Autumn wreath of leaves berries and mini pumpkins

We are delighted to announce the winners of our Autumn 2023 Charity Flash Competition judged by Helen Rye

First Place
In The Time of Monsters by Kim Murdock
Second Place
Ceiling Projections for Late Stage Souperism, by Rosaleen Lynch
Third Place
Gorgon by Mairead Robinson

Picture by Joanna Kosinska at Unsplash

Thanks to our sensational reading team, to Helen Rye for her engagement, thoroughness and kind judgement, and to all of you who wrote, submitted and supported the Trussell Trust. We’ve been able to donate £300 to this wonderful, and much-needed charity.

You can read the stories and Helen’s comments here:

In The Time of Monsters by Kim Murdock

Ceiling Projections for Late Stage Souperism by Rosaleen Lynch

Gorgon by Mairead Robinson

Shortlist

  • Ceiling Projections for Late Stage Souperism
  • Gorgon
  • In the time of monsters
  • Late Shift at the Museum of Smells
  • Look but don’t touch
  • Patience Haig and the Faithful
  • Taking up Little Space
  • The Last, Last Call at the Last Call Saloon
  • The Truths Behind a Pumpjack Dare, Northern Alberta, August 1992
  • What the Dead Take With Them

Longlist

  • A moment’s intrusion becomes a lifetime of triggers
  • A Shadow of Her Former Self
  • Ailsa’s Pig
  • Ceiling Projections for late stage souperism
  • Gorgon
  • In the time of monsters
  • Late Shift at the Museum of Smells
  • Look but don’t touch
  • Mortal Sin
  • Patience Haig and the Faithful
  • Rising
  • Rubies
  • Same Difference
  • Simon’s Nan has a Visitor
  • Taking up Little Space
  • The daughter’s lot
  • The Last, Last Call at the Last Call Saloon
  • The Truths Behind a Pumpjack Dare, Northern Alberta, August 1992
  • There Are Worlds
  • What the Dead Take With Them