Who leads in the NiTH Writing Contest? Read the stories that wowed our judges.
The Needle In The Hay Writing Contest Leaderboard
Lydia Trethewey
Wins: 9
Brain Strings & Concrete Pavers | Duets & Duvets Award Part 1 (2016)
Ouroboros | Waiting For Starman (2016)
The Man With The Rotting Tongue | The Spoken Weird Award (2015)
Jaws Of Life | Rat In A Cage Award (2015)
Engineering Uncertainty | Engineers Do It In Their Overalls Award
Pterodactyl In My Pocket | PORCUPINES NEED LOVE TOO (2015)
The Strings | LANTERN’S FLAME (2015)
Slippery Vengeance | ANIMATE MATERIAL (2015)
Ash | WOOLF’S PEAK (2015)
Amber Fernie
Wins: 4
Prayer of a Western Relic | RE:RE (2013)
The Day Dial Up Saved The World | WEBMASTER (2013)
Fury of the Scorned at King Pho | CROMULENT (2013)
My Oasis, My Love | KARMA ANIMAL (2014) {Performance Poetry}
Debb Bouch
Wins: 4
Music For The Soul | MARIUS DE ZAYUS (2014)
Waiting For Nith | ORIGIN OF NITH (2013 shared)
The Rhythm War | ADRIAN’S DUEL (2013)
(Un)Common Sense | GLASS ELEVATOR (2013)
Ash Warren
Wins: 4
The Dishonoured | TRIGGER WARNING (2015)
Woman in the Mask | SUN AND MOON (2015)
The Taken | FAE LITTLE THINGS (2015)
The Confessions of Thomas Knell | THE HUNTER (2015)
Alicia Bruzzone
Wins: 4
Your Guide To The Perfect Mars Getaway | GET YOUR ASS TO MARS (2015)
Identifying Ogres | TRIUMPHANT RETURN (2015)
Refitting Shattered Pieces | HOPE SPRINGS MATERNAL (2015)
Season’s Reekings | HOLIDAY SEASONING (2015)
Jason Fink
Wins: 3
Impermanence | SCENERY CHEWER (2014)
The Lost | MAYAN INVITATIONAL (2012)
Here Comes The Rain Again | FULL DRONE (2013)
Joey To
Wins: 3
To Shoot / Not to Shoot | I/O M/F/? (2015)
Uranus Journal | VISIONS OF 2020 (2015)
No Hard Feelings | GRAMOPHONE ELECTRIC (2013)
Nathan Boole
Wins: 3
Therapy | FAREWELL HIROSHI (2013)
Snatcher | WELCOME ABOARD (2013)
A Love Triangle | FLASH COMP 300 (2012)
Steve Ashton
Wins: 3
Mystery Of The Taupe Toupee | TAUPE TOUPEE (2015)
Bendix | CRATER MOUNTAIN (2015)
Donald Trump’s Encyclopaedia Of Space | SPACE TRAVEL DIE (2015)
Daniel Norrish
Wins: 2
More Misery | THE MISERY (2015)
You | WHAT’S SWIMMING DOWN THERE (2014)
Charlie Novak
Wins: 2
To The Editor | BURN YOUR EDITOR (2015)
The Palace | THREE DRAFTS (2014)
Jewel Shkandriy (Grey)
Wins: 2
Crimson Hope | LORD GRIMDARK (2014)
For A Moment | ROSALIE GOES BOPPING (2014)
Sophie Macdonald
Wins: 1
The Pact | Duets & Duvets Award Part 1 {3-way tie} (2016)
Neil Watt
Wins: 1
Escape From Reality | THE ENLIGHTENMENT (2015)
Nick Lachmund
Wins: 1
Alexander: 1917 | BREVITY IS WHAT? (2015)
Cam Dang
Wins: 1
Vivian | BARRY + BARRY Award (2015)
Sarah Henry
Wins: 1
The Shadow Figure’s Philosophy | THE ‘OTHERS’ (2015)
Ted Inver
Wins: 1
Lemonshade | LEMONADE CARBONADE (2015)
Ela Cetin
Wins: 1
Pranking Frank | WARREN’S ASHES (2015)
Sarah Al-saad
Wins: 1
Succubus: A Study in Mediocrity | CLONE EBERT (2015)
Clarissa N G
Wins: 1
The Boy Who Took The Sunshine Away | ANNABEL’S LOST AND FOUND (2014)
John D Pallot
Wins: 1
Synth 209 | GIBSON BIGEND (2015)
Richard Harvie
Wins: 1
The Quantum Parameter | OPEN SPACES (2015)
Sara Difrancesco
Wins: 1
Parking Lot | PROGNOSIS NEGATIVE (2015)
James Dann
Wins: 1
A Stitch Sense | SHIRT STORY (2015)
Jenny Aspen
Wins: 1
In Country | DALLAS LAWYERS CLUB (2015)
Catherine Moller
Wins: 1
7 Historic Planets In The Commonwealth You Have To Visit Before You Replicate | LINKBAIT AND SWITCH (2015)
Sean Crawley
Wins: 1
Blanket Rules | COMFORTABLY ANON (2015)
Adrianna Villasenor
Wins: 1
You Bring Poison | JUST A POE BOY (2015)
Maya Spore
Wins: 1
Corcovado Beach | CLIMATE FICTION
Tobias Madden
Wins: 1
Oddly Beautiful | GROTESQUE PORTRAIT (2015)
Victoria Nugent
WIns: 1
The Return | BECHAMEL TEST (2015)
Evrett Marr
Wins: 1
Finnigan’s Awake | NORRISH GIFT (2014)
Lisa White
Wins: 1
Better Than Most | NORMAL SUCCESS (2014)
Rebecca McDowell
Wins: 1
Birdcage | MYSTERY OF THE CELLAR DOOR (2014 major)
Dakoda Barker
Wins: 1
The Suit Once Worn | CLARISSA’S HEMINGWAY (2014)
Annie M
Wins: 1
Letter To Jane Austen | DEAR AMANDA (2014)
Sarah Gates
Wins: 1
Bus Stop | RUSTED GATE (2014)
Annabel Owen
Wins: 1
Intensive Cycle | FOREVER ENDING STORY (2014)
Alice Griffith
Wins: 1
Belly Belly | INGLORIOUS FOODIE (2014)
Vannessa Ho
Wins: 1
Life of Felix | UNBEARABLE STANDARDS
Alex Braude
Wins: 1
The Man With The Scary Eyes | BREAKING BAD (2013)
Kris Cerneka
Wins: 1
Shadowplay | ORIGIN OF NITH (2013 SHARED)
Darcy Tranter-Cook
Wins: 1
32nd of Cesuary | ORIGINS OF NITH (2013 Shared)
Manasvi Mudgal
Wins: 1
Red Eyed Giant | OUR MOTIVES ARE BENIGN (2013)
Nadya Agrawal
Wins: 1
Sunshine and Movement | FERDINAND HODLER (2013)
Ashleigh Mounser
Wins: 1
An Apocolypse Cometh to Oscar Lennon by Ashleigh Mounser | PRELUDE (2013)
Sherry Landow
Wins: 1
This Way | YOUTH (2012)
Mehta Dharval
Wins: 1
Beach Vacation | ROSA (2012)