It seems our nonsense theme bamboozled a few of you this month, as we had slightly fewer entries than usual, but there’s still some great prizes on offer. We had 99 entries so first prize is £148 and second prize is £99, with the people’s prize to be decided. The shortlist will be published on Monday

Thanks so much to everyone who sent us their words. We enjoyed reading them all. Well done to our longlist below. No telling which is yours though!

Longlisted Stories

1. A Lesson in Nonsense (re)defined
2. A Tiny Tag
3. An Audience With Eggs
4. Baloney!
5. Birthday Surprise
6. Bye Bye Baby
7. Could This be Mankind’s Greatest Discovery
8. During Her Existential Crisis, Jessica Considered the Impermanency of Maggots
9. Ella’s Lexicon
10. Elegy for the King of Chaos
11. Home Truths and Three Shades of Orange
12. How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear
13. How to Experience Remorse: a Six-Point Guide for Parents
14. I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
15. Fish Out of Water
16. My Father
17. No Further Questions Your Honour
18. Nonsensical Magnetism
19. One Giant Leap
20. Progress
21. Sister Bernadette Said We Should All Give up Something for Lent
22. That Summer When Mommy Decided Not to Put Up With Anymore of Daddy’s ‘nonsense’, or When We Got a New Daddy
23. The Candy Striper
24. The Patchwork Comforter
25. The Ridiculous Importance of a Cup
26. The Sun and the Mooning
27. Time’s Up
28. Thyme Served
29. Vanilla Cake
30. Why the Jabberwocky Made Perfect Sense to Me

Good luck everyone! We’ll have the shortlist on Monday.