Winning Stories 2016

The winners and runners up for the 2016 SXB Write A Story Competition were announced at the Awards Ceremony, which was held at the Médiathèque André Malraux on Saturday, April 30, at 2:00 p.m. As with the previous two years, the winners read their stories to the audience.

Winners in each category

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

Under 18, non-native speaker

  • WINNER — “Path to Heaven” by Gaspar ZIMBREK TURKOVIC
  • RUNNER-UP —”Moon Shadow” by Marine SABOURIN

Under 18, native speaker

18 and over, non-native speaker

18 and over, native speaker

 

The Short-listed Stories

The Competition Committee and the judges would like to congratulate all 65 writers who entered this year’s competition, especially the short-listed writers listed below, for their contribution in making this first effort a success.

in alphabetical order by writer

Under 18, non-native speaker

  • “The Beauty and the Moon” by Timothe DUNN
  • “The One Sitting There” by Emilie FRITSCH
  • “Into the Blue” by Mathilde KOCH
  • “Moon Shadow” by Marine SABOURIN — RUNNER-UP
  • “Path to Heaven” by Gaspar ZIMBREK TURKOVIC — WINNER

Under 18, native speaker

  • “Do you want to see?” by Ciara NAGLE
  • “Last Call” by Alice NEVILLE
  • “Evil Innocent Beauty” by Felix OVEY — RUNNER-UP
  • “War Games” by Masha VUCINIC WESTERVEEN
  • “Musings on the White Throne” by Liam WRIGHT — WINNER

18 and over, non-native speaker

  • “Love Sick” by Thobias BERGMANN — RUNNER-UP
  • “A Brief Airplane Encounter” by Nicolas DOUCET — WINNER
  • “New Shoes” by Korinna NAGY
  • “Brandbreaking” by Andrei Ilie POPESCU
  • “Screen of Smoke” by Tea de ROUGEMONT

18 and over, native speaker

  • “Little Christmas” by Marise BOYLAN — RUNNER-UP
  • “Jade Bracelet” by Mary GORMAN
  • “Blue Cardigan, Pink Tights by John QUINN — WINNER
  • “Watching Tennis in Alsace” by Paul SUAZO
  • “Where did it all go wrong Tony Blair?” by Mike WRAITH