{"id":134,"date":"2014-04-09T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/host2021.temp.domains\/~nationo0\/index.php\/2014\/04\/09\/nffd-2014-micro-fiction-competition-shortlist\/"},"modified":"2014-04-09T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T10:27:00","slug":"nffd-2014-micro-fiction-competition-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/04\/09\/nffd-2014-micro-fiction-competition-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"NFFD 2014 &#8211; Micro-Fiction Competition Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello all,<\/p>\n<p>Just a very quick post today. We are pleased to announce that our hard-pressed judges have been beavering away and we now have a shortlist of 26 stories for our competition from which the winning 10 will be chosen.<\/p>\n<p>The final decisions are being made as we speak, and as long as all goes to plan, we hope to announce the list of winners on Friday of this week &#8211; 11th April 2014, so spread the word and come back on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, congratulations to all who made it down to this shortlist of 26. We received nearly four hundred entries this year, so to get even this far is a huge achievement. The judges have had a hard time choosing these stories, and I&#8217;m seriously worried that narrowing it down to only 10 might just finally break them. Assuming it doesn&#8217;t, come back on Friday to find out who has won!<\/p>\n<p>See you then,<br \/><b><i>Calum.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>SHORTLIST:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;4am&#8217; by Angi Holden<br \/>&#8216;A Story To Be Read Slowly And With Ample Pauses, In A Voice Like Leonard Cohen&#8217; by Bob Jacobs<br \/>&#8216;Dare&#8217; by Simon Sylvester<br \/>&#8216;Elk Back&#8217; by Peggy Riley<br \/>&#8216;Gathering&#8217; by Sam Russell<br \/>&#8216;Harry on A.V.&#8217; by Brindley Hallam Dennis<br \/>&#8216;If Kissed by a Dragon Fish&#8217; by Tania Hershman<br \/>&#8216;Illuminated Relationship&#8217; by Jane Roberts<br \/>&#8216;Literary Costume&#8217; by Isabel Rogers<br \/>&#8216;Little Red&#8217; by Neil Murton<br \/>&#8216;Moments&#8217; by Natalie Bowers<br \/>&#8216;Never Let Me Go&#8217; by Cathy Lennon<br \/>&#8216;Night-time Knitting&#8217; by Roz Mascall<br \/>&#8216;On the rocks&#8217; by Francis Hayes<br \/>&#8216;Peppermint&#8217; by Jennifer Harvey<br \/>&#8216;Secret Admirer&#8217; by Clare Kirwan<br \/>&#8216;Sintra&#8217; by Parineeta Singh<br \/>&#8216;Sleepwalkers&#8217; by Pauline Masurel<br \/>&#8216;String of Smiles&#8217; by Allie Rogers<br \/>&#8216;The Dolls&#8217; by L. D. Lapinski<br \/>&#8216;The Human Body is More than 50% Water&#8217; by \u017belazko Po\u0142ysk<br \/>&#8216;The Invisible Girl&#8217; by Karl A Russell<br \/>&#8216;The Sponge Diver&#8217; by Danielle McLaughlin<br \/>&#8216;The Star Falling&#8217; by Morgan Downie<br \/>&#8216;The Strongest Man&#8217; by Elaine Borthwick<br \/>&#8216;Towards the Light&#8217; by Rebecca Swirsky<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello all, Just a very quick post today. We are pleased to announce that our hard-pressed judges have been beavering away and we now have a shortlist of 26 stories for our competition from which the winning 10 will be chosen. 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