FIRST
Moon landing – Margaret Moores / Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
SECOND
Wayfinding – Annabel Wilson, Ohinehou Lyttelton
THIRD
Revelations – Annette Edwards-Hill, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Shell game – P K Granger, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Uncle – Linda Collins, Ōtepoti Dunedin
The youth Winners, Short List and Long Lists can be found at fingers comma toes.
Congratulations to all! We look forward to reading all the top stories in a special edition of Flash Frontier and fingers comma toes at the end of June.
THE 2023 SHORT LIST
Because / Some days – Annabel Wilson, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Moon landing – Margaret Moores / Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Revelations – Annette Edwards-Hill, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Shell game – P K Granger, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Shotgun – Mary Francis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The kina girl – June Pitman-Hayes, Whangārei
The rocky shore – Janis Freegard, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Uncle – Linda Collins, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Wayfinding – Annabel Wilson, Ohinehou Lyttelton
Wishful thinking – Amber O’Sullivan, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
LONG LIST
All hung out: Washing Lines of my Life – Deb Jowitt, Whangārei
Because / Some days – Annabel Wilson, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Eel – Lou Annabell, Te Tara-O-Te-Ika-A-Māui The Coromandel Peninsula
Gymkhana meets Madonna – Sue Barker, Waipū
Lines – Rebecca Ball, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Miss Katherine Mansfield dreams of Menton and the many benefits of Heliotherapy – Alex Reece Abbott, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Moon landing – Margaret Moores / Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
No. 6 and No. 8 – Benjamin Jardine, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Now with 40% less carbs – Liz Breslin, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Once upon a time in West Auckland – Hayden Pyke, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Parietal eye – Janis Freegard, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Revelations – Annette Edwards-Hill, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Rural bliss – Sue Barker, Waipū
Shell game – P K Granger, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Shotgun – Mary Francis, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Talking electricity, my name – Michael Harlow, Manuherikia Alexandra
The harvest – Susan Wardell, Ōtepoti Dunedin
The kina girl – June Pitman-Hayes, Whangārei
The resurrectionist’s apprentice – Atom Gush, Ōtepoti Dunedin
The rocky shore – Janis Freegard, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Took the dog – Visited the sea – Madeleine Child, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Uncle – Linda Collins, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Wayfinding – Annabel Wilson, Ohinehou Lyttelton
Wishful thinking – Amber O’Sullivan, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Woman of letters – Barbara Strang, Ōtautahi Christchurch