Category Archives: Lists & Winners

Our regular readers and subscribers will know that our writing competitions took a break at the end of 2022, but a year later – due to many messages and requests – we’ve been delighted to bring them back. And today we announce the shortlist and winners of the returning Short Story competiton. Congratulations to theContinueContinue reading “January 2024 – shortlist and winners”

We’re very busy here at Cranked Anvil at the moment! Both our short story and flash fiction competitions are now fully open again, after a break last year. Entries for both competitions are flowing in, and reading and judging is ongoing! Not only that, we’re also in the middle of an ANTHOLOGY SALE! It wasContinueContinue reading “January 2024 – Long List”

Today we announce the shortlist and winners of our final (for now) short story competition. Congratulations to the following three winning entries for October 2022: 1st: Lianne Warr – Year Of The Tiger 2nd: Karen Storey – Not After Midnight 3rd: J D Revitt – The Magnolia Tree Prize money is on its way toContinueContinue reading “October 2022 – shortlist and winners”

Hot on the heels of our last prompt competition winners having been announced yesterday, (you can see the short list and read the winners here), we’re delighted to announce the long list of our October short story competition today. Congratulations to the following authors: Gillian BrownJackie DavisR Aaron FalkLee IrvingDavid JacksonTaria KarillionRaymond KozlowskiGwenda MajorDan MicklethwaiteAdamContinueContinue reading “October 2022 – Long List”

With the Summer break well and truly over now, it’s full steam ahead again here at CAHQ. A couple of weeks ago we announced that we’re collaborating with Manchester-based writer Dr Tania Hershman, as she puts together a print anthology of flash to raise money for fuel poverty organisations. You can read all about thatContinueContinue reading “July 2022 – shortlist and winners”

We’re expecting a very busy second half of this year! We’re working with Tania Hershman, editor of the superb ShortStopsUK listings website, on a really exciting project – take a look here for more details. As well as that, we have now opened up our 4 for 3 special offer on ALL of our competitions,ContinueContinue reading “July 2022 – Long List”

It’s a busy time here at CAHQ, and we have some fantastic offers for writers and readers… We’ve extended our special offer of ‘4 for the price of 3’ on the current flash fiction submission window (deadline August 31st). You can find out all the details here. In addition, we’re planning to roll out thatContinueContinue reading “April 2022 – shortlist and winners”

The latest deadline for our short story competition closed last month, and today on the website we announce the long list. With the launch of our new prompt competition in March, the judges are being kept busy all year round now, with three competitions running simultaneously throughout the year. Our submissions are ALWAYS OPEN! YouContinueContinue reading “April 2022 – Long List”