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Micro-Fiction Competition - Results

Well, we had nearly 300 entries for this competition and it was a really hard task for the judges. Thank you to all of you who entered, the standard was incredibly high. And if you didn't win, it doesn't matter, considering sending us your details for a writer's page and joining in on the day. It's shaping up to be amazing!

Here is a list of the winners, what they won, and links for you to read their wonderful stories:

First Prize:
'The Worst Head in the World' by Angela Readman

Second Prize:
'Black Hole' by Dan Carpenter

Third Prize:
'Meredith' by Amy Mackelden

Highly Commended (in alphabetical order):
'New Shoes' by Jenny Adamthwaite
'Sad Lover' by Jason Bagshaw
'She'll Leave You For A Man' by Kirsty Logan
'New Build' by Clare O'Brien
'Alterations' by Tim Stevenson
'Relieving Mafeking' by Alun Williams
'First Person' by Martha Williams



And here's what they won, great prizes all, and available to buy online:
First Prize:




Second Prize:




Third Prize:



(All the prizes have been donated, and we are hugely grateful to Salt Publishing, P&G Wells - Booksellers, Tania Hershman, Holly Howitt, Kirsty Logan (Fractured West), David Gaffney, Bad Language, and Calum Kerr.

Thank you also to our judges Sara Crowley, Sarah Hilary, Holly Howitt, Valerie O'Riordan and Nici West.)