2025 Short Story Results

Winners

1st Myra Scott
2nd Simon Rowe
3rd Joshua Sang
Local Author Paul Toolan

Congratulations to Myra Scott for her winning entry Along Came a Spider in the Short Story Competition.

Our thanks go to the shortlist team and to Judith Heneghan, our 2025 Short Story Judge. Without our judges we wouldn’t be able to run the competitions.

The winning entries can be downloaded and enjoyed from the table below.

PositionTitleAuthorDownload Link (Subject to Availability)
1stAlong Came a SpiderMyra Scott Download PDF of Along Came a Spider by Myra Scott
2ndElvira SaysSimon Rowe Download PDF of Elvira Says by Simon Rowe
3rdThe Last Dictionary of Living ThingsJoshua Sang Download PDF of The Last Dictionary of Living Things by Joshua Sang
Wyvern Local PrizeCourgette SoupPaul Toolan Download PDF of Courgette Soup by Paul Toolan
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