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2022 Short Story Results

2022 Winners

PositionTitleAuthorDownload Link (Subject to Availability)
1stGoodbye Mrs AlstonCaitlin Gunthorp Download PDF of Goodbye Mrs Alston by Caitlin Gunthorp
2ndStolen ChildLouise Green Download PDF of Stolen Child by Louise Green
Joint 3rdThe Best of EverythingGeorgia Boon Download PDF of The Best of Everything by Georgia Boon
Joint 3rdRainy Day Window VisionClaire Barnard Download PDF of Rainy Day Window Vision by Claire Barnard
Wyvern Local PrizeRainy Day Window VisionClaire Barnard Download PDF of Rainy Day Window Vision by Claire Barnard

Our thanks go to the shortlist team, to Lucy Jago, our 2022 Short Story Judge and to all those entrants who made the competition so tough for the team. The winning entries can be downloaded and enjoyed from the above table.

Lucy Jago is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction, and a former documentary producer for Channel 4 and the BBC. Her first book, The Northern Lights, won the National Biography prize and has been translated into eight languages; her YA novel, Montacute House, met with critical acclaim in the US and the UK. A Net for Small Fishes(Bloomsbury 2021, Flatiron in the USwas released in paperback in April and the film rights have been sold. Lucy is now working on her next novel for Bloomsbury.  Lucy is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and lives in Somerset.

Competitions Archive

Winners of our previous Competitions