The organisers and the judges are delighted to present this year’s shortlist, selected from an outstanding field of entries.
Sarah Haynes – The Last Time She Saw Him
Lottie Westgate – Rosemary Spencer AI PI
Lucy Williams – The Wreck
Michael Fleming – No More Bets
Nicola Mira – Hydra
Anthony Streeter – The Terrible Gift of Sentience and Sorrow
Jeffery Stephens – The Betrothed
Gregory Aboujaoude – How to Survive Mount Lebanon
Moyette Gibbons – God and the Blues
Jason McIntyre – Two-Niner
Warm congratulations to all our shortlisted writers!
We look forward to announcing the First Prize and the Shortlist Prize on or around the 15th of September 2025.