Congratulations to this year’s winners, announced June 22 at events across Aotearoa!
All long-listed stories will be published at the end of June. Watch Flash Frontier for updates.
ADULT
FIRST
The Golden Glove by Claris Harvey, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
SECOND
The imaginary boss by Gretchen Carroll, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
THIRD
Saturday evening lessons by Jack Remiel Cottrell, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Highly Commended:
Hitler’s Elephant by Susan Barker, Waipū
How it is by Sara Crane, Parua Bay, Whangārei Heads
Prepper by Sue Kingham, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The brain is so bitter by Rachel Sawaya, Hamilton
Commended:
Badger by Gerard O’Brien, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Roots by Caroline Masters, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Eternity by Claris Harvey, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
SHORT LIST
Counting Story by Malory Campbell, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Randy muses on Juniper Street by Shreyasi Majumdar, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
LONG LIST
Charlie’s Dad by Tim Saunders, Papaioea Palmerston North
Dad and the garden shed by Phoebe Robertson, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
In Small Moments, Blazing by Mereana Latimer, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Mingus by Mereana Latimer, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
The Curators by Anna Granger, Whanganui
The Outgoing Tide by Deborah Jowitt, Whangārei
YOUTH
First place equal
Fool’s Gold by Samuel Hu, age 14, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Silent Song by Lucy Kennedy, age 17, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Second place
The Weight by Rowe Palmer, age 16, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Third place
Hey look. You peeled your own orange today. by Darzel Martinez, age 17, Manurewa, Manukau
Highly Commended
2:38 am by Sophie Hearns, age 18, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Commended
She doesn’t get the music I listen to by Cooper Harris, age 17, Ōtautahi Christchurch
SHORT LIST
Branches by Farah Langridge, age 15, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Elephant eyes by Samuela Noel Dsouza, age 16, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Inward Folded Wings by Samuela Noel Dsouza, age 16, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Temperature of Heaven by Kangwoo Moon, age 14, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The gun fires by Hudson Blyde, age 13, Ōtautahi Christchurch
War by Lena Shinn, age 13, Ōtautahi Christchurch
When it’s done by Lucy Kennedy, age 17, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
LONG LIST
10:00 am by Cicy Chen, age 15, Ōtautahi Christchurch
and I’m feeling like by Tom Ambury, age 14, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Blow, Wind, Blow by Sarah I-Xin Tan, age 16, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Charged by Kaylee Mete, age 15, Gisborne
Crushes and Chemistry by Cicy Chen, age 15, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Fishing by Desmond Lee, age 16, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Inside a chicken’s mind by June Baker, age 11, Southland, New Zealand
Julia Peter Woolshed Interior (Land girls working in a wool shed) 1944 by Penny Dai, age 17, Ōtautahi Christchurch
July 21, 1969 by Sophie Hearns, age 18, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Let the Bird Go Free by Sarah I-Xin Tan, age 16, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Mirror Image by Sophie Hearns, age 18, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Playing Cards by Jessica Hurrell, age 15, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Rarotongan Dogs by Tom Ambury, age 14, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Starshine by Joanne Ng, age 14, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Superdog! By Annabelle Cross, age 10, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The Crab’s Home by Cooper Gallagher, age 17, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The Loon by Cooper Gallagher, age 17, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The Music by Chloe McFedries, age 15, Ōtautahi Christchurch
The Star Child by Mia Zhang, age 11, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Under the Trees They Left by Ash Millward, Age 17, Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
Wednesday Afternoon by Annalie Marshall, age 16, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Who am I? by Danica Neels, age 16, Ōtautahi Christchurch