9:35 am today

2024 Short Story Competition winners announced

From Nine To Noon, 9:35 am today
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Text reads ”The 2024 Nine to Noon Short Story Comp”

Photo: RNZ / Jayne Joyce

Five winners have been announced in Nine to Noon's 2024 Short Story competition. Judges Harry Ricketts and Tina Makereti have named these stories as their top five:

Girlhood by Stella Weston

Qiu Miaojin is Still Alive by Mia Farlane

Logbook by Hattie Salmon

Untitled by Nick McGregor

Motel California by Danielle Deluka

The stories named today will be purchased by RNZ, adapted for radio and broadcast before Christmas.

Harry and Tina talk to Kathryn about what made these entries stand out.