Short Story Competition Shortlisted and Winning Entries 2022
Published on 03 June 2022
We are excited to announce the shortlisted and winning entries in the Short Story Competition here at Upper Hutt Libraries!
We had a fantastic turnout of entries for this competition and were impressed by the writing talent that we have here in Upper Hutt. Thank you to everyone who shared their writing with us and submitted an entry this year – we are looking forward to read more from you next year.
Huge congratulations to the winners and shortlisted writers!
ADULT CATEGORY
Winners
1st “Beast-Within.pdf(PDF, 63KB) ” by Shayla Obern
2nd “Portrait-of-a-Park.pdf(PDF, 106KB) ” by Emily McDowall
3rd “The-Woodpile.pdf(PDF, 68KB) ” by Jo Blick
Shortlisted
“Mother-knows-best.pdf(PDF, 1MB) ” by Mervyn Dykes
"Turn-of-the-Screwdriver.doc(DOC, 76KB) " by Ayalla Buchanan
"Please-Help-If-You-Can.docx(DOCX, 33KB) " by Rosemary Lowe
“The-Jar.docx(DOCX, 33KB) ” by Christopher Keene
“Falling-Upwards.docx(DOCX, 31KB) ” by Alla Zaykova
"Blue-Blue.docx(DOCX, 30KB) " by Zachary Hing
"Coming-Home.docx(DOCX, 40KB) " by Carolyn Lankow
TEEN CATEGORY
Winners
1st “Bound-For-Carnage.docx(DOCX, 8KB) ” by Aryanna Billington
2nd “Weed-water-work.pdf(PDF, 1MB) ” by Oscar Quinn
3rd “The-Future-Is-Robotics.pdf(PDF, 54KB) ” by Anastasia Bradley
3rd "After.pdf(PDF, 115KB) " by Jess Frew
Shortlisted
“The-Forest-the-creature-and-the-end.docx(DOCX, 18KB) ” by Jamie Webb
“ The-Storm.pdf(PDF, 872KB) ” by Elijah Turner
CHILDREN AGE 8-12 CATEGORY
Winners
1st “The-Ghost-Child.docx(DOCX, 254KB) ” by Emily Johnson
2nd “Abnormal.pdf(PDF, 73KB) ” by Charley Wells
3rd “The-Journey-Back-Home.docx(DOCX, 120KB) ” by Alex Lee
Shortlisted
“You-Belong-to-Me.docx(DOCX, 1MB) ” by Lily Penny
“Coming-into-the-light.pdf(PDF, 162KB) ” by Karl Lesicki
“Belonging.pdf(PDF, 48KB) ” by Hannah Edwards
“The-Mist.pdf(PDF, 22KB) ” by Lucinda Kitching
“The-rage-of-Ty.pdf(PDF, 105KB) ” by Bill Kelly
"wolf-girl.docx(DOCX, 323KB)" by Grace Penny
"Wavelength.pdf(PDF, 3MB)" by Hannah Summers
CHILDREN AGE 4-7 CATEGORY
1st “The-Stolen-Crown.pdf(PDF, 23KB) ” by Amy Jacomb
2nd “The-Mysterious-Girls.pdf(PDF, 48KB) ” by Emily Oldengarm
3rd “ Once-Upon-A-Time.pdf(PDF, 25KB) ” by Michelle Jacomb
Shortlisted
“The-Fluffy-Bunnys-Space-Adventure.pdf(PDF, 210KB) ” by Zachary Au
“Three-Little-Bears-and-an-old-Lady.docx(DOCX, 12KB) ” by Oliver Norman