We are delighted to be able to announce which short stories have been long-listed for the Bournemouth Writing Prize 2021. Congratulations to all of you listed here!
It was an absolute pleasure to read the hundreds of entries that were submitted from all around the world, although trying to reduce it to these 65 names was so SO hard! Please don’t feel discouraged if you didn’t make it this time. We will open for entries again in the Autumn.
Every story named here has been put forward for potential inclusion in the anthologies that we will be publishing later in the year. We will let you know if your story is selected.
The shortlist for both the Short Story category and the Poetry category will be announced next week. Watch this space!
The Bournemouth Writing Prize Short Story 202 Longlist
#EcoWise by Rosemary Collins
A Beaker Full of the Warm South by Cath Barton
A Bowl of Pho by Belinda Weir
A Guide to Keeping Birds by Anne O’Leary
A Day in Madrid by Helen Lawrence
A Letter From Court’s Martial Gaol by Aaron Gillie
Agape by Abbie Lewis
Almost Blue by Ashley Robertson
An Alien Invasion At the Pub by Sandra Srivastava
An Maighdeann-Roin by James Skivington
Approaching Terminus by Bhagath Subramanian
Ash by Katherine Gutierrez
Baklava and Umm Haram by Erini Loucaides
Becoming Sarah Bernhardt by Emma Latham
Clean Sweat by Charlotte Gajek
Control by Richard Hooton
Dance Me to the End of Love by Maddie Grigg
D’or, Golden D’or by Manuela Vitelaru
Errand by Maureen Cullen
Five Days by Chip Tolson
Flowers for Miss Havisham by Wendy Jones
Gambles and Balances by Bruce Harris
Green Suede Coat by Beverley Byrne
He Wished He’d Worn a Hat by Les Clarke
Henry’s Holidays by Becca Heath
Here’s to You, Mrs Avery by Alice Fowler
Home From Home by Hazel Whitehead
I am Beautiful by Ursula Woodcock
Inu Irin Ajo by Tinu Ogunkani
Johannesberg by Joe Bedford
Joy Smith by Carolyn Stockdale
Lost by Jen Hall
Madeline and the Door by Bethany Rainbird
Migration by Vanwy Arif
Missing the Boat by Vivian Wells
Monster Circus by ES Welsh
Mrs Buman by Erini Loucaides
No Sense, No Feeling by Megan Owen-Pratt
One Small Step by Jennifer Perkins
Peace unto the Heathen by Penny Frances
Run Katy Run by C Kerr
Run, Rabbits, Run by Judy Birkbeck
Salty Eid by Judith Allnatt
Salome by Letizia Parise
Scattered from the Mountain by Thandi Sebe
Scorched Earth by David Butler
Second Person by Josephine Galvin
Shopping for Annie by Lesley Webb
Something Unsaid by Richard Hooton
Sometimes it’s just like Hiding by Georgia Cook
String Theory by Richard Smith
Such a Sweet Girl by Stewart Arnold
Sweetpea by Eimear Arthur
The Anatomical Venus by Emma Latham
The Beginning by Sue Kittow
The Book From the Beach by Tracey Mahoney
The Education of Danny Lovitz by Laila Lock
The Golden Virginia Train Company by Harriet Emma Burroughs
The Guitar Player by Les Clarke
The Hallway Was Silent by Bhagath Subramanian
The Satchel Bag by Stephen Wade
The King in Winter by Ed Barnfield
The Wake by Alan Murrin
The Way We Are by Ben Stevenson
Treat Day by Jayne Rowney
Thirty-Six Up by Bethany Wren
Vita by Rachael Hill
Weekend on Call by Tony Gillam
White Lives and Carnivals by Bruce Harris