Winners
Glittery Literary Anthology Volume 4
Glittery Literary Anthology Volume 4
Jan 2022
Long story WINNER: The Etymology of Unsaid Things by Adele Evershed
Long story SECOND PLACE: Bobbly Tights Are Meant to Have Ladders by Norah Blakedon
Short story WINNER: Itch by Cate Haynes
Short story SECOND PLACE: A Loose Truth by Elizabeth Nettleton
All of the stories below have been highly commended and have made it into GL4.
Congrats!
Table 13 by Tim Kirton / The Shadow by Kevin Brooke / Phone Alone by Julie Haworth / My Clever Plan by Wendy Janes / Keeping My Cool by John Holmes / Searching by Rose McGeoch / Buried Within by Charlie Carr / Patience is Bitter by Linda Hibbin / Promises Made by Dawn Vogel / Three Times Table by Toonie Cox / Just Desserts by Adrienne Chaplin / Chicken House by Miki Lentin / If No One Speaks by Sam Szanto / Homecoming by Tony Durrant / Reading Love Poems at Bedtime by Paul B. Cohen / The Likes of Him by Daniel Addercouth / There Would Be Another Time by Bryan Thomas / Bumba Meu Boi by Martha Witt / One the Feast of Stephen by Jane Bidder / Unfulfilled childhood yearnings… by Sumitra Shankar / The Bumblebee Dish by Claire Riley / The Dismissal by Elaine Evans / Regeneration by Emily Way-Evans / Working from Home by Andrew Anderson / The Babel Phone by Steve Goodlad / The Gap by Raynor Baker-Rosenberg / Daffodil by Wendy Taylor / Curse of The Krampus by Kevin Brooke / Last Laugh by Andrew Anderson / A Quick Getaway by Mike Taylor / Bob and Roberta by Steve Goodlad / Hope Springs Eternal by Jeremy Dixon / The Hannahs by Helen Harradine / Curse of the Sea Glass by Grant Hulbert / Who is the fairest of them all? By Emma Pyper / Someone To Talk To by Aneeta Sundararaj / A Construction of Loss by Hilary Coyne / Generation Alpha by Barry Norton
CHERISHED CHILDREN'S SHORT STORY Volume 3
Jan 2022
WINNER: Bye-Bye, Beautiful Tree by Sue Lancaster
SECOND PLACE: Believe in Yourself by Wendy Taylor
All the stories below have been highly commended and will appear in print in our 3rd Cherished Children's story anthology.
Well done!
On the Adoption of the Unicorn as the Official Mascot for Kindergartens in Denmark by Laila Miller / The Jewel Thief by Sam Robertson / What’s a God? By Mona Mehas / The Box by Fiona Spence-Arnold / The Last Giant by Cat Haynes / Pampered Cat & the New Kitten by Catherine Londero / Under The Bed by Billy Forshaw
***
Glittery Literary Anthology Volume 3
JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2021
(Paperbacks and e-books will be available to purchase in the next few days - we will email our subscribers with details and purchase links. Thank you all for taking part. Your writing has helped children living in poverty.)
The Wish by Donna L Greenwood (short story winner)
If by Mrs Josephine Bodley (short story runner up)
The Learning Curve by Yvonne Clarke (long story winner)
A Particular View by Mike Taylor (long story runner up)
Highly Commended (also selected for paperback publication):
The Trade by Regina Clarke / The Cable Thief by Emilie Akoka / Scent of Summer by Wendy Janes / The Feast of Saint Mark by Claire Loader / Blue Blazes by Connie L. Biskamp / Reunion of the Heart by Jennifer Anne F. Messing / A Green Cloak by Hilary Coyne / The Mayfly on the Western Front by Kevin Brooke / 3021 by Steve Goodlad / My Third Grandmother by Aneeta Sundararaj / Fault Line by Andrew Anderson / The Man Who Loved Lighthouses by Alexis Wolfe / Amethyst and Pearls by Wendy Anne Taylor / Live a Little by Chrissy Sturt / A Grip Loosened by Catherine Ogston / Uninvited by Patricia M Osborne / Hullaballo by David DeWinter / Magnus Magnusson Steals a Boat by Menzo Howell / The Secret Lake by Sumitra Shankar / Maxine and Jenny by Sheena Billett / The Kindness of Strangers by Derek Hulme / The Curse of Drybrook House by Lexi (13 years old) / Tower by Charles Prelle / My Father, Our River by MJ Harbottle / Prattle by Ellie Herda-Grimwood / Eat Your Heart Out, Hollywood by Christina Collins / Magnetism and Other Forces by Andrew Anderson / Tricks at Midnight by Allan Russell / Role Model by Yvette Naden / Last Dance by Georgia Richards / I Cannot Sleep by Rosie Cullen / The Teapot and the Sea by Maria Anwar / Moon Done Good by Julia Ruth Smith / The Installation by Marion Horton / Ransom by E. L. Forrest / The Euphoria of Winning by Helen Rushworth / Shattered Dreams by John Notley / Six Days by Adam Fout / Strange Findings… by Diana Brighouse / What She Doesn’t Say… by Fannie H. Gray / A Sense of Hope by Iqbal Hussain / A Spirited Tale by Helen Chambers / The World Beyond the Trees by Norah Blakedon
#
Cherished Children’s Short Stories
July / August / September 2021
VOLUME TWO
CONGRATULATIONS!
Thank you everybody who entered our July / August / September 2021 children's story contest. Our winner and all those selected for publication are listed below. Congratulations and thank you for taking part!
(Paperbacks and e-books will be available to purchase in the next few days - we will email our subscribers with details and purchase links.)
Mysterious Little Girl by Julie Malik (10 years old) (winner)
The Seventh Story by Kevin Brooke (second place)
Also selected for inclusion in this publication:
Who am I? by Viviane Chaxel (10 years old) / The Frog who Lost his Croak! by Paul Brooker / Noah’s Day Off by Julie Haworth / Another Night by Stephanie Henson / Quizboy by Catherine Londero / Chalkman by Amy Moreno / Mr Cuddles by Holly Hancock (10 years old) / Pawn Takes Rook by Kay Sandry
#
Glittery Literary Anthology Volume 2
MAY/JUNE 2021 STORIES SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION:
Dummy in a Cloche Hat by Stephen Goodlad (Lustrous Long Story Winner)
Pools of Daffodils by Matilda Elizabeth Drew (Lustrous Long Story Second Place)
Breathe, In Out, In Out by Christina Collins (Shimmering Short Story Winner)
Hostage by Steve Bridger (Shimmering Short Story Second Place)
Highly Commended (also selected for paperback publication):
Black Coffee – A Murder Mystery by Duncan Abel
Passion Dale by Marc Nash
What Would You Do? by Hollie Milnes
The Immortal by Kevin Brooke
Amongst the Bracken by Jakub Angerer
For Lyra by Rebecca Klassen
Bank Run Betrayal by Paul Brooker
The Night I Died by Norah Blakedon
My Perfect Man by Tim Kirton
I Envision by Paul Beckman
Some Unpleasantries by Dana Storino
Wall of Snakes by Louise MacPherson
Opus by Liliana Arede
Never Meet Again by Sophie Garston
Dreams by E.L. Forrest
A Chance Encounter at The Best Exotic Fruit Market in Jaipur by Frances Turner
The Secret to Marriage by Laura Esther Sciortino
The Huntress of Obelyn Wood by Meredith Rae
Wishing on a Star by Adele Evershed
Tamar Bridge, 7.53am by Fiona Fox
Perchance to Dream by Eliot Hudson
A Phone Call by Christopher Cascio
The Answer by Sheena Billett
Self Help by Sue Buckingham
The Lifeline by Yvonne Clarke
The Laundry Room by MK O’Connor
Something Slow by Gracious Love
The Vampire by Laura Scotland
Open Wounds by Kevin Brooke
Cats’ Eyes and Blind Eyes by David Davies
Scrapyard Blues by T. L. Spezia
Maggots by Emilie Akoka
Rubbish by Sam Szanto
Fine in trainers by Julie Haworth
The Bone Key by Melynda Grubb
Without You by Grace Collins
Acquiescence by Kathleen Foxx
The One-Sided Triangle by Yvonne Lloyd
The Offline Cabin by Chrissy Sturt
Cherished Children’s Short Stories & Poetry
May/June/April 2021
VOLUME ONE
CONGRATULATIONS!
Thank you every body that entered our May/June/July 2021 children's story contest. Our list of April and May/June winners and highly commended CHILDREN'S STORIES which will all feature in our first children's story anthology are listed below.
(Paperback and e-book will be available to purchase in the next few days - we will email our subscribers with details and purchase links will also be available on this website!)
Anna’s Backward Day by Andy Spearman (Winner April)
Dragon Dares by Lucy Welch (Second Place April)
Standing Guard by Marie Day (Winner June)
Flower Girl by Amy B. Moreno (Second Place June)
The Fox and the Dragon by Darren Arthurs
Poetry Park by Leah Knight
The Girl and the Boomerang by Huxley Clark (9 years old)
Potluck by Julie Haworth
Fish Face by Tony Bell
The Saveloy by John Tydeman
Splodglys and Tiddlers by Penny Walsh
Bernard the Bear Needs a Bath by Robert Peate
The Light by H. A. Piacento
Prickles by Laura Scotland
The City of Mist by Abigail Senior
The Calm Before the Stormi by Dana Storino
The Land of the Gods by Eda C. Chaxel (13 years old)
The Egg and the Balloon by Chloe Leung Suet Chin (11 years old)
#
APRIL 2021 - VOLUME ONE
SHIMMERING SHORT AND LUSTOUS LONG STORY WINNERS - CONGRATULATIONS!
Two Rings by Lee Greenaway WINNER - LONG STORY
The Pull of the Tides by Roz Levens SECOND PLACE - LONG STORY
Attraversiamo by Kerry Rawlinson WINNER - SHORT STORY
Lost and Found by Kathleen Foxx SECOND PLACE - SHORT STORY
HIGHLY COMMENDED:
The Magic Hour by Lisa Wiley
Emily and the Face by Graham Crisp
The Missionaries’ Daughter by Regina G. Beach
The Red Box on the Hill by Christina Collins
Mud Cake and Downward Dog by Kim Hart
When You’re Chosen, You’re Chosen by Daniel Marques
She Bleeds with the Fields by Gracious Love
Sailboat by Jarrett Mazza
Lord of the Feathers by Steve Goodlad
Condolences by Pam Knapp
Margate by MK O’Connor
Parrot Commentary by Kay Rae Chomic
I Flow to the Sea by Hedy Lewis
Tryptych by Joe Howsin
White by Lorraine Cooke
User History by Ethan Lee
Blessed with a Curse by Jane Bidder
Flight of the Butterfly by Vikki Gemmell
Johanna by Paul Phillips
Moustachio by Laura Scotland
My Girlfriend’s Plants by Robert Scott
Private View by Steve Gregory
4.9 Stars by Joe Howsin
Mrs. Bowley Upstairs by Ed Walsh
Passing Ships by Rosie Cullen
The Weathermen—A Love Letter by Aneeta Sundararaj
The Shadow Waved Back by Leena Batchelor
Passing On by Polly Palmer
Evensong by John Hargreaves
A Contained Life by Rebecca Kinnarney
Her Ordinary Man by Susan Rocks
The Right Place by Sven Camrath
Someone, No-one by Hilary Coyne
The Chair by Miki Lentin
As Cold as a Winter’s Day by Derek Hulme
The Displacement Artist by David DeWinter