Announcing the TL;DR PRESS 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction 2022 Competition Winners
After weeks of reading, discussing, and scoring, we are ready to announce the top 25 placing stories in the TL;DR Press 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction 2022 Competition! You can find a link to the winning 1st place story below, along with the names of all top 25 winners who will be featured in our August eBook Mosaic: The Best of the 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction Competition 2022.
It was an incredible challenge picking which stories go into our collections because the quality of the work that we receive is so high. We always enjoy the lively discussions where curators pick their favourites and defend them, fighting their corners until we reach a consensus. The 1,000 Word Herd Flash Fiction 2022 Competition entries were no different, and our judges had such a tough time deciding the winners because there were so many great stories.
After much deliberation we have decided our winners! So, without further ado, here they are:
1st: For Infinity by Catherine Ogston
2nd: Bitter sweet by Hannah Brown
3rd: Queen of Poisons by Leila Murton Poole
4th: The Model Home by Laura Fasy
5th: Anything Untethered Could Soar by Emily Roth
6th: Sisters by Mary Lawton
7th: Afterbirth by Janna Miller
8th: The Solitude That Bent My Soul by Talia Camozzi
9th: Reidichi by Megan Paonessa
10th: Glass Animals by Josephine Queen
11th: Shore Leave by C.W. Kinsey
12th: Life Within A Dormant Bough by Nina Inamdar
13th: I Can’t Hide You by Katie Battaglia Delay
14th: Chasing an Earthquake by Regan Puckett
15th: The Unfortunate Tale of Miriam Mitchell, Peking Duck and Bela Lugosi by Sharon Kretschmer
16th: Archive Transcript: Session 1, Jacobs Residence, 14th May 2021 by Sarah McPherson
17th: Jessica’s Journey by Linda McMullen
18th: Soar Away and Never Sigh by Katie Conrad
19th: RÊVERIE by Corrie Haldane
20th: To Teach Myself to Fly by MM Schreier
21st: Saint Pat’s Lament by Martin Costello
22nd: The Red Scarf by Jonathan Haigh
23rd: The Great Wheel of Destiny by Madeleine Pelletier
24th: Tarot: The Fool’s Journey by Wai Chan
25th: Good Habits by Helen MacDonald
Congratulations to everyone who placed, and commiserations to all who didn’t win this time round. Everyone who submitted should receive an email with feedback from the judges in the coming days regardless of placement. We hope you all had fun taking part, and we hope to see many returning writers to our next project. (Check out our next call for submissions which will be announced shortly!)
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Publication
We aim to release the eBook including all of the winning stories in August. All proceeds from the sale of the eBook will go to The Doorstop Library, a community-focused charity dedicated to bringing the gift of books and the joy of reading directly into the homes of children across London who need support. Keep an eye out for the buy links next month!
Thank you again to everyone who took part, you did an amazing thing by helping us to keep doing what we do, and to help raise funds for The Doorstep Library.
Stay safe and keep writing,
The TL;DR Press Team