National Flash Fiction Day

2014 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges: Mary McCallum, Frankie McMillan 

 

FIRST

 Islands and Cities

Sarah Dunn, Whakatū Nelson

 

SECOND

With our eyes closed we begin to dance

Patricia Hanifin, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

 

THIRD

Just My Luck

Sue Kingham, Ōtautahi Christchurch

 


 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Affirmation – Patrick Pink, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Confused Camouflage – Brie Sherow, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Cutting out the Stars – Elysia Rose Jenson, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Shop until you drop – Maggie Rainey-Smith, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

The Big Wave – Melanie Dixon, Ōtautahi Christchurch

The tree that reached up to the sky – Susan Koster, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Virtuose – Jac Jenkins, Te Tai Tokerau Northland

 


 

NZ SOCIETY OF AUTHORS REGIONAL PRIZES 2014

Sponsored by New Zealand Society of Authors regional branches

 

TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND

Patricia Hanifin

WAITAHA CANTERBURY

 Sue Kingham

TE TAI TOKERAU NORTHLAND

Jac Jenkins

TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON

Maggie Rainey-Smith

 


 

LONG LIST

Affirmation – Patrick Pink, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Blondes have more fun – Celia Coyne, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Confused Camouflage – Brie Sherow, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Green – Celia Coyne, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Cutting out the stars – Elysia Rose Jenson, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Islands and Cities – Sarah Dunn, Whakatū Nelson

Just my luck – Sue Kingham, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Management – Louise Miller, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Miri – Reuben Todd, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Night Shadows – Rachel Smith, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Patience – Eileen Merriman, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Shop until you drop – Maggie Rainey-Smith, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Still Water – Gail Ingram, Ōtautahi Christchurch

The Big Wave – Melanie Dixon, Ōtautahi Christchurch

The Ten Cent Piece – Monique Shoneveld,  Ōtautahi Christchurch

The tree that reached up to the sky – Susan Koster, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Time Bandit – Carrie Beckwith, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Virtuose – Jac Jenkins, Te Tai Tokerau Northland

Where can children laugh? – Heather McQuillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch

With our eyes closed we begin to dance – Patricia Hanifin, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Wolfgang – Ila Selwyn, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

NFFD Competition Winners

2022 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges Anne Kennedy and Kiri Piahana-Wong: Reading the entries for the NFFD competition was a rich and rewarding experience.

2021 NFFD Competition Winners

Judge Diana Brown: It’s been a privilege and a pleasure to be a judge in National Flash Fiction Day 2021, working alongside Paula Morris.

2020 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges Sandra Arnold and Helen Heath: The variety of stories was wide-ranging, from those with a distinct narrative arc to those that were close to prose poems.

2019 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges Siobhan Harvey and Lloyd Jones: We kept returning to this one particular story because as much as it lets the reader in, it keeps us out.

2018 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges: Tracey Slaughter, Sue Wootton. Discover the winning stories for 2018.

2017 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges: Michael Harlow, Emma Neale. Discover the winning stories for 2017.

2016 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges: James Norcliffe, Elizabeth Smither. Discover the winning stories for 2016.

2015 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges: Fiona Kidman, Owen Marshall. Discover the winning stories for 2015.

2014 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges: Mary McCallum, Frankie McMillan. Discover the winning stories for 2014.

2013 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges: David Lyndon Brown, Vivienne Plumb. Discover the winning stories for 2013.

2012 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges: Graeme Lay, Tina Shaw, Stephen Stratford. Discover the winning stories for 2012.