And the results are in!
Huge congratulations to our winning and highly commended authors (listed alphabetically by story title):
- First Prize: ‘The Universe Expands Her World Contracts’ by Nan Wigington
- Second Prize: ‘How Knees Learn’ by M.M. Bailey
- Joint Third Prize: ‘The Things It Wasn’t’ by Alison Wassell
- Joint Third Prize: ‘Two Seismologists Share a Bed’ by T.J. Burgoyne
- Highly Commended: ‘After another 12-hour Day Tied to My desk, My Shadow Makes its Excuses and Leaves’ by James Montgomery
- Highly Commended: ‘Fallujah’ by B.G. Smith
- Highly Commended: ‘Gather Yellow, Said the Voice in Her Head’ by A. E. Thomason
- Highly Commended: ‘I’m Invited to Watch Them Feed her body Into the Incinerator’ by Allison Renner
- Highly Commended: ‘Warranty’ by M.M. Bailey
- Highly Commended: ‘What You Think About When Your Visitors Tell You to Keep Fighting’ by Catherine Ogston
The winning and highly commended stories can be read here and will appear in the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology.
Thank you again to our four judges: Joanna Campbell, Debra A. Daniel, Emily Devane and David Swann
Congratulations again to all our prize-winning and highly commended authors, and to all those who were shortlisted. And, a big thank you to everyone who entered this year’s competition and trusted us with their stories.