Fresher Writing Prize Shortlist

The standard (and number!) of entries has been incredibly high this year, so it has been quite a challenge to come up with a shortlist. Debate among the judging panel has been intense, as I’m sure you can imagine, but we’re finally agreed and here it is!  Congratulations if your name is included below and, if not, do carry on writing and we hope to see more of your work in 2017. The shortlist is by category, so scroll down to see yours (Poetry and Non-Fiction to come). We look forward to meeting all shortlisted writers at the Fresher Writing Prize Awards in Bournemouth on the 19th May.

THE SHORTLIST FOR SHORT STORIES

Cyfannedd Fach by Hannah Persaud

Vee by Deborah Riccio

The Hour of the Wolf by Angela Goodman

The Sadness of the Sun by Chris Downing

The Twenty-Four Hour Promise by Anne Hamilton

To Keep Where you Come From by Helen Dring

Unworthy of a Second Chance by Neil Fairclough

The Visitor by Ian Tovey

The elephant who had never seen the sea by Hebe Mills

Stepping over the edge by Sarah Evans

Revenge of the Tooth by Julia Molloy

Protection by Holly Miles

It Just is by David Satherley

Hounded by Jayne McCabe

Blank Walls by Hannah Persaud

A Bundle of Bother by Wanda McHamish

 

THE SHORTLIST FOR FIRST 500 WORDS OF A NOVEL

Encantada – Helen Dring

Jenny – David Satherley

Long Barrow Ridge by Ian Tovey

The Iron Bird by Robert Woodshaw

When I Was at Oxford by Donald McLellan

The Day After Yesterday by Felicia Yap

The Down going of Dicey Chance by Alexandra Coulton