National Flash Fiction Day Winners

Congratulations to the 2017 winners!

Prizegiving took place at the June 22 NFFD events in Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington.

 

Here are this year’s winners (judges’ comments can be found here):

 

ADULT

 

FIRST

 

Gunshots Are Too Common by Patrick Pink, Auckland

Regional Prize, Auckland

 

SECOND

 

When Winter Comes by Rachel Smith, Christchurch

Regional Prize, Canterbury

 

THIRD

 

It won’t happen again by Shani Naylor, Wellington

Regional Prize, Wellington

 

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HIGHLY COMMENDED

 

Birdman in Aotea Square by Anita Arlov, Auckland

Kinaesthesia by Allan Drew, Auckland

Shipboard Romance by Fiona Lincoln, Lower Hutt

Spindrift by Janis Freegard, Wellington

The Math of Me by Jessica Thompson, Dunedin — Regional Prize, Otago

 

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COMMENDED

 

Peace and Quiet by Derek Jones, Auckland

Scar Tissue by Nikki Crutchley, Hamilton — Regional Prize, Hamilton

 

Scout by Robyn Maree Pickens, Dunedin

The Chlorinated Mermaid by Nikki Crutchley, Hamilton

Three Dresses by Jessie Puru, Auckland

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YOUTH

 

FIRST

 

The Cold by Joy Tong, age 15, Auckland

SECOND

 

Dear Satan by Asha Clark, age 12, Tauranga

THIRD

 

The Brass Angels by Russell Boey, age 15, Christchurch

YOUTH MICRO AWARD

 

What Happens Next by Jacinta van der Linden, age 17, Kaitaia

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VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED

 

Cake and Ice-cream by Jana Heise, age 12, Northland

Ode to Joy by Monica Koster, age 15, Christchurch

The Worry Troll Who Lives in my Head by Annick Laird, age 15, Northland

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HIGHLY COMMENDED

 

Excuses by Joy Tong, age 15, Auckland

Interchange by Freya Kelly, age 12, Wellington

The Carnival by Dominic Botherway, age 10, Queenstown

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The winning stories will be published in the special winter edition of Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction –– forthcoming July/August.