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