Many thanks to all who sent us their festive stories! We’ve had a Christmassy time reading them all and are delighted to announce our longlisted stories.

• ‘Tis the Season
• A Christmas Cupid
• A Crackling Christmas
• A Single Wish
• And Days of Auld Lang Syne
• Buddhist Christmas
• Dear Richard
• How to manage the copious and somewhat predictable array of presents your true love will shower upon you during the Twelve days of Christmas
• Julenisse
• Naughty But Nice
• Our Mutti of the Snows
• Present and Future
• Season’s Greetings
• Secret Santa
• The Fortune Teller Miracle Fish from the Christmas Cracker
• The Replacement
• The Santas
• The Silver Lining of a Jellyfish
• The Toy Soldier
• The Two-Sided Season of 2017: Of Gods, Baubles, Coffees, and Hope
• The Yew’s Embrace
• Thou Art My Choice
• While the Rest of the World Burns, It’s an Annus Ordinarius on Lombard Crescent Again
• Wrong Christmas
• Yellow isn’t really her colour

We’ll be back with the shortlist soon then the winners will appear in December in our countdown to Christmas! Good luck everyone!