The 2024 anthology is now published.
Warm congratulations to all who entered the competition – and commiserations to those who didn’t make the print anthology. After a rigorous marking procedure and several read-throughs, some tough choices had to be made. We believe our final choices reflect the formidable standard of stories submitted. The competition will open again on 1st November 2024 for the 2025 Parracombe Prize.
If you are in the UK you can purchase a copy of the 2024 Anthology direct from us @ £8.99 postage paid. If you are local to Parracombe please message us.
For worldwide purchases please go to Amazon.
We are delighted to unveil the winners of the Parracombe Prize 2024.
First prize went to
David Longstaff – I Should Have Held Him
In second place was
Julian Fuller – Something in the Air
Jointly in third place
Kenneth Havey – Marigold
Elizabeth Jane Andreoli – Russian Doll
Local Writer’s Prize
Sophie Petrie – Empty Jar
A further 30 stories were long-listed and will be be included in the anthology. These were:
Rebecca Dyer – Finishing Each Other’s Sandwiches
Tony Oswick – Bread and Circuses
Maureen Cullen – Serengeti
Josie Turner – Casting Off
Colin Z Smith – The Delusion of Lady Somersby
Kenneth Havey – The Plagues of Egypt
June O’Sullivan – Dance the Pain Away
Matthew Llewelyn – Greyhound from Gilead
Kim A Bigelow – Epitaph
Mary Francis – As Jehovah is my Witness
Clare Reddaway – Venus and Me
Rob Waft – Head Trauma
Patricia Good – He’ll Get You in the End
Bruce Harris – Forbidden Ground
Martin Phillips – Shifting Sands
Elizabeth Jane Andreoli – Strange Harvest
Christine Tennent – Stop-gap Woman
Mike Murray – The Value of Continued Effort
Stevie Almer – The Lost Wish
Julian Fuller – Smoke Signals
Chris Sewart – Last Christmas
Philip Gibson – Circumstance and Consequence
Rosalyn Huxley – Risk Assessment
Gerry Weber – When the Earth was Flat
Peter Hankins – Anticastellationist
Jack Dowd – Entrepreneur
Bruce Aiken – The Church of Janice
David Missen – Vicious
Jaci Gooding – The Constance Grey
D W Pryke – Old Jimmy