Not sure what happened this month — maybe the Easter holidays and the eclipse have distracted everyone — but we only received 37 submissions! So the cash prizes are £40 for first place and £27 for second.
Many thanks to all 37 writers who did send a story and congrats to the 15 who have gone through to the longlist:
A Girls’* Guide to Surviving a Rip-tide
An immaculate connection: of course it wasn't him!
An Oxford Professor’s Wife Makes a Pilgrimage to the Sistine Chapel a Week After her Best Friend’s Funeral
A Timeless Grudge
Death Row. Rikers Prison. 1950.
How to Carve a New Future
Joint
Mike Never Ever Listened to Marion Yet Somehow Felt it was Appropriate to Speak for Her
Paul Bing Seyeet's cardiac arrest: A modern Fairy Tale
PTSD
The Warren
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What Happened That Day on the Bridge As We Played Pooh Sticks
When and why the river says no
When The Currents Go, We Will Follow
The shortlist will be online for voting on Monday. Good luck for the next round everyone!