The judges have announced the shortlist and winners for our July26 Short Story Competition. Congratulations to the following two winning entries: 1st: Veronica Georgina – Platform Angel 2nd: Alexander Fagerlund – A Weave Of Time Your stories are published here on our website, and prize money is on its way. Also making it into our … Continue reading July 2026 – Short Story shortlist and winners

There's lots going on here at Cranked Anvil at the moment, and we're gearing up for some exciting new things in the coming months. We're working hard behind the scenes, and in the studio, to start releasing our fantastic range of audio content. Our team is also starting to work on producing our digital anthologies, … Continue reading July 2026 – Short Story Long List

The stories have been read and re-read, the judging has taken place and final decisions made, and today we're delighted to announce the short list and winners of our final ever Short Story Writing Prize. Congratulations to the following three winning entries: 1st: Dianne Bown-Wilson - A Guttering Candle 2nd: B W Frimston - Beginners … Continue reading June 2025 Short Story Prize – Short List 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 … Continue reading April 2024 – shortlist and winners

There's lots going on here at Cranked Anvil at the moment, and we're gearing up for some exciting new things in the coming months. Keep an eye out for announcements, both here on our website and across our social media. If you missed our news round-up post on the website yesterday, you can read it … Continue reading April 2024 – Long List

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 the … Continue 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 was … Continue 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 to … Continue reading October 2022 – shortlist and winners