Many congratulations to the writers of our longlisted stories. The shortlist and winning stories will be announced on Friday 3 October! We ended up with nearly 150 stories this year and the standard was extremely high. Many thanks to our first round judges for taking on the very difficult task of selected the longlist. We were transported around the world and across the ages reading them.
Iko of Benin, King’s Diver – Jo Bardsley
Sword and Song – Millie Bowker
Inquire with Josephine – Maria Brekke
City of the Dead – Anne Byrne
Rammerfjellet, Fallen – Katherine Catchpole
A Discourse on the True Nature of Evil – Kirsten Claiden-Yardley
Domina tarraconensis vandalorum – Alexander Daman
A Game of Hazard – Katy Darby
We Bring Miracles – Joseph Dragovich
Poacher Turned Game Keeper – Alex Edwards
The Changeling – Emma Fielder
War-Thoughts Have Left Their Places Vacant – Irma Gottschalk
The Carnation Revolution – Portia Holdsworth
An Insignificant Act – Liz Kershaw
Before The Carnival – John Barrett Lee
Octagon – Sophie Lenoir
Golden Paratroopers – Bryony Lorimer
Final Score – Sean Lusk
New Hooves for Old – Anne Meale
Barred – Elaine O’Connor
What can you tell us of the misted lands – Sally O’Reilly
What We Burned – Dane Sawyer
The Convention – Gerard J. Uhrig
Sugar Moon – Jane Weary
Foie Gras For Two – Judith Wilson