March 2026

First Prize

TBC

Second Prize

TBC

Third Prize

TBC

Short List

24 Hours in New York, Lucy Chambers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

How I Know Where The North Is, Marcin Ostasz, Spain

Karwa Chauth by Fiona Harvie, Queensland, Australia

Like a Butterfly by Deborah Bell, Northampton, UK

Something Missing by Ian Wood, Beaconsfield, UK

Painted Lady by Susan King, County Durham

Long List

24 Hours in New York, Lucy Chambers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

How I Know Where The North Is, Marcin Ostasz, Spain

Karwa Chauth by Fiona Harvie, Queensland, Australia

Like a Butterfly by Deborah Bell, Northampton, UK

Painted Lady by Susan King, County Durham

My Favourite Ghost by Yvette Naden, Crewe, UK

Something Missing by Ian Wood, Beaconsfield, UK

Saint Teresa of the Weald by Liam Wallace, Exemouth, UK

The Lever by Natalie Panesar, Guildford, UK

The Wrong Fish Fingers by Richard Smith, Newcastle under Lyme, UK

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