Congratulations to all the authors who have made our Award long list and huge thanks to all who entered.
| Twenty-third Bath Flash Fiction Award Long List | |
|---|---|
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
| A Billion Ghosts | Michael Haiden |
| A Paper Heart in the Museum of Lost Children | Jacky Taylor |
| Absolutely Nothing Happened | Julius Olofsson |
| Aftermath | Fiona McKay |
| All Grease No Shine | Gargi Mehra |
| Arthur Pritchard: An Apology | Mark Barlex |
| As Neil Armstrong Prepares To Walk On The Moon, Anna Thinks About Eggs | Alison Wassell |
| Before the Aftermath | Sarah McPherson |
| Car Seat Test | Lydia Clark |
| Cold Tea | James Esler |
| Dead Things | Vlad Nikolic |
| Eighteen Inches Counting the Tail | Betty Joyce Nash |
| Everything They Said I Would Not Remember about My Heart Surgery | Debra A. Daniel |
| Fissure | Richard Hooton |
| Hold On | Diane Gottlieb |
| If We Go Back To The Beginning | Louise Mangos |
| It Goes Without Saying | Dreena Collins |
| Lakota Widow | Kevin Burns |
| Lost Items Department | Nat Lileks |
| Maria Gasolina and the Pot of Fool’s Gold | Ursula Mallows |
| Market Forces | Louie Fooks |
| Michael, those things we hid in our pockets were golden | Samuel Josephy Parry |
| Mirror | Claire Polders |
| Needle Work | Christine H. Chen |
| Orange | Isabelle Grimshaw |
| Pa’s a wonky shopping trolley | Kik Lodge |
| Perfect Sin | Seamus Scanlon |
| Searching for Grandpa | Karen Jones |
| She lives in Broadsham | Callum Bains |
| Sisterly love | Alison Davis |
| Sorrow at the School Gate | Abigail Williams |
| Stress | Kathryn Aldridge-Morris |
| Teething | Patrick Holloway |
| The Ace of Spades | Sarah Masters |
| The Astronauts Meet for a Picnic on the First Thursday of Every Month | Rachel O’Cleary |
| The Client | Francesca Newton |
| The Common Scold | Rowe Irvin |
| The Momma-Shell | Billie Giles |
| The One Where We Cut Through the IKEA Car Park | Lucy Goldring |
| The Price of Parmesan | Andrea Koohi |
| The Weather Where You Are | William Davidson |
| Thirty seconds to six on a Monday morning in the aftermath of a conversation where coach Harold told Abe he was demoted to the second lane, that he would never amount to anything, that he was going nowhere fast | Marcus Moore |
| Waiting for Beige | Michelle Christophorou |
| Walking to Wollongong | Nikki Crutchley |
| When You Smelled Like Teen Spirit | Emma Phillips |
| When You’re Done | Dan Biddle |
| Witness Statement | Marilyn A. Timms |
| Woman asleep on the sofa in Cyria Gardens | Rosie Whitcombe |
