Thanks so much to all who entered your “shrink” inspired stories. We had 88 entries so first prize is £132 and second prize is £88, 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. Diorama of a Better Little Life
2. Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
3. Ice Time
4. In the Aftermath of a Supernova
5. In the Field of My Mind
6. In the Fineprint, a New Postscript
7. Miss Lacy
8. Mollie’s Memories of Her Shrinking Father
9. No Longer Alone
10. Safety First
11. Searching
12. The Big White Furry Fatalist
13. The Day Before a Foreclosure
14. The. Dollhouse
15. The Human Geography of Depopulation in Spanish Inland Villages
16. Tinder Encounters of the Fully Disclosed Kind
17. Tiny Hands
18. Tiny Hippos
19. What the Fisherman Knows About the Oceaongrapher
20. Wind-trackers
21. Words From a Time Traveller

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