Read the Shortlist!

You can now read entries from the shortlist for the Michael Round Prize! This includes the entries which came first and second. The results were officially announced at our meeting on 10 November.

Winner: We only Had One Religion (Hashmi-Al-Haseeb Faisal)

Second Place: Sniggery Wood (Stuart Wilks-Heeg)

Missing (Celia Gatward)

Why Don’t You Just Keep Going (Benjamin Graham)

Dust to Dust (Katie Weatherford)

Austentatious Dames (Fay Dickinson) has been retained for possible publication elsewhere.

Michael Round Prize

The Michael Round Prize is now closed. The winner will be announced at our November meeting.

The competition…

  • was free to enter,
  • accepted stories up to 1,200 words on the theme ‘Far and Wide’,
  • offered prizes of £100 and £50
  • was open until 30 September 2025.

The full rules are here.