March 2011 Deadline
2nd: Water Babies by Malcolm Twigg
3rd: Bloody Nice Chap by Ryan Hallett
Congratulations to all of them (all Dark Tales newcomers) and many thanks to everyone that took part.December 2010 Deadline
1st: Four in the Morning by Andrew Newall
2nd: Cat's Eyes by Luke Fisher
3rd: Liberation by Niall McMahon
Andrew and Luke are both newcomers to Dark Tales, but Niall has been published before with us, most recently with A Dream of Faces which can be read in Dark Tales: Volume XI, still available in print here and in e-book format here.
Have a go at our short story contest and win up to £500...It's free to enter if you subscribe.
September 30th Deadline
1st - Krankenhaus by John Hobart
2nd - Phenomenon by Iain Paton
3rd - When You Wish Upon A Tsar by Iain Pattison
Also shortlisted:
Aunt Hilda by Peter Gillott
Class of '75 by Raymond Little
Iain Paton's story Mira is soon to be published in Dark Tales: Volume XV (which you can preview here) and Peter Gillott's story Basilisk appeared in Dark Tales: Issue 5, which you can purchase as an e-book here.
June 30th Deadline
1st - Quickening by Anthony Murray
2nd - The End of Science by Raymond Little
3rd - The Affair by Fionna Barr
Also shortlisted:
This is Oxford Road by Chris Smith
Samuel by Stephen McQuiggan
You can read Anthony Murray's story From A Great Height in Dark Tales: Volume XIV
March 31st Deadline
Masterful Mr. Matton by J. D. Peer
Killing of Innocents by Maria Herring
Andy's Barren Wife Couldn't Be Arsed by Carl Chrystan
Congratulations to all of you and thank you to everyone that entered.
February 28th deadline
Dandelion Dead by Clare Fletcher
The Fountain by Tom Johnstone
The Swords in the Rock by James Emberson
Yuki Onna by Eliza Chan
Butcher by Eleanor Dobson
Spider by Kahryn Hughes
All of these writers will be making their Dark Tales debuts soon.
December 31st deadline
Over My Dead Body by Valentine Williams
Send in the Clowns by Stef Hall
Under the Canopy by Gordon Speed
You can read Valentine's story In the Penguin Colony in Dark Tales: Volume XIII.
Stef and Gordon are to be published in Dark Tales for the first time.
Here is a comprehensive list of shortlisted and winning stories from Dark Tales short story competitions during 2009:
Abaddon by Sen Threadgold
Castillian Twilight by Michael J. Howe
Billy Boys by Amanda McAleese
Slightly Higher Status by Carl Chrystan
After the Party by Philip Parkin
The Whole World to Swim In by Nemone Thornes
Missed Call by D Gavin Guddi
The Sunflower Seed Man by Priya Sharma
Priya Sharma is a Dark Tales veteran (you can read The Lady, Eve in Volume 10 and Screaming Purple Psychosis in Issue 9).
The Rock by Rachel Amphlett
Mrs Ely by Andrew Stockton
The Scoop by Lesley Grint
Hands in Healing by Jean Thewlis
In Munro House by James Ward
The House on Melton Street by Stef Hall
The Wraiths of Winter by Kevin Chant
Seventeen Mouths, None to Feed by Nemone Thornes
Descension by Steven Maxwell
The Ordinary Course of Events by Michael Law
A Presence in the Spring by Graham Andrews
The Head Gardener by Bruce Currie
The Puddle by Richard Smith
The Illustrated Dreams of the Ancestors by Georgina Bruce
Read Georgina's Touch, Typing in Dark Tales: Volume XIV.
Indefinity by Richard Findlay
Joe's Pet Store by Austin Hackney
Mira by Iain Paton
Lullaby by Susan EverettDie Küche by Benjamin Mitchell
A Loving Son by Iain Grant
Sporefall by Jean Dorricott
Seized by Nymphs by Diane Waters
The Wolf Runs in the Barley by Kate Measom
Be Seeing You by Keith Melton
The Existence of Purple by Shirley Golden
Blackout by Paul Johnson-Jovanovic
Interaction by Katherine Spink
The Red Vortex by Priya Sharma
