Winner Announcement: Romance Alliance Award
After much deliberation from our excellent judges the winner is in. Let’s recap:
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Winner Announcement: Sanctuary of the Lost Souls Award
New writers abound in this excellent contest that asked authors to look at life in an enclosure for decidedly non-human characters. Let’s recap.
Winner Announcement: The Row Out Of Jail Free Award
A NiTH veteran took on a newcomer in this week’s combo award.
Winner Announcement: The Black Tooth of Destiny Award
A bigger shortlist this week, a combination of new and returning authors firing off some fantastic shorts. Let’s recap each story and see what the judges thought. The Pain | Robert Madden “Liked the mix between sexual tension and slight […]
Winner Announcement: The Audiophile File Award
Two new authors with fresh ideas and individual styles took to the shortlist this week. It’s always great to read new voices and this shortlist was no exception. Let’s see what the judges thought. Crossed Lines | Jason Hemens Our […]
Winner Announcement: Dry July Award
Two authors took to the stage to show us tales of overcoming addiction. Let’s recap. Dwarven Addiction by C.R. Gardner Are you a full blooded and bearded dwarf? Perhaps not, but even if you have some dwarf blood in your […]
3 Winner Announcements!
A triskele of terrific stories with three winner announcements this week. Read on to find out more.
Winner Announcement: 2017 Science Fiction Award
Recap While they’ve both been around the traps for a while, Nick Lachmund and Lydia Trethewey are two authors who have very distinct differences in their approach to storytelling. Nick Lachmund’s talent is to present a world that is both […]
Winner Announcement: Historical Factions 2 & Protest Pro Test
To start with, apologies for the double up in winner announcements. A brief holiday to Japan where I caught up with NiTH powerhouse Ash Warren followed by the sad passing of a relative left me a little behind schedule, but […]
Winner Announcement: Hotel Diaspora Award
It’s said that melancholy is the strongest emotion. In Cam Dang’s All The Dead Lovers we are taken on a journey back in memory, time and place. The narrator recounts the story of their uncle migrating across the ocean. Who […]
Winner Announcement: Historical Factions Award
In between our new Patreon sponsored awards we’re keeping things alive with serial fiction awards. Let’s recap and find out who won first place. 1332 BC | Mhairi Campbell Mhairi Campbell lends her speedy pen and quick wit to ancient […]
Winner Announcement: The Fake News Real Fiction Award
Recap “His fingers crawled across the keys, spiders weaving webs. Following suit. It beat yesterday’s article on the most recent celebrity to get butt implants or the one after that about which couple is now in splitsville. He also wrote […]
Winner Announcement: The Queen’s Cryptographer Part 4
Winner Announcement by Ash Warren And so we come to the last part of our each of our serial quartets for The Queen’s Cryptographer Award. The final installments of this award were the most closely contested from the judge’s point […]
The Queen’s Cryptographer Part Three Winner Announcement
One of the most important parts of any serial is the cliffhanger and each of our writers has been asked to make sure this element is present in the first three parts of their quartet for The Queen’s Cryptographer. The […]
Winner Announcement: The Queen’s Cryptographer Part 2
The Queen’s Cryptographer Part 2 Winner Announcement By Ash Warren The craft of story writing is just that, a craft. A writer gets better at it by honing their writing skills in the development of certain key elements that are fundamental […]
Winner Announcement: Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Award Part 4
Can you ever really tell if a specific moment in time is the end of something, or the start of something else? Is it ever that simple? In the same way, one story’s final sentence can quickly become the opening line […]
First Rule Of Nabokov Winner Announcement + Update On Award Structure
With Nabokov we saw a high watermark of entries, which necessitated a broad shortlist. December represents a holiday period for many around the world, a time of celebration, new ideas and challenges. This year was no different. First let’s welcome […]
The Queen’s Cryptographer Part One Winner Announcement
By award creator Ash Warren. When I was thinking up this award I had, I confess, rather specific ideas in my own mind as to where the type of brief I was making was likely to end up going, what […]
Winner Announcement: Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Part 3
Is it more prudent to examine the past and learn from your mistakes, or to pre-empt your errors and try to prevent them from happening in the first place? In other words, does hindsight provide more clarity than foresight? The […]
Winner Announcement: To Pant Or Not To Pant Award
The To Pant Or Not To Pant Award is a one shot contest that asked writers to “create a piece of flash fiction that looks at some kind of real life paradox and use it as the catalyst for conflict […]
Winner Announcement: Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Part 2
Sometimes, memories are blurry, out of focus. Emotions are dulled and senses muted. Often, pieces of the puzzle are missing entirely – especially as we age – or new, fabricated scenes are implanted over painful ones to protect us […]
Winner Announcement: 21C Mega Death Award
Happy holidays everyone. What an exciting quartet of stories we saw in the 21C Mega Death Award. I received an email this week encouraging NiTH to keep the single awards going. The writer thought that they were a great introduction […]
Winner Announcement: Hindsight Isn’t 20/20 Part 1
Our guest announcer this week is contest creator and author Tobias Madden.
Winner Announcement: Quitters Anonymous Award
After a series of serials we’re heading into 2017 with a few more one shot awards. Focusing on brevity, these contests give authors the opportunity to enter regular contests without the full on commitment of a serial award. We’ve already […]
Winner Announcement: WOLVES IV – Worlds
From lycanthropy to mystery WOLVES was a serial award that pushed writers on sometimes opposite yet complimentary directions. We’re always on the lookout for that lone wolf who stands out from the competition, but it was clear from the outset […]
Winner Announcement: The Lucky Numbers Award
The winner announcement this week was inspired by Lavinia Simson’s 10 Seconds 6 The number of stories on the shortlist 5 The number of authors on the shortlist. John Falconer was among them, an author who has been plying his […]
Winner Announcement: To The Nines Part 9
Hello All, It is with great pleasure that I, Nick Lachmund, competitor and reader, have the opportunity to present the final winner announcement for this competition. The series has presented us with a wonderful variety of stories across a spectrum […]
Winner Announcement: WOLVES III
Between the final chapters of Flintlocks & Folly and To The Nines we were treated to the penultimate serials for WOLVES. Authors were asked to consider love of self and love of others with an opportunity to bare one’s teeth […]
Winner Announcement: Flintlocks & Folly Act 3
The third and final act for Flintlocks and Folly saw three authors conclude three different yet thematically exciting awards. We’ve already seen both Norrish and Seymour take a win apiece. Can Mills square it up with a win for part […]
Winner Announcement: To The Nines Part 8
Sorry for the late Winner’s Announcement this week. I had a big article in mind talking about various things to do judging etc but wasn’t really happy with it. The core point is that I’ve been looking for ways to […]