National Flash Fiction Day

2021 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges: Diane Brown, Paula Morris

 

FIRST

The Bottom of the Cliff

Susan Wardell, Ōtepoti Dunedin

 

SECOND

Nonna Frances[ca] of Waripori [Te Wharepōuri] Street

Catherine Trundle, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

 

THIRD

Run

Sophia Wilson, Ōtepoti Dunedin

 


 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

Cows

Melanie Dixon, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Family Meals

Vera Dong, Kerikeri

This Kitchen Moment

Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North

 


 

REGIONAL AWARDS

Sponsored by New Zealand Society of Authors regional branches

TĀMAKI MAKAURAU AUCKLAND

Andrea Pollard

WAITAHA CANTERBURY

Melanie Dixon

CENTRAL DISTRICTS

Tim Saunders

KIRIKIRIROA HAMILTON

Norman Franke

TE TAI TOKERAU NORTHLAND

Vera Dong

ŌTĀKOU OTAGO

Susan Wardell

TE WHANGANUI A TARA WELLINGTON

Catherine Trundle

 


 

SHORT LIST 

Alan Recuperating on a Bed of Rabbits – Rose Collins, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Cloud Storage – Gerard O’Brien, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Cows – Melanie Dixon, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Family Meals – Vera Dong, Kerikeri

In the Boonies – Andrea Pollard, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Mateo – Benjamin Jardine, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Nonna Frances[ca] of Waripori [Te Wharepōuri] Street – Catherine Trundle, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Run – Sophia Wilson, Ōtepoti Dunedin

Thanks for the Dinosaur Eyes, Dad – Annette Edwards-Hill, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

The Bottom of the Cliff – Susan Wardell, Ōtepoti Dunedin

The seven stages of grief are really eight – Catherine Trundle, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

This Kitchen Moment – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North

Waiting – Jennifer Black, Ōtepoti Dunedin


 

LONG LIST 

A Moth in the Clementines – Ashleigh Cattermole-Crump, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Alan Recuperating on a Bed of Rabbits – Rose Collins, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Centripetal Force – Christine Cloughley, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty

Cloud Storage – Gerard O’Brien, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Cows – Melanie Dixon, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Doing the Math – Claire Beynon, Ōtepoti Dunedin

Encounter – Kate Mahony, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Family Meals – Vera Dong, Te Tai Tokerau Northland

In the Boonies – Andrea Pollard, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Mateo – Benjamin Jardine, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Moon Landings – Rose Wunrow , Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

My Wife’s Best Friend – David Howard, Ōtepoti Dunedin

No Memory of Dying – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North

Nonna Frances[ca] of Waripori [Te Wharepōuri] Street – Catherine Trundle, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

One Bedroom, Sky – Susan Wardell , Ōtepoti Dunedin

Run – Sophia Wilson, Ōtepoti Dunedin

Shoes – Nathaniel Herz-Edinger, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Sparkling Duet – Rhonda K, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

Thanks for the Dinosaur Eyes, Dad – Annette Edwards-Hill, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

The Bottom of the Cliff – Susan Wardell, Dunedin

The People Who Go Missing – Michael Carson, Ōtautahi Christchurch

The Punchline – Heather McQuillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch

The seven stages of grief are really eight – Catherine Trundle, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington

The Tall Horse – Lynn Jenner, Te Tai Tokerau Northland

The Unwelcome – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North

This Kitchen Moment – Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North

Try a Different Standpoint – Jac Jenkins, Te Tai Tokerau Northland

Unfinished Things – Heather McQuillan, Ōtautahi Christchurch

Waiting – Jennifer Black, Ōtepoti Dunedin

  

The 2021 NFFD Youth Competition winners can be found here.


 

NFFD Competition Winners

2023 NFFD Competition Winners

Judges Mikaela Nyman and Kathy Fish: Reading the entries for the NFFD competition was a rich and rewarding experience.

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.