Fiction Factory Flash Competition 2022
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Competition Results
1st Prize: “Joy”
Lorraine Murphy
Our Judge, novelist and poet Helen Cox says of the winning story: This story is imaginative, insightful and moving. The writer subtly toys with the readers expectations and immerses them instantaneously in a unique and compelling character voice. The structure suggests a purposeful and confident story-telling approach by the author.
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2nd Prize: “Thistles and Hay”
Douglas Campbell
A delightful snapshot of life
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3rd Prize: “Out in the Road”
Warren Nevill
Tender, moving
Shortlisted stories
Not Just an Ordinary Cabbage – Dianne Bown-Wilson
I Don’t Want to Go to Blackpool – Amanda Ingram
The art of Slinging Hash – GM Foy
Long Listed contestants:
Peter Barnes, Luke Bradley, Letty Butler, Yvonne Clarke, Ellen Connolly, Robert Grossmith, Susan Hettinger, Michele Hine, Richard Hooton, Helen Lawrence, Jo Mularczyk, Lorraine Murphy, Helen Shay, Rosita Sweetman, Jennie Tucker.
Congratulations to all our contestants!
Our Flash Fiction judge is Yorkshire-born author and poet, Helen Cox. She lives by the sea in Sunderland UK where she writes Mysteries set in Yorkshire, and steamy historical romance novellas. Helen also hosts the Poetrygram podcast and teaches an annual poetry masterclass at Keats House in London.
