Judges: Michael Harlow, Emma Neale
FIRST
Gunshots are too common
Patrick Pink, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
SECOND
When Winter Comes
Rachel Smith, Ōtautahi Christchurch
THIRD
It Won’t Happen Again
Shani Naylor, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Birdman in Aotea Square
Anita Arlov, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Kinaesthesia
Allan Drew, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Shipboard Romance
Fiona Lincoln, Lower Hutt
Spindrift
Janis Freegard, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The Math of Me
Jessica Thompson, Ōtepoti Dunedin
COMMENDED
Peace and Quiet
Derek Jones, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Scar Tissue
Nikki Crutchley, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Scout
Robyn Maree Pickens, Ōtepoti Dunedin
The Chlorinated Mermaid
Nikki Crutchley, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Three Dresses
Jessie Puru, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
REGIONAL AWARDS
Sponsored by New Zealand Society of Authors regional branches
TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND
Patrick Pink
WAITAHA CANTERBURY
Rachel Smith
KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON
Nikki Crutchley
ŌTĀKOU OTAGO
Jessica Thompson
TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON
Shani Naylor
LONG LIST
A long afternoon by the river by Annette Edwards-Hill, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
A Machete, a Plastic Bag and Mum’s Gumboots by Caroline Barron, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Bird Man in Aotea Square by Anita Arlov, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Dorm by Tracey Slaughter, Cambridge
For an instant by Mia Gaudin, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Gunshots are too common by Patrick Pink, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
It won’t happen again by Shani Naylor, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Kineasthesia by Allan Drew, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Like Gods by Mia Gaudin, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Peace and Quiet by Derek Jones, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Scar Tissue by Nikki Crutchley, Cambridge
Scout by Robyn Maree Pickens, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Secret Women’s Business by Margaret Moores, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Shipboard romance by Fiona Lincoln, Lower Hutt
Spindrift by Janis Freegard, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Surprise Peas by Janice Marriott, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
The Chlorinated Mermaid by Nikki Crutchley, Cambridge
The Math of Me by Jessica Thompson, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Three Dresses by Jessie Puru, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Uncle Hugh by Stephanie Mayne, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Unleashed by Bill Bradford, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
We peaked by Keith Nunes, Rotorua
Wear the Pram Wheels Down to the Rim by Maris O’Rourke, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
When Winter Comes by Rachel Smith, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Yes by Phoebe Wright, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The 2017 NFFD Youth Competition winners can be found here.