Results of the 2012 Competition

First:      ‘The Hunters’ by Helen Kirkham (Nelson)
Second: ‘Walls’ by Rhonda Bartle (New Plymouth)
Third:    ‘Spiritus Equus’ by Jeanette Cook (Nelson)

Highly Commended:
‘Idle Talk: a monologue’ by June Bowen (Blenheim)
‘Generosity’ by Angela Cuddihy (Auckland)
‘Never Underestimate the Power of an Inanimate Object’ 
by Linley Jones (Auckland)
‘Type: Sensitive’ by Tim Leyland (Nelson)
‘A Certain Violence’ by Leah McMenamin (Lower Hutt)
‘Macaroni’ by Emily Watson (Wellington)
‘Fishermen’s Knot’ by Lindsay Wood (Nelson)

 Judge of the 2012 competition was Gavin Bishop.

These winning stories were published in the anthology Horizons
 

L-R: Jeanette Cook (third), Helen Kirkham (first), Stella Chrysostomou from Page & Blackmore Booksellers.

Rhonda Bartle (Second)