The results of the Olga Sinclair Open Short Story Competition are as follows:
Finalists:
- 1st Place – The Serenity of Still Water by Iain Andrews
- 2nd Place – Cornelia by Joseph Hipgrave
- 3rd Place – Panorama by Alexander Sparrow
Runners Up:
- A Flash of White by Rebecca Burton
- Anniversary by Louise Wilford
- Cover-Up by Louise Goulding
- Forgiveness by Lesley Bowen
- Guising and Souling by Cathy Rushworth
- Ten Thousand Hours of Love by Robert Kibble
- These Damn Conspirators of Hell by Phillip Vine
Long listed:
- Ruth Flanagan
- Joseph Francis McCullough
- Phillip Vine
- Maureen Nisbet
- Stephanie Makins
- Colin Sheehan
- Jonathan Sean Lyster
- Phyllida Scrivens
- Jacqueline Fowle
- Jeni Lawes
Members Shield Challenge:
- 1st place: The Serenity of Still Water by Iain Andrews
- 2nd place: How to Become a Spook by Anne Funnell
- 3rd place: Childhood Haunts by Jon Platten
Highly commended:
- The Golden Thread by Rachel Wood
- Boris and the Boy by Phyllida Scrivens
