The 2021 Exeter Story Prize and Trisha Ashley Award
Final results
Final results
1st Prize - £500 - Save As Untitled – Alicia Mietus
2nd Prize - £150 - Yamna - Yvonne Sampson
3rd Prize - £100 - New Boy – John Budden
Trisha Ashley Award - £200 - Ten Steps to Mending a Broken Heart – Catherine Ogston
2nd Prize - £150 - Yamna - Yvonne Sampson
3rd Prize - £100 - New Boy – John Budden
Trisha Ashley Award - £200 - Ten Steps to Mending a Broken Heart – Catherine Ogston
Huge congratulations to the winners and those short listed. We would be very happy if you shout about your success. It has been a pleasure to read such a variety of excellent stories.
Read all the winning stories HERE
Commiserations to all those who don't see their title in the final listings and we hope that the report or feedback went some way to explain why not. Similarly, we hope you will understand if you received positive feedback but are not listed. All we can say is that the competition is very fierce indeed.
All feedback and reports have now been sent out. If you have not received yours, please get in touch.
Thank you to everyone who entered the competition.
Read all the winning stories HERE
Commiserations to all those who don't see their title in the final listings and we hope that the report or feedback went some way to explain why not. Similarly, we hope you will understand if you received positive feedback but are not listed. All we can say is that the competition is very fierce indeed.
All feedback and reports have now been sent out. If you have not received yours, please get in touch.
Thank you to everyone who entered the competition.
Short List
A Bitter Harvest – Peter Cotton
All This is Yours to Lose – Marcus Tan (Highly Commended)
Curfew – Kevin Dyer
Dog Verses Lobster – Findlay McCombe
Exile (Crossing Over) – Cate Frances (Highly Commended)
Heat in the Kitchen – Michael Pettit
In Bed with Tesla – Debra Waters
London Riot – Tunde Oyebode
New Boy – John Budden
Not Fade Away – Ken McBeath
Save As Untitled – Alicia Mietus
Say it in Your Head – Gina Villner-Pardo
That First Great Heartbreak – Sherry Morris
The Borrowed Days – Annie Whitehead
The Ground You Walk On – Jacqueline Gittens
The Infamuse - Sandrine Yazbeck
The Mullen – Simon Kettlewell
The Razor Blade Thief – Elizabeth Dive
We Stole Our Brother – Fiona Mylchreest
Yamna – Yvonne Sampson
A Bitter Harvest – Peter Cotton
All This is Yours to Lose – Marcus Tan (Highly Commended)
Curfew – Kevin Dyer
Dog Verses Lobster – Findlay McCombe
Exile (Crossing Over) – Cate Frances (Highly Commended)
Heat in the Kitchen – Michael Pettit
In Bed with Tesla – Debra Waters
London Riot – Tunde Oyebode
New Boy – John Budden
Not Fade Away – Ken McBeath
Save As Untitled – Alicia Mietus
Say it in Your Head – Gina Villner-Pardo
That First Great Heartbreak – Sherry Morris
The Borrowed Days – Annie Whitehead
The Ground You Walk On – Jacqueline Gittens
The Infamuse - Sandrine Yazbeck
The Mullen – Simon Kettlewell
The Razor Blade Thief – Elizabeth Dive
We Stole Our Brother – Fiona Mylchreest
Yamna – Yvonne Sampson
Long list
Four stories (indicated) have been sent to Trisha Ashley for her consideration.
A Bitter Harvest – Peter Cotton
A Rising Wind – Jane McLaughlin
A Stitch of Red Cotton – Richard Westwell
All This is Yours to Lose – Marcus Tan
Battle Cry – Marc Joan
Bespoke – Lisa Feklistova
Birds of Prey – Alisha Davlin
Bitter Harvest – Michael Roe
Curfew – Kevin Dyer
Dog Verses Lobster – Findlay McCombe
Dust – Sherri Turner
Educators – Nick Sweet
El Amour del Padre – Joe Bedford
Emilies – Nathan Long
Exile (Crossing Over) – Cate Frances
Golden and Delicious – Sarah Townend
Grace – Alastair Chisholm
Guitar Hero – Louise Mangos
Heat in the Kitchen – Michael Pettit
High Street Love – Jessie Payne
Himalayan Balsam – Dolly Owens
Home Schooling – Shannon Savvas
I Love Mrs Hanratty – Marc Joan
In Bed with Tesla – Debra Waters
Insivabul Ape – James Hancock
Juniper’s Rash – Polly Phokeev
Just Like a Woman – Rory Duffy
Just the Thing for a Day Like This – Cynthia Nooney
Kit Lomax – Alex Griffin
Lepidoptera – Shazia Altaf
Language Barriers – Zoe Yohn
London Riot – Tunde Oyebode
Miorbhail – Alfreda Black (Trisha Ashley Award)
Moulded Souls –Brian Kelly (Trisha Ashley Award)
New Boy – John Budden
Not Fade Away – Ken McBeath
Petey’s Luck – Sue Gilbert
Pholus Dactylus -Withdrawn
Rage in Blue – Bruce Harris
Rite of Passage – Lesley Rigby
Road to Nowhere – Dianne Bown-Wilson
Sandalwood Sage Sunset – Templeton Moss
Save As Untitled – Alicia Mietus
Say it in Your Head – Gina Villner-Pardo
Saint Anthony’s Day – Antoinette Carone
Ten Steps to Mending a Broken Heart – Catherine Ogston (Trisha Ashley Award)
That First Great Heartbreak – Sherry Morris
The Borrowed Days – Annie Whitehead
The Boy on The Bridge – Maureen Cullen
The Calico Lap – Jan B Parker
The Day I Lost Sarah Jane and Found Her Again – Angela Nansera
The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships – Lynne Shelby (Trisha Ashley Award)
The Final Stage – Alison Trinder
The God Delusion – David Short
The Ground You Walk On – Jacqueline Gittens
The Hand of Saint Fanourious – Zoe Piponides
The Infamuse - Sandrine Yazbeck
The Lost Hour – Andrea Stephenson
The Magic Boots – Frances Thimann
The Miracle of the Daffodils – Sarah Jane Conklin
The Mullen – Simon Kettlewell
The Razor Blade Thief – Elizabeth Dive
The Signal – Jonathan Hillman
The Summers We Should Have Had – Claire Simpson
The Undertaking – Anne O’Brien
The Unravelling – Alice Twemlow
The Victim of a Stroke – Frederick McGavran
The Wedding Guest – Maria O’Brien
The Yellow Air – EJ Bowman
Transition – Marie McGinley
Under the Falling Sky – Stephen Brophy
Wavelength – Lyndsey Garrett
We/Ourselves – Anon.
We Stole Our Brother – Fiona Mylchreest
Yamna – Yvonne Sampson
Four stories (indicated) have been sent to Trisha Ashley for her consideration.
A Bitter Harvest – Peter Cotton
A Rising Wind – Jane McLaughlin
A Stitch of Red Cotton – Richard Westwell
All This is Yours to Lose – Marcus Tan
Battle Cry – Marc Joan
Bespoke – Lisa Feklistova
Birds of Prey – Alisha Davlin
Bitter Harvest – Michael Roe
Curfew – Kevin Dyer
Dog Verses Lobster – Findlay McCombe
Dust – Sherri Turner
Educators – Nick Sweet
El Amour del Padre – Joe Bedford
Emilies – Nathan Long
Exile (Crossing Over) – Cate Frances
Golden and Delicious – Sarah Townend
Grace – Alastair Chisholm
Guitar Hero – Louise Mangos
Heat in the Kitchen – Michael Pettit
High Street Love – Jessie Payne
Himalayan Balsam – Dolly Owens
Home Schooling – Shannon Savvas
I Love Mrs Hanratty – Marc Joan
In Bed with Tesla – Debra Waters
Insivabul Ape – James Hancock
Juniper’s Rash – Polly Phokeev
Just Like a Woman – Rory Duffy
Just the Thing for a Day Like This – Cynthia Nooney
Kit Lomax – Alex Griffin
Lepidoptera – Shazia Altaf
Language Barriers – Zoe Yohn
London Riot – Tunde Oyebode
Miorbhail – Alfreda Black (Trisha Ashley Award)
Moulded Souls –Brian Kelly (Trisha Ashley Award)
New Boy – John Budden
Not Fade Away – Ken McBeath
Petey’s Luck – Sue Gilbert
Pholus Dactylus -Withdrawn
Rage in Blue – Bruce Harris
Rite of Passage – Lesley Rigby
Road to Nowhere – Dianne Bown-Wilson
Sandalwood Sage Sunset – Templeton Moss
Save As Untitled – Alicia Mietus
Say it in Your Head – Gina Villner-Pardo
Saint Anthony’s Day – Antoinette Carone
Ten Steps to Mending a Broken Heart – Catherine Ogston (Trisha Ashley Award)
That First Great Heartbreak – Sherry Morris
The Borrowed Days – Annie Whitehead
The Boy on The Bridge – Maureen Cullen
The Calico Lap – Jan B Parker
The Day I Lost Sarah Jane and Found Her Again – Angela Nansera
The Face that Launched a Thousand Ships – Lynne Shelby (Trisha Ashley Award)
The Final Stage – Alison Trinder
The God Delusion – David Short
The Ground You Walk On – Jacqueline Gittens
The Hand of Saint Fanourious – Zoe Piponides
The Infamuse - Sandrine Yazbeck
The Lost Hour – Andrea Stephenson
The Magic Boots – Frances Thimann
The Miracle of the Daffodils – Sarah Jane Conklin
The Mullen – Simon Kettlewell
The Razor Blade Thief – Elizabeth Dive
The Signal – Jonathan Hillman
The Summers We Should Have Had – Claire Simpson
The Undertaking – Anne O’Brien
The Unravelling – Alice Twemlow
The Victim of a Stroke – Frederick McGavran
The Wedding Guest – Maria O’Brien
The Yellow Air – EJ Bowman
Transition – Marie McGinley
Under the Falling Sky – Stephen Brophy
Wavelength – Lyndsey Garrett
We/Ourselves – Anon.
We Stole Our Brother – Fiona Mylchreest
Yamna – Yvonne Sampson
You may read last year's winners HERE
You can also listen to the brilliant audio version of the 1st prize winning story, Yellow Jacket by Alex Dawes courtesy of Tempest Productions HERE
Winning stories from previous years can be found via the drop down menu above.
You can also listen to the brilliant audio version of the 1st prize winning story, Yellow Jacket by Alex Dawes courtesy of Tempest Productions HERE
Winning stories from previous years can be found via the drop down menu above.
The 2021 Exeter Story Prize is now closed. Entries must be submitted by no later than midnight on the closing date of 31st August 2021.
The competition is open to anyone in the world and is for stories of up to five thousand words on any theme.
Each story submitted will receive brief feedback in the form of one or two sentences. A more detailed appraisal will still be available for an extra fee. Reports and feedback are sent out once the long list has been posted.
We are delighted that Sunday Times Bestselling author, Trisha Ashley is once again offering an award. This year she has asked us for a selection of 'engaging and quirky' stories to choose from.
The competition is open to anyone in the world and is for stories of up to five thousand words on any theme.
Each story submitted will receive brief feedback in the form of one or two sentences. A more detailed appraisal will still be available for an extra fee. Reports and feedback are sent out once the long list has been posted.
We are delighted that Sunday Times Bestselling author, Trisha Ashley is once again offering an award. This year she has asked us for a selection of 'engaging and quirky' stories to choose from.
Rules - please read all the rules before scrolling down to How to Enter
1 - Entries received after the closing date of 31st August 2021 will not be accepted.
2 - The Exeter Story Prize is for a story of up to five thousand words in English. There is no minimum word count.
3 - Stories may be on any theme.
4 - The judges will decide which stories will be put forward for the Trisha Ashley Award.
5 - Stories should not have been previously published in print, on the internet or broadcast.
6 - Simultaneous submissions are allowed but please be prepared to withdraw your entry if it is a prizewinner elsewhere.
7 - Entries can only be submitted electronically via this site and the payment made via Paypal. Prizes will be awarded via Paypal.
8 - Entrants should be over 18 years of age.
9 - Only doc, docx, pdf and rtf files will be accepted. Any other formats will be disqualified. Please present your work in Times New Roman or Arial, 12 pt, 1.5 or double-spaced. The file title should be the same as your story title. Your name should not appear anywhere on the story.
10 – Feedback and reports will be sent out when the long list is posted on the site. The winners will be announced at a date tba.
11 - The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
12 - CreativeWritingMatters reserves the right to publish the stories winning cash prizes.
1 - Entries received after the closing date of 31st August 2021 will not be accepted.
2 - The Exeter Story Prize is for a story of up to five thousand words in English. There is no minimum word count.
3 - Stories may be on any theme.
4 - The judges will decide which stories will be put forward for the Trisha Ashley Award.
5 - Stories should not have been previously published in print, on the internet or broadcast.
6 - Simultaneous submissions are allowed but please be prepared to withdraw your entry if it is a prizewinner elsewhere.
7 - Entries can only be submitted electronically via this site and the payment made via Paypal. Prizes will be awarded via Paypal.
8 - Entrants should be over 18 years of age.
9 - Only doc, docx, pdf and rtf files will be accepted. Any other formats will be disqualified. Please present your work in Times New Roman or Arial, 12 pt, 1.5 or double-spaced. The file title should be the same as your story title. Your name should not appear anywhere on the story.
10 – Feedback and reports will be sent out when the long list is posted on the site. The winners will be announced at a date tba.
11 - The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
12 - CreativeWritingMatters reserves the right to publish the stories winning cash prizes.
How to Enter
1 - In the subject line of your email, type ESP followed by the title of your story.
2 - In the body of the email type your name, contact details and the title of your story. If payment is made using a different name, it is essential you include that name in the email you send with the story.
3 - Attach your story in one of the formats set out in Rule 9 and email to [email protected]
4 - Click on the appropriate Paypal button below and pay the fee.
1 - In the subject line of your email, type ESP followed by the title of your story.
2 - In the body of the email type your name, contact details and the title of your story. If payment is made using a different name, it is essential you include that name in the email you send with the story.
3 - Attach your story in one of the formats set out in Rule 9 and email to [email protected]
4 - Click on the appropriate Paypal button below and pay the fee.
Entry fee - £12
Entry fee including one page report - £40
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