This year’s Awards Ceremony was the second in which the winners read excerpts from their stories to the audience rather than their entire story and the first where they did so online. 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, native speaker
- WINNER — “Welcome back Eleanor Foster” by Izabella LANNIN
- RUNNER-UP —”Sound of a Lonely Cry” by Zoe HELLYER
Under 18, non-native speaker
- WINNER — “Paralyzed” by Jakob KORADIN
- RUNNER-UP — “A Cab Ride at Night” by Lia GOLDMAN
18 and over, native speaker
- WINNER — “The Accordion Player” by Roger BONNER
- RUNNER-UP — “Favourite Lullaby” by Kelly AVON
18 and over, non-native speaker
- WINNER — “A Dog’s Diary” by Olivier UBANELL
- RUNNER-UP — “The Date” by Cornelia KLEIN
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, native speaker
- Northern Downpour by Kaley DULIK
- She’s Not Safe by Ines GROZEVA
- Sound of a Lonely Cry by Zoe HELLYER — RUNNER-UP
- Welcome back Eleanor Foster by Izabella LANNIN — WINNER
- Batter and Butter by Laura TEN BERGE
Under 18, non-native speaker
- The Annual War by Adam EL YOUSFI
- Invisible by Lilah FREEMAN
- A Cab Ride at Night by Lia GOLDMAN — RUNNER-UP
- Paralyzed by Jacob KORADIN — WINNER
- Metrom by Dorian SIEGRIST
18 and over, native speaker
- Favourite Lullaby by Kelly AVON — RUNNER-UP
- Fable for a Schlag by Iona BERMON
- The Accordion Player by Roger BONNER — WINNER
- Once Upon a Time in Singapore by Hazel LIN
- Liverpool Street by Sonja WIRWOHL
18 and over, non-native speaker
- All Ablaze by Christian HEDDESHEIMER
- Inedible by Marlene JÄGER
- The Date by Cornelia KLEIN — RUNNER-UP
- Life Begins in Twenty Days by Bohumila OTTOVA
- A Dog’s Diary by Olivier UBANELL — WINNER
