Basket: Crossing the Tees Book Festival are thrilled to announce the shortlisted authors for 2022’s short story competition.
Jenny Adamthwaite – The Day the Spinach Wilted
Helen Anderson – When The Loveliness of Ladybirds Landed
Artemis – Strangers
Aaron Bailey – Orangutan and the Wig
Edward Barnfield – Warscapes (2024)
Patrick Belshaw – My Nigel
Penny Blackburn – Erosion
Jane Bradley – On Thin Ice
Chris Brock – Space and Time
Cathy Bryant – The Creator
Timothy Burton-Martin – Tapestry
Jo Clark – One Lane Closed Due to Incident
Beck Collett – Curiouser and Curiouser
Jacob Cook – The Idea of Tuesdays
Jo Derrick – Wearing Rags and Feathers
Julie Easley – Me and Mr Moone
Kayla Martell Feldman – Once For Friend, Twice For Stranger
Chris Foxon – The Mouse
Dean Gessie – The Competition
Amanda Huggins – Lounge Lizards
Phoebe Hurst – The Lady Vicar
Catherine Leyshon – Sometimes my Annoying Sister is Right
Rachel Pattinson – Your Community Noticeboard
Bryan Pearson – Arrietta Einstein
Pam Plumb – Murdo Livan
Kelly Schweizer – The last report of J.L Woodgate
Philip Sculthorpe – Crossing The T’s
John Simmonds – Tommy Harris
Laura Timms – As above, so below
Elinora Westfall – The Roses and the Weeds
Joe Williams – It is Your Birthday
The closing date for the Short Story Competition 2023 is midnight on Monday 31st July.
Budding authors and creative writers – share your stories with us for a chance to appear in a published anthology and take home a cash prize. There’s a 3000 maximum word limit but no theme to the competition.
