Congratulations to the stories that made it to this stage!

In alphabetical order, the long listed stories are:

Short List Titles (8 stories)

A Gentler Shade of Fun

All the Fun of the Fair

Freak Show

Portal of Possibilities

The Games Girls Play

The Little Muse

The Village Fete

The Wedding Dip

Please don’t be downhearted if your story didn’t make it this far. We have been impressed at the quality of the stories and it has been hard to get this list down to just 8.

The top three winning entries will be announced at 6 pm on Thursday, 3 April, at our 6 pm session, just before Francesca Tyer takes to the stage. The winners will be invited to read their stories aloud, although readers will be available if the authors are unable to be present or prefer not to read.