Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 10
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​​Final Result - December 2020
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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 

​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

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​​​Longlist
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'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

Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 9
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​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
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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

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​​Shortlist
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'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
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'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


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​​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
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'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
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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
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​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

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Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 7
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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

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

​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

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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

Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 5
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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):  'Yo​u' by Jacqueline P. Vincent

​Honourable Mention ($15 and publication in Strands Lit Sphere): 'Marketing' by C.J. Anderson-Wu
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​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

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​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 
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​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
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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
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​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
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Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 2 

Final Result - June 2019
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​​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
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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

Strands International Flash Fiction Competition - 1
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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

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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