Mother Nurture by Iain McGrath
In making your family soup, you treated thin skins with kid gloves, tempering acerbic onions, softening brittle carrots, before leavening us with sliced leek and an affection of lentils.
Seabeast by Rachel Swabey
Maya bobs in the lizard-grey sea, just out of sight, as the gaggle of eccentrics, thrill-seekers and exhibitionists jostles on the pier, eager to leap towards glory. The serious-looking hang gliders have had their turn, so now it’s time for the amateurs dressed as giant birds or vehicles. The wind whips at their costumes and…
A woman who does not believe in spells by Annette Iles Hysteria 2023 poetry category winner
Annette Iles is the winner of the poetry category in the 2023 Hysteria Writing Competition with her poem ‘A Woman Who Does Not Believe In Spells’. You can read the winning story below as you listen to the recording. It is published, along with the other winners and finalists from each category in the Hysteria…
Soaking Wet by Denarii Peters Hysteria 2023 short story category winner
Denarri Peters is the winner of the short story category in the 2023 Hysteria Writing Competition with her story ‘Soaking Wet’. You can read the winning story below as you listen to the recording. It is published, along with the other winners and finalists from each category in the Hysteria 10 anthology, which is published…
Hocus Pocus by Chris Cottom Hysteria 2023 flash fiction category winner
Chris Cottom is the winner of the Flash Fiction category in the 2023 Hysteria Writing Competition with his story ‘Hocus Pocus’. You can read the winning story below as you listen to the recording. It is published, along with the other winners and finalists from each category in the Hysteria 10 anthology which is published…
At Peace With Myself by Caroline Jenner Hysteria 2022 flash fiction category winner
Caroline Jenner is the winner of the Flash Fiction category in the 2022 Hysteria Writing Competition. Her story’s full title is At Peace With Myself in the Chaos of Half-Started Projects. You can find her story, along with the other winners and finalists from each category in the Hysteria 9 anthology.
Et in Arcadia Ego by Alexandra Packer Hysteria 2022 short story category winner
Alexandra Packer is the winner of the Short Story category in the 2022 Hysteria Writing Competition. You can find her story, along with the other winners and finalists from each category in the Hysteria 9 anthology.
Girl in a Cathedral, Heather Cook Hysteria 2022 poetry winner
Heather Cook is the winner of the Poetry category in the 2022 Hysteria Writing Competition. You can find her poem, along with the other finalists from each category in the Hysteria 9 anthology.
A New Hope by Tracy Davidson, Hysteria 2021 category winner
Tracy Davidson is the winner of the Poetry category in the 2021 Hysteria Writing Competition. You can find her poem, along with the other finalists from each category in the Hysteria 8 anthology.
What if earth is a pyramid by Abdulrahman M Abu-Yaman, Hysteria 2021 category winner
Abdulrahman Mohammed Abu-Yaman is the winner of the flash fiction category in the 2021 Hysteria Writing Competition. You can find his writing, along with the other finalists from each category in the Hysteria 8 anthology.
