Many thanks to everyone who sent in a story for this brand new contest. We received 74 entries and enjoyed reading them all. Congratulations to the writers of the following longlisted stories. No telling which is yours though!

Longlist

• A City Break
• A Cloth of Water
• Brighton: A Knitted Story
• Crossing
• Fillings
• Hands
• Moon Bearer
• Smell of Water
• The Dogs of War Play Frisbee in an Empty Hotel Pool
• The Telltale Chirp of an Olive Warbler
• Twenty-one Scars
• Utterly Nutterly
• When the calamity did not come
• You Can

We’ll be back with the shortlist soon – good luck everyone!

In the meantime, don’t forget to send us your micros, flashes and short stories for the next edition of WestWord. Submissions are open until 31st May.