge amount of entries, there’s been a bit of a backlog at CAHQ. But the judging for the long list is now completed.

Don’t forget –

All our competitions are rolling, and are open for submissions throughout the year. Why not take a look at them now and check out our submission guidelines and the great prizes you could win…

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But for now, congratulations to the following authors, who have made it onto the long list of our May 2026 Flash Fiction Writing Prize:

Karen Alderman
C T Allen
Madeleine Armstrong
Denise Bayes
Laura Besley
Gillian Brown
Jonathan Buckmaster
John Bunting
Colette Coen
Anna Davison
Lesley Buchan Donald
William Draycott
James Edwards
Penni Giuliana
Kathy Goddard
Linda Hibbin
Glenn Holmes
Caroline Jenner
Jeffrey-Michael Kane
Taria Karillion
Ethan Klastaitas
Josie Lane
Ros Levenson
Gwenda Major
Owen Meyers
Joanna Miller
Peter Moody
Aarnav Nair
Janet Olearski
Thomas Orange
Gordon Pinckheard
Charlotte Plimley
Kerry Rawlinson
Hannah Retallick
Ruth Saunderson
Grant Wandle
Luwan Wang
Tim Wardle
Catherine Westwell
Alan John Wilson

The short list and winners will be announced on our website and social media very soon.