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Category: Lists & Winners

Lists & Winners

April 2022 – Long List

16 May 202216 May 2022
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…
Lists & Winners

January 2022 – shortlist and winners

9 Mar 20229 Mar 2022
The judges have found this shortlist one of the most difficult they've had to select, such has been the high standard of entries. The three placed entries are, of course,…
Lists & Winners

January 2022 – Long List

17 Feb 2022
We're working overtime at Cranked Anvil HQ at the moment, putting in place all the new content we'll be offering this year. The first thing we're getting ready is our…
Lists & Winners

October 2021 – shortlist and winners

22 Dec 2021
It's been an incredibly busy (and strange) few months at CA HQ, what with our flash anthology being published, the general holiday festivities, plus all the latest ups and downs…
Lists & Winners

October 2021 – Long List

5 Dec 20215 Dec 2021
Once again, it's taken us slightly longer than usual to draw up the latest short story long list, for a couple of reasons...  we've been snowed under recently with getting…
Lists & Winners

July 2021 – shortlist and winners

13 Sep 2021
Another very tough round of decisions for our judges this quarter, but now our July 2021 Short Story competition shortlist and winners are announced. Congratulations to the following three winning…
Lists & Winners

July 2021 – Long List

2 Sep 20213 Sep 2021
It's taken our judges slightly longer than usual to draw up the latest short story long list - what with the number of entries growing all the time, not to…
Lists & Winners

April 2021 – shortlist and winners

11 Jun 2021
Here it is: the shortlist and three winners of our April 2021 Short Story competition. There was a fantastic range of stories this quarter, covering so many different themes, styles…
Lists & Winners

April 2021 – Long List

24 May 20212 Sep 2021
The April deadline for our short story competition saw the last chance to take advantage of our '4 for 3' offer, and we saw a flurry of entries towards the…
Lists & Winners

January 2021 – shortlist and winners

15 Mar 2021
The shortlist and three winners of our Jan21 Short Story competition has been decided and announced. Every single qualifying entry was read and studied [yes, we are still receiving some…
Lists & Winners

January 2021 – Long List

25 Feb 202125 Feb 2021
Once again, a mountain of short stories has kept the judges very busy at Cranked Anvil HQ, and as always we've loved reading all the eligible entries. We had quite…
Lists & Winners

October 2020 – shortlist and winners

12 Dec 202027 Jan 2021
An unprecedented number of entries this quarter meant an unusually large longlist, but the judges have worked long and hard to get it down to this final shortlist and the…
Lists & Winners

October 2020 – Long List

27 Nov 202012 Dec 2020
Our entry inbox grows bigger with every fresh quarter, and the judges have had more stories to read this quarter than ever before. Our '4 entries for the price of…
Lists & Winners

July 2020 – Shortlist and winners

11 Sep 202017 Jun 2021
We had a fantastic response to our special offer this quarter, with lots of writers taking advantage of being able to submit 4 stories for the price of 3. (We're…
Lists & Winners

July 2020 – Long List

21 Aug 202017 Jun 2021
Our special offer this quarter of 4 entries for the price of 3 proved massively popular - just as we though it would - and we received the biggest collection…
Lists & Winners

April 2020 – Shortlist and winners

11 Jun 202017 Jun 2021
Here it is - the results of our latest short story competition. The judges have had a tough time chosing from the longlist of entries. After much deliberation, the shortlist…
Lists & Winners

April 2020 – Long List

26 May 202017 Jun 2021
There's no denying it - it's been the strangest of times over the past three months. The number of entries we receive each quarter continues to grow - and we're…
Lists & Winners

January 2020 – Shortlist and winners

15 Mar 202017 Jun 2021
Our competition grows bigger every quarter, and the judges have had their toughest time yet chosing from the longlist of entries. After much deliberation, though, the shortlist and three placed…
Lists & Winners

January 2020 – Long List

4 Mar 202017 Jun 2021
It's been the longest period of time that we've taken to announce our long list this quarter - due to the increasing number of quality entries we've received from all…
Lists & Winners

October 2019 – Shortlist and winners

12 Dec 201917 Jun 2021
The biggest crop of entries we've had so far for this quarter's competition, which has made the job of choosing the three placed stories more difficult than ever. After much…
Lists & Winners

October 2019 – Long List

30 Nov 201917 Jun 2021
We received our biggest crop of short story entries yet for the October round of our competition, and we've really had our work cut out to select the ones going…
Lists & Winners

July 2019 – Shortlist and winners

11 Sep 201917 Jun 2021
Our quarterly short story competition is clearly growing in popularity, with even more entries this time round than for our first. Once again, the judges thoroughly enjoyed reading the entries…
Lists & Winners

July 2019 – Long List

21 Aug 201917 Jun 2021
Another great response to our most recent short story competition, with some excellent stories spanning all sorts of different genres. The first round of judging has taken place, and we’re…
Lists & Winners

April 2019 – Shortlist and winners

11 Jun 201917 Jun 2021
Our first short story competition attracted a large amount of interest, and the judges thoroughly enjoyed reading the entries we received. After much deliberation over the longlist, the three placed…
Lists & Winners

April 2019 – Long List

25 May 201917 Jun 2021
We had a fantastic response to our first short story competition, with some excellent stories spanning all sorts of different genres. The first round of judging has taken place, and…
Next Flash Fiction Deadline31 May 2022
8 days to go.
Next Prompt Comp Competition1 Jul 2022
38 days to go.
Next Short Story Deadline31 Jul 2022
69 days to go.

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