Welcome to the University of Sunderland in Association with Waterstones Short Story Award 2018
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Thank you to all the entrants and everyone who took the time to be interested in our competition. The winner is amongst the titles below …
The shortlist is now out! There will be four Highly Commended stories added shortly. Do keep checking. The quality of work this year was wonderful, with such a range of stories that entertained and moved us.
Professor Ailsa Cox of Edge Hill University will be choosing this year’s winners. Our awards ceremony will be on the 30 May in Waterstones (The Bridges, Sunderland), 4-6pm, where there will be free refreshments and readings. We’ll also be joined by Bandit Fiction, who will be publishing two special edition print runs of shortlisted and winning entries. As well as our cash prizes, we also have some lovely gifts from local businesses on offer. All welcome.
Shortlist – Short Story Award 2018
Adults
Each of Us Drowning At Sea – Yvonne Battle-Felton
Sweet Things – Alexandra Scarlett Mullen
Under the Southern Cross – Sandra Arnold
Jump – Jennifer Harvey
Set Fire To Me – Jess Hector
If I’m Whispering – Cliff Kitney
Bev’s Hat – Pippa Gladhill
A Note Unsaid – Michael Holloway
No Man is an Island – Ashley Thorpe
Just Like Humans – Chris Sewart
Highly Commended: Bryan Blears, Pauline Plummer
11-17
Fossils – Alissa Bonnett
Kaddish Yatom – Iona Adams
The Purge – Ebun Bello
This World – Tamsyn Christie
The Big Bad Wolf – Grace Noakes
In Memory of May – Rowan Maddock
The Wind Said Thank You – Olivia Hill
Letters of Love – Maria Clark
The Wedding Shroud – Ailsa Jones
Land Meets Sea – Grace Murray
Highly Commended: Bekure Woldeyesus; Téa Sand
Finally, we’re very pleased to be receive support by @SunderlanLitAid who have provided us with 10 copies of A River of Stories by Jan Piénkowski to distribute to all those shortlisted in the 11-17 category,
LONGLISTS
Adult Category
Sweet Things
Playing Suicide Chess
It’s All JJ’s Fault
Brio
Mr Singer’s Empire
Mrs West
Accident Helpline
Under the Southern Cross
Leaving Do
North by Northwest
There Where The Trees Are
The Woman Who Ran
Broken Blood
Extracts
Just Like The First
While I Was Dancing
Inheritance
Jump
Letting Go
116,123
My Father’s Hands
A Fat Pig
Life After
Till Death Us Do Part
Set Fire To Me
K-Hole
Rapunzel
Open Road
Bonny Bits
If I’m Whispering
The Girl On The Metro
Each Of Us Drowning At Sea
A Note Unsaid
A Perfect Day
Flowers
No Man is an Island
Bev’s Hat
The Blue Line
Eiffel Tower
English as a Foreign Language
Entangled
Exodus
Fish Don’t Fly
Innocents
Just Like Humans
Kingfisher Bridge
Life is Grand
Local Delicacies
Locked Out
Meddler
Milkshake
Rory’s Pills and Veg
The Apricot Tree
A Twisted Truth
Flightless Bird
Footsteps
Fossils
Kaddish Yatom
The Feeling of Not Feeling
Rebuilding
The Purge
The Grand Jackpot
Fear of Yourself
This World
The Big Bad Wolf
Wake Up
A Moment to Remember
The Sand and the Sea
In Memory of May
The Wind Said Thank you
Letters of Love
Land Meets Sea
The Wedding Shroud
The System
The Living City And The Man That Felt Its Beat
The Hope of a Country Girl
International and multiple submissions are welcomed!