Well done again to everyone that made the longlist for this competition. It’s been really really hard to whittle it down to a shortlist as all of the stories are great! Congrats to the writers of the following flash fictions who are now shortlisted!

Shortlist

• A City Break
• A Cloth of Water
• Crossing
• Fillings
• Hands
• Moon Bearer
• Smell of Water
• When the Calamity Did Not Come

We’ll be announcing the winners as soon as we can. Good for the next round everyone!