Judges: David Lyndon Brown, Vivienne Plumb
FIRST
In the nick of time, a deer
Frankie McMillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch
SECOND
Parade
Rebecca Styles, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
THIRD
Dead Space
Mary McCallum, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Burial at sea
Miles Hughes, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Clatter, Clatter
Jackie Watson, Waitaha Canterbury
Gone Eeling
Melanie Dixon, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Hummingbird
Leanne Radojkovich, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Humph
Kirsten Le Harivel, Kapiti Coast, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The ice cream boy
Frankie McMillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch
REGIONAL AWARDS
Sponsored by New Zealand Society of Authors regional branches
TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND
Leanne Radojkovich
WAITAHA CANTERBURY
Frankie McMillan
CENTRAL DISTRICTS
Rhonda Bartle
KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON
Hayden Pyke
TE TAI TOKERAU NORTHLAND
Jac Jenkins
TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON
Rebecca Styles
SHORT LIST
Burial at sea by Miles Hughes, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Clatter, Clatter by Jackie Watson, Waitaha Canterbury
Dead Space by Mary McCallum,Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Gone Eeling by Melanie Dixon, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Hummingbird by Leanne Radojkovich, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Humph by Kirsten Le Harivel, Kapiti Coast
In the nick of time, a deer by Frankie McMillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Parade by Rebecca Styles, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The ice cream boy by Frankie McMillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch
LONG LIST
Burial at Sea by Miles Hughes
Clatter, Clatter by Jackie Watson
Coffee Date by Jac Jenkins
Dead Space by Mary McCallum
Falling Silent by Rhonda Bartle
Five Fragments; A Love Story by Jonathan Kingston-Smith
Gone Eeling by Melanie Dixon
Guest, Sixth by Charlotte Simmonds
Hummingbird by Leanne Radojkovich
Humph by Kirsten Le Harivel
In the nick of time, a deer by Frankie McMillan
Jabberwocky by Cathy Clark
Let it go by Pete Carter
Never understimate a balding man by Celia Coyne
Parade by Rebecca Styles
Reverse Onus by Hayden Pyke
Roofers by Caoilinn Hughes
Secondhand Palm by Brindi Joy
The ice cream boy by Frankie McMillan
The Kingdom of Air by Sian Williams
The man who kissed his wife by Caroline Crick