The 2022 Exeter Story Prize and Trisha Ashley Award
1st Prize: £500
2nd Prize: £250
3rd Prize: £150
Trisha Ashley Award: £200
2nd Prize: £250
3rd Prize: £150
Trisha Ashley Award: £200
Congratulations to all our winners and those shortlisted. Thank you for sending us such wonderful stories. This year all the stories had merit and it was very difficult to make choices. Commiserations to those who don't see their title but don't forget it's quite possible you may do well elsewhere. All the names are now revealed.
You can read the winning stories HERE
Reports and feedback have been sent out. We have had a couple of emails returned, so if you have not yet received your feedback, please get in touch.
You can read the winning stories HERE
Reports and feedback have been sent out. We have had a couple of emails returned, so if you have not yet received your feedback, please get in touch.
Winners
1st Prize: Empty Emerald Shoes – Jay McKensie
2nd Prize: You Wish - Paul Bassett Davies
3rd Prize: Protection - Fiona Ennis
Trisha Ashley Award: The Weathermen - A Love Letter - Aneeta Sundararaj
1st Prize: Empty Emerald Shoes – Jay McKensie
2nd Prize: You Wish - Paul Bassett Davies
3rd Prize: Protection - Fiona Ennis
Trisha Ashley Award: The Weathermen - A Love Letter - Aneeta Sundararaj
Short list
Corpus Animatum Philosophicus – Gary Perkins (Highly Commended)
Empty Emerald Shoes – Jay McKensie
Everyone Loves a Talking Statue – Louise Farr
Lion Heart – Shirley Golden
Nul Points – Ian Critchley
Playing Dog Naked – Gina Willner-Pardo (Highly Commended)
Protection - Fiona Ennis
Royal River Rats – Chris Bilton
Shattered Fragments – Bridgett Kendall (Highly Commended)
Sister, Sister, Dear sister – Tom Farrell (Highly Commended)
Stargazing – Jillian Shoichet (Highly Commended)
The Facts Behind the Death of My Sister – Christine Sherry
The Heir Hunters - Jacqueline Gittens (Highly Commended)
The Tuning Fork – L M Rees
The Way Through the Woods – Brian Lyons
Two Can Be As Bad As One – Jeffrey Feingold
Uncertain Terms - Juno Baker (Highly Commended)
White Noise – Anil Classen
You Wish - Paul Bassett Davies
Trisha Ashley Award
The Weather Men - A Love Letter - Aneeta Sundararaj
Back Home – Alison Wray (Very Highly Commended)
Corpus Animatum Philosophicus – Gary Perkins (Highly Commended)
Empty Emerald Shoes – Jay McKensie
Everyone Loves a Talking Statue – Louise Farr
Lion Heart – Shirley Golden
Nul Points – Ian Critchley
Playing Dog Naked – Gina Willner-Pardo (Highly Commended)
Protection - Fiona Ennis
Royal River Rats – Chris Bilton
Shattered Fragments – Bridgett Kendall (Highly Commended)
Sister, Sister, Dear sister – Tom Farrell (Highly Commended)
Stargazing – Jillian Shoichet (Highly Commended)
The Facts Behind the Death of My Sister – Christine Sherry
The Heir Hunters - Jacqueline Gittens (Highly Commended)
The Tuning Fork – L M Rees
The Way Through the Woods – Brian Lyons
Two Can Be As Bad As One – Jeffrey Feingold
Uncertain Terms - Juno Baker (Highly Commended)
White Noise – Anil Classen
You Wish - Paul Bassett Davies
Trisha Ashley Award
The Weather Men - A Love Letter - Aneeta Sundararaj
Back Home – Alison Wray (Very Highly Commended)
Long list
Ania – Anjali Patil
Back Home* – Alison Wray
Brexitland – Rhys Timson
But in her Web She still Delights – John Dowling
Carnival – Julie Abrams-Humphries
Chasm of Tears – Brad Gyori
Cleopatra’s Pearl – Tracy Fells
Corpus Animatum Philosophicus – Gary Perkins
Cutting Time – Mike Kilgannon
Dear Martin – Catherine Ogston
Empty Emerald Shoes – Jay McKensie
Entanglement – David Micklam
Entanglement – Ben Tufnell
Everyone Loves a Talking Statue – Louise Farr
Fiery and the Kid – Paul Myatt
French Tart – Alice Fowler
Grace – Stephen Brophy (withdrawn due to acceptance by the Bay City Review)
Haircut – Andy Mead
Herr Beppler’s Rat – Adrienne Howell
I am but a Summer to your Heart – Bernadette Stott
In Security – Bruce Harris
Lion Heart – Shirley Golden
Mission to the Moon – Jimmy Webb
Model Village – Julia Clayton
Not a Ten Minute Job – Alison Wray
Nul Points – Ian Critchley
One Family – Jason Hagen
Parade* – Paul Myatt
Pearls – Alexandra Roberts
Plague Times – Catherine Ogston
Playing Dog Naked – Gina Willner-Pardo
Protection – Fiona Ennis
Rachel’s Mother – Melissa Mitcheson
Reformation – Chelsea Chong
Rich Girl – Jeffrey Feingold
Royal River Rats – Chris Bilton
Science, Love and Guano – Taria Karillion
Screaming Dog Fights with the Light – Richard Hooton
Seagulls – David Short
Shattered Fragments – Bridgett Kendall
Singapore Swing – L S Collingwood
Sister, Sister, Dear sister – Tom Farrell
So Much Luck – Eimear Arthur
So We Might as Well Dance – Anita Goodfellow
Stargazing – Jillian Shoichet
Tango Lessons – Marie McGinley
The Children Next Door – Jasmina Svenne
The Facts Behind the Death of My Sister – Christine Sherry
The Final Formation Lap of Tim Faulkner – Jane Copland
The God Delusion – David Short
The Great Alexander – Cecil Browne
The Heir Hunters – Jacqueline Gittens
The Hunter – Jo Tiddy
The Marvell Effect – Wanda Dakin
The People's History Museum is Closed – Helen Kennedy (withdrawn to be published by Fly on the Wall Press)
The Politician's Shirt – Steve Bunk
The Prophets will become Wind; the Word is not in Them – Emmanuel Sheppard
The Tuning Fork – L M Rees
The Way Through the Woods – Brian Lyons
The Weather Men - A Love Letter* - Aneeta Sundararaj
Transgression – Wendy Sacks Jones
Twinned and Tortured – Linda Muller
Two Can Be As Bad As One – Jeffrey Feingold
Uncertain Terms* - Juno Baker
We Regret to Inform You that your Delivery has been Delayed – Mary Francis
White Noise – Anil Classen
Within Minutes - Emmanuel Sheppard
Would You Rather – Dianne Bown-Wilson
You Wish* - Paul Bassett Davies
Ania – Anjali Patil
Back Home* – Alison Wray
Brexitland – Rhys Timson
But in her Web She still Delights – John Dowling
Carnival – Julie Abrams-Humphries
Chasm of Tears – Brad Gyori
Cleopatra’s Pearl – Tracy Fells
Corpus Animatum Philosophicus – Gary Perkins
Cutting Time – Mike Kilgannon
Dear Martin – Catherine Ogston
Empty Emerald Shoes – Jay McKensie
Entanglement – David Micklam
Entanglement – Ben Tufnell
Everyone Loves a Talking Statue – Louise Farr
Fiery and the Kid – Paul Myatt
French Tart – Alice Fowler
Grace – Stephen Brophy (withdrawn due to acceptance by the Bay City Review)
Haircut – Andy Mead
Herr Beppler’s Rat – Adrienne Howell
I am but a Summer to your Heart – Bernadette Stott
In Security – Bruce Harris
Lion Heart – Shirley Golden
Mission to the Moon – Jimmy Webb
Model Village – Julia Clayton
Not a Ten Minute Job – Alison Wray
Nul Points – Ian Critchley
One Family – Jason Hagen
Parade* – Paul Myatt
Pearls – Alexandra Roberts
Plague Times – Catherine Ogston
Playing Dog Naked – Gina Willner-Pardo
Protection – Fiona Ennis
Rachel’s Mother – Melissa Mitcheson
Reformation – Chelsea Chong
Rich Girl – Jeffrey Feingold
Royal River Rats – Chris Bilton
Science, Love and Guano – Taria Karillion
Screaming Dog Fights with the Light – Richard Hooton
Seagulls – David Short
Shattered Fragments – Bridgett Kendall
Singapore Swing – L S Collingwood
Sister, Sister, Dear sister – Tom Farrell
So Much Luck – Eimear Arthur
So We Might as Well Dance – Anita Goodfellow
Stargazing – Jillian Shoichet
Tango Lessons – Marie McGinley
The Children Next Door – Jasmina Svenne
The Facts Behind the Death of My Sister – Christine Sherry
The Final Formation Lap of Tim Faulkner – Jane Copland
The God Delusion – David Short
The Great Alexander – Cecil Browne
The Heir Hunters – Jacqueline Gittens
The Hunter – Jo Tiddy
The Marvell Effect – Wanda Dakin
The People's History Museum is Closed – Helen Kennedy (withdrawn to be published by Fly on the Wall Press)
The Politician's Shirt – Steve Bunk
The Prophets will become Wind; the Word is not in Them – Emmanuel Sheppard
The Tuning Fork – L M Rees
The Way Through the Woods – Brian Lyons
The Weather Men - A Love Letter* - Aneeta Sundararaj
Transgression – Wendy Sacks Jones
Twinned and Tortured – Linda Muller
Two Can Be As Bad As One – Jeffrey Feingold
Uncertain Terms* - Juno Baker
We Regret to Inform You that your Delivery has been Delayed – Mary Francis
White Noise – Anil Classen
Within Minutes - Emmanuel Sheppard
Would You Rather – Dianne Bown-Wilson
You Wish* - Paul Bassett Davies
Entries must be submitted by no later than midnight on the closing date of 31st August 2022.
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 one page 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 'humorous, engaging and quirky' stories to choose from.
Winning stories from the 2021 Exeter Story Prize can be found HERE and from previous years via the drop down Competitions menu above.
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 one page 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 'humorous, engaging and quirky' stories to choose from.
Winning stories from the 2021 Exeter Story Prize can be found HERE and from previous years via the drop down Competitions menu above.
Rules - please read all the rules before scrolling down to How to Enter
1 - Entries received after the closing date of 31st August 2022 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.
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 2022 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.
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.
Exeter Story Prize entry fee - £12
Entry fee including one page report - £40
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