Shortlist: Short Story Category

Josephine Boxwell, "Morning Calm" (Wirral)

Jade Brooks, "Precious" (USA)

Emily Dunforth, "The Truest Way to Name Something" (USA)

Suzanne Egerton, "The Secondborn" (Scotland)

Ben Fergusson, "The Luck of Finding a Stationary Car" (Germany)

Leslie Hall Pinder, "Waiting at the Hotel" (Canada)

Sebastian Halse, "When Love Changes Shape" (Australia)

Samuel Hawk, "The Trick" (USA)

IanMadden, "Goodnight, Charlie Day" (London)

Moa Magnusson, "B Crush" (Sweden)

Alison Napier, "Tumbleweed" (Devon)

Nick Watson, "Prisoners' Friend" (Wolverhampton)

MarcusRichey, "The Love Song of Matty and Matt" (Sweden)

WendySimpson, "Undercover Dick"

Ansley Vaughan, "His Finest Work" (London)

Kate Thomas, "Shed"

EJ Edgar, "No Longer Iredeemably Lost" (Sheffield)

The winners of our 2008 International Queer Writing Competition are:

The winners are:

Short Stories

emily m. danforth (USA) "The Truest Way to Name Something"

Ben Fergusson (England, Germany) "The Luck of Finding a Stationary Car"

Jade Brooks (USA) "Precious"

Click here to download entry form. 

deadline: 1 September 2008

The Judges were:

Poetry: Betsy Warland

Short Story: Sarah Waters and Robert Gluck

Shortlist: Short Stories

Poetry

River Wolton (England) "Return"

John McCullough (England) "The Other Side of Winter"

Sandra Alland (Canada, Scotland) "Ambilingual"

Transfabulous Prize

Simon Croft (England) "Passing (Over)"

Velvet Flash Fiction Prize (judge: Stella Duffy)

Robyn Vinten (England) "What Is Complicated and What Is Not"

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All three winning poems, and the winning story, appear in the current issue, Issue 8. To order a copy, click here.