Linda Parkinson-Hardman: 'Each of these fantastic entries will be published in Hysteria 6, the anthology of this year’s competition - out now. FROM AMAZON HERE
The overall category winners will be announced at the end of November, alongside the launch of this year’s anthology.
Our judges had a hard time picking out the best of the best in their category, but eventually they got there; and listed in alphabetical order are:
Flash fiction top 10 shortlisted winners:-
- Kay Rae Chomic with Train ride
- Frances Gapper with Survival tactics
- Rachel Hughes with 4lbs 11oz
- Stephanie Hutton with You don’t have to talk about your daddy in counselling if you don’t want to
- Gaynor Jones with The truth behind the labels
- Fiona J Mackintosh with A still, small point of reference
- Louise Mangos with Matchmaker
- Jayne Martin with 4Ever
- Sal Page with Heads off
- Amanda Speed with The beach
Short story top 10 shortlisted winners:-
- Susmita Bhattacharya with The right thing to do
- Lindsay Bamfield with Still life
- Lucy Corkhill with Predator
- Maggie Davies with Twenty six little bones
- Jenny Gaitskell with X on a corner square
- Mandy Huggins with The Rychenkov ruby
- Sherry Morris with Perfectly prime
- Helen de Burca with Silken threads
- Olivia Tuck with He gave me the milky way (deep fried)
- Marcia Woolf with The jar of ideas
Poetry category top shortlisted winners 10:-
- Nadia Arbach with My Mother’s spoon
- Zara Bosman with The two Frida’s
- Marie Chambers with True story
- Robyn Curtis with A Woman of the road
- Moira Garland with Son
- Victoria Richards with Caught
- Christine Griffin with Tape measure
- Laura Potts with Jane Doe #503
- Gwen Sayers with Fruit salad
- Marie Dolores with While I sleep
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