We are glad to announce the Eyelands 11th short story contest shortlist
(order by the date of submission)
1 / Prime factors
2 / Grandfather’s pencils
3 / Glittering prize
4/ In the year Twenty Twenty-Five
5 / The Archivist
6/ It is the end of the world as we know it
7/ What we talk about when we talk about Doomsday
8/ Just one
9 / Gypsum goodbyes
10 / The path
11 / XYZ
12 / Executive order
13/ Skyletters
14/ Harsh Advert
15/ Hollow seats
16/ Daffodils and Tulips
17 / Fragrant Isle
18/ Familiar
19/ L & M
20 / The Hate Baby
21/ The Juicer
22 / Cognisphere
23 / The Year of the Snake
24 / Our untimely demise
The shortlisted writers have already started the process of reading an voting for the best story. The deadline for the voting is July 20. We will announce the winner the very next day. According to the writers’ votes 4 of the stories will probably be out of the book. The collection of the stories will be published in October 2025. The winner will get the prize on 20 of August 2025. The prize winner’s story will be also published online on eyelands.gr, translated into greek! All the shortlisted writers will get a free copy of the book.
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