01 September 2017
Idea short story competition: the long list
We're delighted to reveal the long list of entries to our short story competition.
Thank you to everyone who entered the competition. We had more than 100 entries which we loved reading. Making the tricky decisions to put forward 20 for the long list was much harder.
The long list entries for the over-18s are:
I was lost - Tracy Liddle
The most important cat in Egypt (Joseph) - Mary Jarrett
10 minutes to change the world - Michael Gowen
Yirmeyahu - Chris Greenhalgh
The potter’s house - Lynne Pugh
Abide with me - Valerie Rudd
Mount Carmel - Tom Goodfellow
Until the day breaks - Chris Greenhalgh
A parable for today - Heather Flack
It was a Friday - Simon Baynes
I saw a man - Valerie Brown
The Walker - Mark Thornton
The shepherd lad - Paul Baker
Beulah’s boys - Glenys Adams
The guilty freed - Wendy Bathgate
Prologue to his coming - Lester Amann
The long list of entries for the under-18s are:
Mr Mdaiwa’s mercy - Amisadai Monger
Resurrection of hope - Hannah Mead
The plagues of Maybe Prep - Arwen Holden-White
Congratulations to all of our long list entrants!
We will be announcing the short listed entries on 15 September 2017.