Winning Stories 2018

The winners and runners up for the 2018 SXB Write A Story Competition were announced at the annual Awards Ceremony, which was held at the Munsterhof in Strasbourg on Saturday, April 14, at 4:30 p.m. As in previous years, the winners read their stories to the audience.

Winners and runners-up in each category

To read each winning story, simply click on its title below.

Under 18, non-native speaker

  • WINNER — “Beneath The Willow”  by Caterina FERRE WUCHNER
  • RUNNER-UP — “Time watch” by Apolline ANCEL

Under 18, native speaker

  • WINNER — “Roderick” by Eliza OVEY
  • RUNNER-UP — “Ringmaster” by Megan CAIRNEY

18 and over, non-native speaker

  • WINNER — “Flakes of inklings” by Rebecca NEMORIN
  • RUNNER-UP — “On the Other Side” by Laure JENATTON

18 and over, native speaker

  • WINNER — “Star of the Sea” by Marise BOYLAN
  • RUNNER-UP — “Dust” by Roger BONNER

The Short-listed Stories

The Competition Committee and the judges would like to congratulate all 72 writers who entered this year’s competition, especially the short-listed writers listed below, for their contribution in making this year’s competition a success.

in alphabetical order by title

Under 18, non-native speaker

  • “A Stroll in the Past” by Jana EL AGHAR
  • “Beneath the Willow” by Caterina FERRE WUCHNER — WINNER
  • “Introspection” by Ishikaa MUKHERJEE
  • “The Writer” by Lili STARCK
  • “Time Watch” by Apolline ANCEL — RUNNER-UP

Under 18, native speaker

  • “Endings and Beginnings” by Phoebe NICAULT
  • “Joseph” by Mathilde FRIEH
  • “Ocean Socks and Lavender” by Laura ten BERGE
  • “Ringmaster” by Megan CAIRNEY — RUNNER-UP
  • “Roderick” by Eliza OVEY — WINNER

18 and over, non-native speaker

  • “Aisha” by Jasmin HEISING
  • “Eagle Eyes” by Emilie FRITSCH
  • “Flakes of Inklings” by Rebecca NEMORIN — WINNER
  • “On the Other Side” by Laure JENATTON — RUNNER-UP
  • “Two Beggars” by Andrei ilie POPESCU

18 and over, native speaker

  • “Chance Encounter” by Theo WELS
  • “Dust” by Roger BONNER — RUNNER-UP
  • “Halloween in Miami” by Tracey Ann WEBB
  • “Star of the Sea” by Marise BOYLAN — WINNER
  • “The Ineffable Goodness of Soup” by Mike WRAITH