2020 National Flash Fiction Day
Announcing the 2020 Winners!
You can find all winning stories published at
Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Small Fiction.
ADULT
FIRST
Best friends by Jenna Heller, Christchurch
SECOND
The gulls, or maybe the rats by Mary Francis, Wellington
THIRD
Last call by Tim Saunders, Palmerston North
Highly Commended
Back talk by Mary Francis, Wellington
Sam’s nana by Caroline Barron, Auckland
The hole by Michele Powles, West Auckland
Commended
All aboard by Liz Breslin, Dunedin
Instructions for lockdown by Himali McInnes, Auckland
The westerly by Tim Saunders, Palmerston North
REGIONAL AWARDS
Sponsored by New Zealand Society of Authors regional branches
Canterbury: Jenna Heller
Wellington: Mary Francis
Central Districts: Tim Saunders
Auckland: Caroline Barron
Otago: Liz Breslin
Hamilton: Abigail Marshall
Northland: Vera Dong
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YOUTH
FIRST
Exhaust by Minha Choi, age 17, South Korea
SECOND
Fish Hook Scars by Derrin Smith, age 16, Rangiora, NZ
THIRD
The Ballad of Light by Natalie Wang, age 17, Texas, US
and
Dragon Rider by Denika Mead, age 16, Lower Hutt, NZ
Highly Commended
Do You Remember by Phoebe Robertson, age 18, Wellington, NZ
These are my leaves by Samuel Turner-O’Keefe, age 18, Auckland, NZ
Commended
The Beans by Cadence Chung (16, Wellington)
On One Particular MRT Ride by Thee Sim Ling (13, Singapore)
Sugar High by Amanda Kay (15, California)
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The 2020 Short List
All aboard – Liz Breslin, Dunedin
Astronauts – Russell Boey, Christchurch
Backtalk – Mary Francis, Wellington
Best friends – Jenna Heller, Christchurch
Carrots – Michele Powles, West Auckland
Disentanglement – Abigail Marshall, Hamilton
Facts about drowning (some of which are true) – Michelle Matheson, Auckland
Instructions for lockdown – Himali McInnes, Auckland
Last call – Tim Saunders, Palmerston North
Off centre – Margaret Moores, Auckland
Sam’s nana – Caroline Barron, Auckland
The gulls or maybe the rats – Mary Francis, Wellington
The hole – Michele Powles, West Auckland
The westerly – Tim Saunders, Palmerston North
Walnuts – Jenna Heller, Christchurch
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The NFFD 2020 Long List (alphabetical by title)
Please go here for the 2020 Youth Long List.
<-Thread#CripsWestAuks – Hayden Pyke, Hamilton
A sniper’s memoir – Andrea Ewing, Auckland
All aboard – Liz Breslin, Dunedin
Anzac on Albert St – Donna Young, Dunedin
Astronauts – Russell Boey, Christchurch
At the bank – Rebecca Styles, Wellington
Backtalk – Mary Francis, Wellington
Best friends – Jenna Heller, Christchurch
Blossom in deep winter – Vera Dong, Kerikeri
Burning up – Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor, Hamilton
Carrots – Michele Powles, West Auckland
Catch water, hold fire – Claire Beynon, Dunedin
Disentanglement – Abigail Marshall, Hamilton
Down – Michele Powles, West Auckland
Facts about drowning – Michelle Matheson, Auckland
Home for the funeral – Tim Saunders, Palmerston North
Homeless – Trisha Hanifin, Auckland
I’m looking at my empty city but my empty city isn’t looking back – Anne Perkinson, Whangarei
Instructions for lockdown – Himali McInnes, Auckland
Last call – Tim Saunders, Palmerston North
Lichen, a successful colonizer in hostile environments – Gail Ingram, Christchurch
Like two coats in a station’s waiting room – Norman P. Franke, Hamilton
Losing it – Andrea Ewing, Auckland
Love in the time of wī – Gail Ingram, Christchurch
No nest for baby bird – Heather McQuillan, Christchurch
Off centre – Margaret Moores, Auckland
Out in the wops – Hayden Pyke, Hamilton
Sam’s nana – Caroline Barron Auckland and Northland
Seeing wrong – Faith Oxenbridge, Otautahi
Shotgun – Mary Francis, Wellington
The gulls or maybe the rats – Mary Francis, Wellington
The hole – Michele Powles, West Auckland
The westerly – Tim Saunders, Palmerston North
This too shall pass – Ravithri de Silva, Invercargill and Wellington
Took the dog, visited the sea – Madeleine Child, Dunedin
Walnuts – Jenna Heller, Christchurch
Wellington bites – Susan Maclean, Auckland
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