Winners: Venetia Carter - Resource Management
Resource Management Short Story 1500 - Shortlist Erin's father-in-law had been at the sherblat fuzz again. She could tell by the...
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Feb 6, 20196 min read
Winners: Laura Laakso - The Life of a Kabuki Doll
The Life of a Kabuki Doll Short Story 1500 - Shortlist You lean against the door to shut it and kick off your shoes. The pain in your...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Winners: Fiona Morgan - Saint-Lo
This potent piece of prose was something that all struck a chord with us. The thing we liked the most was that it showed something...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20182 min read
Winners: Henry Meier - 501 Latin Verbs
Flash Fiction is a strange beast. Often, writers think that it has to be a story, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. But, it's not...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Winners: Fran Egan - Mary Schiller: School Girl
We really enjoyed this piece for a couple of reasons. It had a subtle complexity to it that felt well rounded and nuanced, and it made an...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Winners: Oonagh McBride - Popcorn
Complexity and quality never have to be synonymous, and we see so many pieces that overreach, only to fall short at the last hurdle....
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20182 min read
Winners: Roseanna Whitty - This Beggar's Opera
We loved the way that this story played out. It's rawness and honesty and vivid imagery, combined with its desire to be what it was, how...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Winners: Louie Cliff - Toerag
We loved the tone and vibrance of the narration here, which turned a simple story into something more. Style is such a powerful...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20182 min read
Winners: Pippa Brush Chappell - Under Water
We always love it when we can sink our teeth into a story that transports us somewhere else, and that's exactly what this piece did....
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20184 min read
Winners: Katherine Latham - Sugar Snap, Broad Bean, Runner Bean
Katherine's heartfelt and potent writing were what struck home for us. Though perhaps many of us haven't yet been stung by the barb of...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20182 min read
Winners: Ryan Stone - A Capacity for Violence
Ryan's another frequent flyer in our shortlists. Why? Because his writing is solid, succinct, and tightly wound. You'll find no frayed...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20184 min read
Winners: Charlotte West - Paris, 2154
We love genre fiction here at Grindstone. We love stories that are real and plot driven, just as much as we love literary fiction that...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20184 min read
Winners: Edward Field - Deconstructing Me
Deconstructing Me was a piece that we talked about for a long time during the shortlist discussion. It's darkly twisting, yet one...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Winners: Timothy Jay Smith - Dance of the Black Lolita
A dark and thrilling piece of powerful prose from Shortlist usual Timothy Jay Smith. His writing continually makes breaks into the top of...
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Grindstone
Sep 21, 20184 min read
Winners: Richard Hooton - Capacity
We loved how Richard took an every day exchange, that moment when you're asked if you want a bag at a checkout -- and used it as a...
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Grindstone
Sep 7, 20182 min read
#GrindstoneGiveaway Winner Announced!
Well, it was a brief, yet thrilling ride, and now that the dust has cleared, we've crowned our winner! Much like the competition and the...
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Grindstone
Jun 20, 20183 min read
Winners: Laura Sheridan - Disaster Averted
Some Flash Fiction addresses big issues, and some pieces are very serious - and often those are some of the best. However, it doesn't...
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Grindstone
Jun 18, 20183 min read
Winners: Gill Coombs - The Gathering
The power of the author is absolute when it comes to writing, and that power comes with the ability to subvert ideas, engage in...
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Grindstone
Jun 18, 20182 min read
Winners: Jeanette Everson - The Stranger Who Shot My Family
What begins as a somewhat disturbing title rounds off into a story of human decency and camaraderie. It's strange, these days, to put...
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Grindstone
Jun 18, 20183 min read
Winners: Catherine Howarth - Hunter
We always love seeing a genre driven piece of fiction amongst so many literary ones, and this was a real breath of fresh air. Our...
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