Did you enter the October Award this year and are you, like the little tin chap pictured, waiting anxiously for our longlist? Our Judge, Kathryn Aldridge-Morris has now been sent the zip file of fifty stories for our 31st Award and normally, at this poin, we would be announcing the longlist titles on this website.

We are a bit delayed because Jude, who shares the posts has been unwell,so all the announcements will come in a cluster, likely to be in between 27th and 31st October. First longlist, then shortlist a couple of days later, then, by the end of the month, the final results of the top five stories plus judge’s reports. The winning five stories will be posted on the website as usual.

Our ninth annual Novella in Flash Award also ends on October 31st. And we’ll acknowledge everyone who has submitted for it by the end of the month.
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