Islands Short Fiction Contest Winners
2022 and Earlier
The Islands Short Fiction Contest was not held in 2020 due to global circumstances.
Congratulations to all the winners of the Islands Short Fiction Contest.
2023:
Adult Category (19+):
Youth Category (13-18):
Junior Category (12 and under):
2022:
Adult Category (19+):
Youth Category (13-18):
Junior Category (12 and under):
2021:
Adult Category (19+):
Youth Category (13-18):
Junior Category (12 and under):
2019:
Adult Category (19+):
Youth Category (13–18):
Junior Category (12 and under):
2018:
Adult Category (19+):
Third Place
Skinned Tooth [unavailable]
by Justin Fleming
Youth Category (13–18):
Junior Category (12 and under):
2017:
Adult Category (19+):
Second Place
Bee Soup [unavailable]
by Kristine Stephenson
Short List:
“Old Growth” by Jim Creighton
“Stick People” by J. Leigh Hirst
“Travelling to Tranquility” by Tara Douglas
“Katie” by Julia Baker
“Pros(e) of Psychosis aka the Perils of Writing“ by Violet Walter
“Tom and Choice” by Jenny Hyslop
Youth Category (13–18):
Junior Category (12 and under):
2016:
Adult Category (19+):
Short List:
“Arden and the Animals” by Judy Mayhew
“Downhill” by Harold Macy
“Les Doigts du Diable” by Hilda Weissfloch
“Ocean Spell” by Andrea Plain
“The Knife in the Closet” by Taelon Pinto
Youth Category (13–18):
Junior Category (12 and under):
Short List:
“Main Drain” by Perry Rockwell Sloane
2015:
Adult Category (19+):
Short List:
“Nightingale” by Harold Macy
“10:15 Departure” by Antony Stevens
“The Other Side” by Irene Wende
Youth Category (13–18):
Junior Category (12 and under):
2014:
Adult Category (19+):
First Place
Oh, Lamb [unavailable]
by Lorin Medley
Short List:
“Letting Go of Yuko” by Kimberley Kemmer
“Migration” by Sarah Needles
“Five Purple Bulbs on a String of White Lights” by Petronella van Oyen
“Suicide Watch for Seniors” by Margot Fedoryk
“A Grave Before Dark” by Sandra McCulloch
Youth Category (13–18):
Junior Category (12 and under):
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