We are delighted to announce the longlist for the Micro Fiction category of the 2024 WestWord Prize. The shortlist and winners will now be decided by our judge, Tania Hershman, and those stories will be published in the anthology edition next month.
Many thanks to everyone who sent in a tiny story, we enjoyed reading them all. And well done to the writers of the following stories. All reading is anonymous so please don’t announce which is yours online!
Longlist
After the Storm
Beneath a Boneyard Sky
Boys on Bikes
But there never was a Big Bad Wolf, was there?
Desertion
Forecast for the one left behind
In the Scrabble Dictionary there are 42 Words that End in Rain
Keeping the Watch
Llewellyn, Last King of Wales: his role in the divorce
Orange-Tinted Places
One Last Rain Dance
Showers of Pink and White
Spring Rain
The day Grace became more 'Water'
The Magic of Stones
They say my mother was a mermaid
Washed Away
Good luck for the next round!
Send us your stories
Submission are currently open for the CIRCUS themed edition publishing in August. Deadline for sending us your micros, flashes and short stories is 31st May. We can’t wait to read them!