Top 20 Sudden Fiction Entries
(titles listed in no particular order)
Sunken Palace
The Book of Naps
Not For Maggie
The Painting
The Jar
Gravity
The Halfman & The Catfish
The Door to Father’s Den
7 Ages of a Bathroom Cabinet
The Dish Ran Away With the Spoon
Outside Cafe Roussillon
Seven Seconds
Bread and Butter
Banquet Night
What Lurks Within
Plum Jam
Watercolor Lake
The Time it Takes to Fall Again
Hallucination at Dawn
A Brown Envelope
Congrats to the 20 writers who made the long-list. The overall standard of entries was fair. There were 124 entries in total (including Bursary and 50% Discounted categories).
The announcement of the shortlist of 10 will happen on the News page next week. So, pop back to see which stories made the cut.
The NEW Plaza Flash Fiction Prize (1000 words max) is open to enter. Judged by the brilliant David Gaffney. 1st prize: £1,000. Deadline: 31st March 2024.