Competition Page
Ladies and Gentlemen,
roll those drums, for we have our winners!
This year saw a record number of entries to our ghost story competition, and we couldn't be more excited to share our winning stories with you all. It was a very tricky job to narrow the entries down to only ten adults' and two children's stories, but late last night we received word that the final decision had been made. And here it is...
Adult First Place
(appearing in our upcoming anthology)
Dead Time
by Sandra Morgan
Children First Place
(appearing in our upcoming anthology)
The Ghost Twin
by Beatrice Wiseman
Adult Second Place
(appearing in our upcoming anthology)
What Three Words
by Claire Marsh
Children Runner-Up
(appearing in our upcoming anthology)
The Devil's Foundry
by Thomas Cox
Adult Third Place
(appearing in our upcoming anthology)
Sam
by Jonathan Parr
Shortlisted Stories
(appearing in our upcoming anthology)
Among the Clouds Above by Suzanne Thorpe
Five Days To Christmas by Helen Speirs
Man of Wood and Stone by Steve Wade
Storm in a Teacup by Jan Snook
The Curse of the College Museum by Peter Cackett
The Viewing by Ronald J. Greig
The White Flag by Hazel Knox
The judges would also like to make special mention to those who reached the longlist, as their stories missed out only by the thinnest of margins.
Longlisted Stories
Blue Moon Ghosts by Ann Rhodes
Cold Spot by Geoff King
Family Traditions by Cathy Dyer
Fragments by C J Grace
Four Feet by Rob Waft
Hide and Seek by Madeline Armstrong
The Connecting Door by Sam Szanto
The Piper's Cave by Craig McGlashen
The Wedding Harp by Kevin Crowe
Thank you so much to everyone who entered. We cannot begin to tell you how pleased we are to see the future of the ghost story tradition in such skilled hands.
This year's anthology will be available on 1st December 2023.
We'll be in touch with prize-winners over the next few days. In the meantime, shout your success from the top of every tower, and make sure you tag us in any social media posts!