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Festive 50-Word Competition 2025 – Results

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Our latest free-to-enter writing competition brought in almost 200 festive entries. We’re pleased to announce that the judges have selected the winner as:

  • Our December by Nyra Selwyn

Râna has won the prize of £50, plus one free entry to our Flash Fiction Competition 2026 (which is open to entries until 31st January 2026 and has a top prize of £1,100… DETAILS HERE).

Here is the winning entry, followed by details of the three honourable mentions and the entries that made the shortlist. As always, thank you to everyone who entered.

Winning Entry

Our December

by Nyra Selwyn

My love,
it’s that time of year again
soft cinnamon-sugar December
days too short, but these nights
were made for you and me
slow-dancing in the garden
of our gingerbread house,
tiny snowflakes
like white-winged angels
hugging your eyelashes;
under blushing mistletoe
your arms around me
 so warm
 I
 melt

(PDF Version)

Author bio: Nyra Selwyn adores the arts - she is passionate about theatre, music and photography, but writing is her one true love. She writes poetry and prose. At nineteen years old, she is new to the scene and hopes to make a name for herself.

Shortlist

Here are the entries that were selected for the shortlist (in alphabetical order by entry title):

  • After Hanukkah 1944 by Lana Silver
  • Another jolly checklist by Shandin Rickard-Hughes
  • As we finish by Matthew Sheret
  • Beira’s Lattice by Anne Meale
  • Dry Run by Jacci Gooding
  • In Memoriam by Glenys Bigge
  • No Tree by Christopher Drew
  • Nutcracker by Abigail Louise Quine
  • On Christmas morning there are 147 messages in the ‘Family’ group chat by Laura Besley
  • Sprinkles by Kerri McCourt

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