Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 10
Final Result - December 2020
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'The Hungry Ghost' by Cath Barton
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Lucky' by Kasturi Patra
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere):'The Distance' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Glass' by Karenne Griffin
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Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Ricky' by Adam Kelly Morton
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'A Moving Soul' by Cyril Dabydeen
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Children's Gallery' by Edward Barnfield
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'A Place Called Home' by Gillian Brown
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Time and Tide' by June Hunter
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Dear Mom, Boston is Good' by Linda Wastila
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Lucky' by Kasturi Patra
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere):'The Distance' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Glass' by Karenne Griffin
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Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Ricky' by Adam Kelly Morton
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'A Moving Soul' by Cyril Dabydeen
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Children's Gallery' by Edward Barnfield
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'A Place Called Home' by Gillian Brown
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Time and Tide' by June Hunter
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Dear Mom, Boston is Good' by Linda Wastila
Shortlist
'Ricky' by Adam Kelly Morton
'Brief Encounter' by Alan McCormick
'That Time Her Top Came Off' by Alan Michael Parker
'The World's Last Sensory Garden Closing' by Alexis Wolfe
'Casual Savior' by Amy Barnes
'The Distance' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'The Hungry Ghost' by Cath Barton
'A Moving Soul' by Cyril Dabydeen
'The Children's Gallery' by Edward Barnfield
'A Place Called Home' by Gillian Brown
'Exit Wounds' by Juliet Lockwood
'Time and Tide' by June Hunter
'Glass' by Karenne Griffin
'Lucky' by Kasturi Patra
'A Well-Heeled Woman' by Leah Sackett
'Dear Mom, Boston is Good' by Linda Wastila
'When a Promise is Broken' by Morgan Quinn
'In the Tenderloin' by Paul Beckman
'The Reliability of Norman' by R.J. Kinnarney
'Walls' by Rayna Haralambieva
'The Benefits of Drinking Whiskey During a Pandemic' by Riham Adly
'Sowing Sea Meadows' by Rosaleeen Lynch
'Vacuuming' by Ruth Brandt
'Reported and Unreported News of a Tragedy in the Neighbourhood' by Shannon Savvas
'Children of the Earth' by Steve Wade
Longlist
'Thirty-Four Minutes' by Abi Henning
'Ricky' by Adam Kelly Morton
'Brief Encounter' by Alan McCormick
'That Time Her Top Came Off' by Alan Michael Parker
'The World's Last Sensory Garden Closing' by Alexis Wolfe
'Casual Savior' by Amy Barnes
'Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows' by Bahar Hoshyar
'Swan Lake' by Bill James
'Martial Arts' by Billy O'Shea
'The Distance' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'The Hungry Ghost' by Cath Barton
'An Evening With Bono' by Conor Montague
'A Moving Soul' by Cyril Dabydeen
'Love Story' by Donna Abraham Tijo
'The Children's Gallery' by Edward Barnfield
'Dance Partners' by Georgia Cook
'A Place Called Home' by Gillian Brown
'Rainey Turns the Tide' by Helen Chambers
'An Interrupted Game' by Jay Delfin
'Yellow Rat Snake' by Jeremy Hinchcliff
'The Boy with the Body of a Man' by Jo Somerset
'The Shades Between Us' by Jonaki Ray
'In the Toll Booth' by Jordan Harrison-Twist
'Exit Wounds' by Juliet Lockwood
'Time and Tide' by June Hunter
'Glass' by Karenne Griffin
'Lucky' by Kasturi Patra
'The Catalyst' by Katheryne McMullen
'How to Recover from a Skid' by Kirsten Mosher
'A Well-Heeled Woman' by Leah Sackett
'Dear Mom, Boston is Good' by Linda Wastila
'Footprints in the Sand' by Mandira Pattnaik
'Gospel of Dragons' by Marilee Dahlman
'Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you've been' by Mark Thomson
'Nesting' by Martha Lane
'Gallerie dell'Academia' by Michael Pettifer
'When a Promise is Broken' by Morgan Quinn
'Picturing the Day' by Murali Kamma
'The Last Story' by Niles Reddick
'The Concierge' by Olga Bogachek
'Great-Aunt Maud' by Oliver Barton
'Generosity to the End' by Patrice Sowanou
'In the Tenderloin' by Paul Beckman
'The Lie Was In The First Kiss' by Peter Roche
'The Reliability of Norman' by R.J. Kinnarney
'A Night Out' by Ramya Srinivasan
'Walls' by Rayna Haralambieva
'The Benefits of Drinking Whiskey During a Pandemic' by Riham Adly
'Worthy' by Robin Terrell
'Sowing Sea Meadows' by Rosaleeen Lynch
'Vacuuming' by Ruth Brandt
'Loved to Death' by S.B. Borgersen
'The Keeper of Time' by Salini Vineeth
'All Set in Stone' by Sam Dawson
'Reported and Unreported News of a Tragedy in the Neighbourhood' by Shannon Savvas
'Children of the Earth' by Steve Wade
'Plight of the Bumblebee' by Tiffany H. White
'One for the Road' by Wendy Eiben
'Ricky' by Adam Kelly Morton
'Brief Encounter' by Alan McCormick
'That Time Her Top Came Off' by Alan Michael Parker
'The World's Last Sensory Garden Closing' by Alexis Wolfe
'Casual Savior' by Amy Barnes
'Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows' by Bahar Hoshyar
'Swan Lake' by Bill James
'Martial Arts' by Billy O'Shea
'The Distance' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'The Hungry Ghost' by Cath Barton
'An Evening With Bono' by Conor Montague
'A Moving Soul' by Cyril Dabydeen
'Love Story' by Donna Abraham Tijo
'The Children's Gallery' by Edward Barnfield
'Dance Partners' by Georgia Cook
'A Place Called Home' by Gillian Brown
'Rainey Turns the Tide' by Helen Chambers
'An Interrupted Game' by Jay Delfin
'Yellow Rat Snake' by Jeremy Hinchcliff
'The Boy with the Body of a Man' by Jo Somerset
'The Shades Between Us' by Jonaki Ray
'In the Toll Booth' by Jordan Harrison-Twist
'Exit Wounds' by Juliet Lockwood
'Time and Tide' by June Hunter
'Glass' by Karenne Griffin
'Lucky' by Kasturi Patra
'The Catalyst' by Katheryne McMullen
'How to Recover from a Skid' by Kirsten Mosher
'A Well-Heeled Woman' by Leah Sackett
'Dear Mom, Boston is Good' by Linda Wastila
'Footprints in the Sand' by Mandira Pattnaik
'Gospel of Dragons' by Marilee Dahlman
'Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you've been' by Mark Thomson
'Nesting' by Martha Lane
'Gallerie dell'Academia' by Michael Pettifer
'When a Promise is Broken' by Morgan Quinn
'Picturing the Day' by Murali Kamma
'The Last Story' by Niles Reddick
'The Concierge' by Olga Bogachek
'Great-Aunt Maud' by Oliver Barton
'Generosity to the End' by Patrice Sowanou
'In the Tenderloin' by Paul Beckman
'The Lie Was In The First Kiss' by Peter Roche
'The Reliability of Norman' by R.J. Kinnarney
'A Night Out' by Ramya Srinivasan
'Walls' by Rayna Haralambieva
'The Benefits of Drinking Whiskey During a Pandemic' by Riham Adly
'Worthy' by Robin Terrell
'Sowing Sea Meadows' by Rosaleeen Lynch
'Vacuuming' by Ruth Brandt
'Loved to Death' by S.B. Borgersen
'The Keeper of Time' by Salini Vineeth
'All Set in Stone' by Sam Dawson
'Reported and Unreported News of a Tragedy in the Neighbourhood' by Shannon Savvas
'Children of the Earth' by Steve Wade
'Plight of the Bumblebee' by Tiffany H. White
'One for the Road' by Wendy Eiben
Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 9
Final Result - September 2020
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'If a Tree Falls' by Rachel O'Cleary
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Wax' by Bruce Meyer
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Broken Nights, Shattered Glass' by Bob Thurber
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere):'I Smelled the Mangoes' by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Tunnel Vision' by Oliver Barton
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Another Chance' by Palak Tewary
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Granny' by Stephen Smythe
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Wax' by Bruce Meyer
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Broken Nights, Shattered Glass' by Bob Thurber
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere):'I Smelled the Mangoes' by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Tunnel Vision' by Oliver Barton
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Another Chance' by Palak Tewary
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Granny' by Stephen Smythe
Shortlist
'The Boy on the Ward' by Annette Edwards-Hill
'Broken Nights, Shattered Glass' by Bob Thurber
'Wax' by Bruce Meyer
'Humpty Dumpty' by Cath Barton
'Paradise' by Gillian Brown
'The Bourbon Street Six' by Jeff Taylor
'Dadu's Beedi' by Kasturi Patra
'Stories of Old, Stories of New' by Laura Besley
'Seeing Double' by Marc de Faoite
'Tunnel Vision' by Oliver Barton
'Another Chance' by Palak Tewary
'If a Tree Falls' by Rachel O'Cleary
'I Smelled the Mangoes' by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
'Granny' by Stephen Smythe
'The Ballad of Jock McCoy' by Susan Borgersen
'Jet Black' by T. A. Morton
Longlist
'Stars' by Adam Kelly Morton
'Crow' by Alan McCormick
'I am a Feather for Each Wind That Blows' by Ann Howkins
'The Boy on the Ward' by Annette Edwards-Hill
'Jaz Soo has Effortless Intelligence, a Sweep of Black Hair, and Doesn't Stutter' by Annie Bien
'An Imaginary Biography of Rivers' by Ashwani Kumar
'Broken Nights, Shattered Glass' by Bob Thurber
'Prudence and the Professor' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Wax' by Bruce Meyer
'The Conspiring Beast' by Cassandra Norwood
'Humpty Dumpty' by Cath Barton
'Nothing Like Food to Work its Magic' by Chandrika R Krishnan
'Another Storm ' by Chris Nedahl
'The Rise and Demise of Captain Club Milk' by Conor Montague
'The Shrug' by Denise O' Hagan
'An Alternative History of Curses and Serpents' by Eilise Norris
'When Chicken Pox Saved the Day and Possibly a Marriage' by Emma Lee
'Francesca's Birthday' by Estelle Phillips
'Paradise' by Gillian Brown
'Pink of Blue' by Henri Colt
'The Bourbon Street Six' by Jeff Taylor
'Flowers from Ghost Aunts ' by Jessica Evans
'Dadu's Beedi' by Kasturi Patra
'Carmen and Van' by Kirsten Mosher
'Stories of Old, Stories of New' by Laura Besley
'Carbon is a Stranded Stone' by Mandira Pattnaik
'Seeing Double' by Marc de Faoite
'Wreckage Flotsam' by Martha Lane
'Cow Theft' by Nageen Rather
'The Rose Garden' by Neil Campbell
'Tunnel Vision' by Oliver Barton
'Another Chance' by Palak Tewary
'The River' by Pam Knapp
'Brewski and Air Horns' by Paul Beckman
'The Ghost Tour' by Pete Armstrong
'Todd and the Master' by Peter W Chaltas
'White Leather' by Philip DiGiacomo
'My Last Customer' by Rachel Fenton
'If a Tree Falls' by Rachel O'Cleary
'The Unborn Child' by Ram Govardhan
'The Man on the Ledge' by Reshma Ruia
'The Severed Head of the Pantomime Unicorn' by Rosaleen Lynch
'Small Objects of Desire' by Ruth Geldard
'I Smelled the Mangoes' by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
'The Golden Apple' by Stephanie Thomas Berry
'Granny' by Stephen Smythe
'Flights of Fantasy' by Sudha Balagopal
'The Ballad of Jock McCoy' by Susan Borgersen
'Jet Black' by T. A. Morton
'Unruly Reindeers' by V.C. Willow
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Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 8
Final Result - July 2020
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'Score 1 - Locked Down' by Susmita Bhattacharya
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Curious Case of the Closet' by Murali Kamma
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'My Mother Nature' by Joshua Kepreotis
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Felt Beginnings' by Anne Howkins
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Portrait in a Cafe Latte' by Gillian Brown
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Choosing Suicide' by Soufyaan Timol
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Burdening' by Davina Philomena Kawuma
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Curious Case of the Closet' by Murali Kamma
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'My Mother Nature' by Joshua Kepreotis
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Felt Beginnings' by Anne Howkins
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Portrait in a Cafe Latte' by Gillian Brown
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Choosing Suicide' by Soufyaan Timol
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Burdening' by Davina Philomena Kawuma
Shortlist
'Swine' by Adam Kelly Morton
'Imagining Freedom' by Ann Hultberg
'Hypnos' by Anna Ross
'Felt Beginnings' by Anne Howkins
'Precept in Retrograde' by Bianca Layog
'The Clear View Summer' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'The Searing Guilt' by Chandrika R Krishnan
'Jana' by Elaine Barnard
'Portrait in a Cafe Latte' by Gillian Brown
'Duel' by Jacquie Sumner
'My Mother Nature' by Joshua Kepreotis
'Torn-out Wishes' by Kathy Hoyle
'Feel the Sixty Minutes in the World's Eighth Wonder' by Lee Ching Kai
'The Curious Case of the Closet' by Murali Kamma
'Burdening' by Davina Philomena Kawuma
'Choosing Suicide' by Soufyaan Timol
'Score 1 - Locked Down' by Susmita Bhattacharya
'Imagining Freedom' by Ann Hultberg
'Hypnos' by Anna Ross
'Felt Beginnings' by Anne Howkins
'Precept in Retrograde' by Bianca Layog
'The Clear View Summer' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'The Searing Guilt' by Chandrika R Krishnan
'Jana' by Elaine Barnard
'Portrait in a Cafe Latte' by Gillian Brown
'Duel' by Jacquie Sumner
'My Mother Nature' by Joshua Kepreotis
'Torn-out Wishes' by Kathy Hoyle
'Feel the Sixty Minutes in the World's Eighth Wonder' by Lee Ching Kai
'The Curious Case of the Closet' by Murali Kamma
'Burdening' by Davina Philomena Kawuma
'Choosing Suicide' by Soufyaan Timol
'Score 1 - Locked Down' by Susmita Bhattacharya
Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 7
Final Result - May 2020
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'All Their Sons' by Michelle Christophorou
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Visits' by Rachel J. Fenton
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'From Coalman's Corner to Eternity' by S.B. Borgersen
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Eve's Night Out' by Henri Colt
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Dogs Without Men' by Steve Wade
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Doctor Death' by Neil Campbell
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Trolley Tracks' by Patrick Douglas Legay
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'All Their Sons' by Michelle Christophorou
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Visits' by Rachel J. Fenton
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'From Coalman's Corner to Eternity' by S.B. Borgersen
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Eve's Night Out' by Henri Colt
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Dogs Without Men' by Steve Wade
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Doctor Death' by Neil Campbell
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Trolley Tracks' by Patrick Douglas Legay
Shortlist
'A Movement of Cloud' by Alison Lock
'Looking Out from Inside' by Annie Bien
'All Things Being' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Taking Her Leave' by Cyril Dabydeen
'Silver Winged' by Douglas Bruton
'Meet Me' by Elaine Barnard
'Pushing the Boundaries' by Gillian Brown
'Eve's Night Out' by Henri Colt
'The Moonflower' by Janet Olearski
'The Unhelpful Goose' by Kim Turner
'All Their Sons' Michelle Christophorou
'Doctor Death' by Neil Campbell
'The Trolley Tracks' by Patrick Douglas Legay
'Wrap You Up Like a Sandwich in Bubble Wrap' by Paul Beckman
'As the City Empties' by Rachel J. Fenton
'Visits' by Rachel J. Fenton
'The She Wolf' by Steve Wade
'Dogs Without Men' by Steve Wade
'From Coalman's Corner to Eternity' by S. B. Borgersen
'A Movement of Cloud' by Alison Lock
'Looking Out from Inside' by Annie Bien
'All Things Being' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Taking Her Leave' by Cyril Dabydeen
'Silver Winged' by Douglas Bruton
'Meet Me' by Elaine Barnard
'Pushing the Boundaries' by Gillian Brown
'Eve's Night Out' by Henri Colt
'The Moonflower' by Janet Olearski
'The Unhelpful Goose' by Kim Turner
'All Their Sons' Michelle Christophorou
'Doctor Death' by Neil Campbell
'The Trolley Tracks' by Patrick Douglas Legay
'Wrap You Up Like a Sandwich in Bubble Wrap' by Paul Beckman
'As the City Empties' by Rachel J. Fenton
'Visits' by Rachel J. Fenton
'The She Wolf' by Steve Wade
'Dogs Without Men' by Steve Wade
'From Coalman's Corner to Eternity' by S. B. Borgersen
Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 6
Final Result - February 2020
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'Race Days' by Janet Olearski
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Breast' by Neil Campbell
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Last Snowfall' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Cirque du Tadis, New Delhi' by Damayanti Biswas
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Enormous Gigantic Titanic Love' by Alexis Wolfe
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'We've Been Married Eight Years and My Husband Still Brings Me Flowers' by Paul Beckman
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'All the Leaves' by Rachel Fenton
Shortlist
'Enormous Gigantic Titanic Love' by Alexis Wolfe
'The Last Snowfall' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Absolution' by Bruce Meyer
'The Doll at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh' by Douglas Bruton
'Black Death' by Chloe Smith
'Cirque du Tadis, New Delhi' by Damayanti Biswas
'Marco-Polo' by Elaine Barnard
'Spent' by Gail E Taylor
'The Meteor Shower' by Henri Colt
'Race Days' by Janet Olearski
'Breast' by Neil Campbell
'We've Been Married Eight Years and My Husband Still Brings Me Flowers' by Paul Beckman
'Close to Home' by Phyllis Houseman
'All the Leaves' by Rachel Fenton
'Dementia in a Book Club' by Riham Adly
'The Advertisement' by S. B. Borgersen
'The Garden of Dreams' by Sara Hodgkinson
'Enormous Gigantic Titanic Love' by Alexis Wolfe
'The Last Snowfall' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Absolution' by Bruce Meyer
'The Doll at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh' by Douglas Bruton
'Black Death' by Chloe Smith
'Cirque du Tadis, New Delhi' by Damayanti Biswas
'Marco-Polo' by Elaine Barnard
'Spent' by Gail E Taylor
'The Meteor Shower' by Henri Colt
'Race Days' by Janet Olearski
'Breast' by Neil Campbell
'We've Been Married Eight Years and My Husband Still Brings Me Flowers' by Paul Beckman
'Close to Home' by Phyllis Houseman
'All the Leaves' by Rachel Fenton
'Dementia in a Book Club' by Riham Adly
'The Advertisement' by S. B. Borgersen
'The Garden of Dreams' by Sara Hodgkinson
Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 5
Final Result - December 2019
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'A Worn Path' by Neil Campbell
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'A Cinderella Story' by Susmita Bhattacharya
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Predator and Prey' by Steve Wade
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Pigeons Don't Save Lives' by Rachel J. Fenton
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'You' by Jacqueline P. Vincent
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Marketing' by C.J. Anderson-Wu
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'A Worn Path' by Neil Campbell
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'A Cinderella Story' by Susmita Bhattacharya
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Predator and Prey' by Steve Wade
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Pigeons Don't Save Lives' by Rachel J. Fenton
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'You' by Jacqueline P. Vincent
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Marketing' by C.J. Anderson-Wu
Shortlist
'Promise to Survive' by Andrea Barbosa
'Turtle Blues' by Billie Travalini
'His Breakthrough Role' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Marketing' by C.J. Anderson-Wu
'Like Steers in a Stampede' by Douglas Bruton
'The New Life' by Henry Bladon
'You' by Jacqueline P. Vincent
'Life Partner' by Janet Olearski
'A Worn Path' by Neil Campbell
'Twitching' by Paul Beckman
'Hotel Stay' and 'Pigeons Don't Save Lives' by Rachel Fenton
'The Miracle of Absence' and 'Joe's Trip to the Library' by S. B. Borgersen
'The Real in Realty' by Scott Archer Jones
'Predator and Pray' and 'The First Date' by Steve Wade
'Mercury Rising' and 'A Cinderella Story' by Susmita Bhattacharya
'Promise to Survive' by Andrea Barbosa
'Turtle Blues' by Billie Travalini
'His Breakthrough Role' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Marketing' by C.J. Anderson-Wu
'Like Steers in a Stampede' by Douglas Bruton
'The New Life' by Henry Bladon
'You' by Jacqueline P. Vincent
'Life Partner' by Janet Olearski
'A Worn Path' by Neil Campbell
'Twitching' by Paul Beckman
'Hotel Stay' and 'Pigeons Don't Save Lives' by Rachel Fenton
'The Miracle of Absence' and 'Joe's Trip to the Library' by S. B. Borgersen
'The Real in Realty' by Scott Archer Jones
'Predator and Pray' and 'The First Date' by Steve Wade
'Mercury Rising' and 'A Cinderella Story' by Susmita Bhattacharya
Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 4
Final Result - October 2019
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'The Terrorist' by Elaine Barnard
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Nirvana' by Gillian Brown
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'To catch the Tide' by Oscar Windsor-Smith
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Literary Prize Winner' by Murali Kamma
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Forge' by Neil Campbell
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'The Terrorist' by Elaine Barnard
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Nirvana' by Gillian Brown
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'To catch the Tide' by Oscar Windsor-Smith
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Literary Prize Winner' by Murali Kamma
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Forge' by Neil Campbell
Shortlist
'The Baggage Handler' by Alexis Wolfe
'The Parakeet' by Annie Bien
'A Stitch in Time' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'The Long Arm of Karma' by Chandrika Radhakrishnan
'The Terrorist' by Elaine Barnard
'Nirvana' by Gillian Brown
'The Literary Prize Winner' by Murali Kamma
'The Forge' by Neil Campbell
'To catch the Tide' by Oscar Windsor-Smith
'A Cultural Lesson in Priorities' by Phyllis Houseman
'What is Incomplete Can Identify a Whole' by Rachel Fenton
Shortlist
'The Baggage Handler' by Alexis Wolfe
'The Parakeet' by Annie Bien
'A Stitch in Time' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
'The Long Arm of Karma' by Chandrika Radhakrishnan
'The Terrorist' by Elaine Barnard
'Nirvana' by Gillian Brown
'The Literary Prize Winner' by Murali Kamma
'The Forge' by Neil Campbell
'To catch the Tide' by Oscar Windsor-Smith
'A Cultural Lesson in Priorities' by Phyllis Houseman
'What is Incomplete Can Identify a Whole' by Rachel Fenton
Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 3
Final Result - August 2019
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'Project Compassion' by Mahesh Nair
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Howie' by Elaine Barnard
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Leaving' by Janet Olearski
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Non Swimmer' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'Project Compassion' by Mahesh Nair
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Howie' by Elaine Barnard
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Leaving' by Janet Olearski
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Non Swimmer' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
Shortlist
'Rabbit under the Oak' - Annie Bien
'The Non Swimmer' - Brindley Hallam Dennis
'The Remainer' - Brindley Hallam Dennis
'The Surveillance' - C.J. Anderson-Wu
'Howie' - Elaine Barnard
'Tom's New Neighbour' - Henry Bladon
'Leaving' - Janet Olearski
'Project Compassion' - Mahesh Nair
'Standing Over the 490 Considering Suicide' - Neil Richard Grayson
Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 2
Final Result - June 2019
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'Angelo and the Tiger' by Gillian Brown
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Pink Capri' by S.B Borgersen
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Liberation' by Bruce Meyer
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Day of the Dead' by Steve Wade
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): ' The Lunch Box' by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'My Melody' by T.L. Sherwood
Final Result - June 2019
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'Angelo and the Tiger' by Gillian Brown
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Pink Capri' by S.B Borgersen
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Liberation' by Bruce Meyer
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Day of the Dead' by Steve Wade
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): ' The Lunch Box' by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'My Melody' by T.L. Sherwood
Shortlist
'Finished' - Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Liberation' - Bruce Meyer
'#metoo' - Chandrika R Krishnan
'Climbing Big Daddy' - Gillian Brown
'Angelo and the Tiger' - Gillian Brown
'Night After Night' - Henry Bladon
'Hipster' - Phyllis Houseman
'Pink Capri' - S.B. Borgersen
'The Lunch Box' - Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
'The Day of the Dead' - Steve Wade
'My Melody' - T.L. Sherwood
'The Importance of Documentation' - William Masters
'Finished' - Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Liberation' - Bruce Meyer
'#metoo' - Chandrika R Krishnan
'Climbing Big Daddy' - Gillian Brown
'Angelo and the Tiger' - Gillian Brown
'Night After Night' - Henry Bladon
'Hipster' - Phyllis Houseman
'Pink Capri' - S.B. Borgersen
'The Lunch Box' - Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
'The Day of the Dead' - Steve Wade
'My Melody' - T.L. Sherwood
'The Importance of Documentation' - William Masters
Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 1
Final Result - April 2019
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'Ex' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Library' by Elaine Barnard
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Lightning' by Annie Bien
First Prize ($100 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere) : 'Ex' by Brindley Hallam Dennis
Second Prize ($50 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'The Library' by Elaine Barnard
Third Prize ($25 and and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Lightning' by Annie Bien
Shortlist
'Lightning' - Annie Bien
'Ex' - Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Xavier's Cane' - Derek McMillan
'The Library' - Elaine Barnard
'She's Leaving' - Henry Bladon
'Daylight Robbery' - S.B. Borgersen
'Along the Way' - Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
'Lightning' - Annie Bien
'Ex' - Brindley Hallam Dennis
'Xavier's Cane' - Derek McMillan
'The Library' - Elaine Barnard
'She's Leaving' - Henry Bladon
'Daylight Robbery' - S.B. Borgersen
'Along the Way' - Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar