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Nine to Noon 2022 Short Story Winners

Nine to Noon's second Short Story Competition received hundreds of entries. Judges Harry Ricketts and Rebecca K Reilly chose five winners, which were adapted for radio and broadcast in November.

Blood Flowers by Sionainn Mentor King

Collateral Damage by Barbara Else

Jamal’s Peach by Jacqui Wood

On Sunday by Shadi Salepour

Choose Your Wave by Mark Curragh

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  • Short Story winners revealed

    author interview
    28 Oct 2022

    Our Short Story competition judges, writers Harry Ricketts and Rebecca Reilly, announced the five winners of the 2022 Nine to Noon Short Story competition. Audio

  • Blood Flowers by Sionainn Mentor-King

    21 Nov 2022

    Perfect days, in fiction, seldom end up turning out to be quite so perfect. Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Collateral Damage by Barbara Else

    21 Nov 2022

    Sophie finds herself reluctantly drawn into competitive games between two blokey teachers. Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • On Sundays by Shadi Salehpour

    21 Nov 2022

    What does it take for a refugee family to leave everything they know, cross the ocean and start a new life with nothing in a new and very foreign land? Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

  • Choose Your Wave by Mark Curragh

    21 Nov 2022

    A story exploring a teenage boy on a surfing trip to the west coast with a friend and his older brother. Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.