This year’s Awards Ceremony was the first in which the winners read excerpts from their stories to the audience rather than their entire story. To read an excerpt from each winning story, simply click on the story’s title below.
Winners and runners-up in each category
Under 18, non-native speaker
- WINNER — “Mirage” by Dali SHAIPOV
- RUNNER-UP — “The Water’s Silence” by Apolline ANCEL
Under 18, native speaker
- WINNER — “Maple” by Claire RINTERKNECHT
- RUNNER-UP —”Montreal” by Laura ten BERGE
18 and over, non-native speaker
- WINNER — “A Sweet Tale of Lonely Souls” by Lisa DUPUIS
- RUNNER-UP — “Garfield” by Felizitas FISCHER
18 and over, native speaker
- WINNER — “Never Forget” by Cathie BURTON
- RUNNER-UP — “My Funny Valentine” by Marise BOYLAN
The Short-listed Stories
The Competition Committee and the judges would like to congratulate all 67 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 writer
Under 18, non-native speaker
- “The Water’s Silence” by Apolline ANCEL — RUNNER-UP
- “Blood” by Jakob KORADIN
- “From Loss to Love” by Sombiniaina Arinofy RANDRIAMPENOMANANA
- “Mirage” by Dali SHAIPOV — WINNER
- “Revelation” by Liam TANNER
Under 18, native speaker
- “The Mercy of Death” by Kaley DULIK
- “The Swing” by Ishikaa MUKHERJEE
- “Maple” by Claire RINTERKNECHT — WINNER
- “Montreal” by Laura ten BERGE — RUNNER-UP
- “Carnivore” by Alena TOOTHMAN
18 and over, non-native speaker
- “A Sweet Tale of Lonely Souls” by Lisa DUPUIS — WINNER
- “Garfield” by Felizitas FISCHER — RUNNER-UP
- “Old Friends” by Jasmin HEISING
- “Little Lambs” by Bohumila OTTOVA
- “Skipping Stones of Time” by Lotus SHAHEEN
18 and over, native speaker
- “A Sort of Prison” by Kelly AVON
- “My Funny Valentine” by Marise BOYLAN — RUNNER-UP
- “Never Forget” by Cathie BURTON — WINNER
- “Rustle of Spring” by Paul FOSTER
- “The Grey Bus” by Martin SMITH