The best of 2024

These prize-winning stories were published in our 2024 anthology, Talking Trees and other stories of life.

Open Category (1500 words or less)

First place: Little Dove by Kylie Gardiner

Second place: Uncoupling by Phillipa Selby

Third place: Patting a Calf by Margot Leggett

Short Category (500 words or less)

First place: Sovereign Embrace by Chris Lee

Second place: Looking Through My Bedroom Window by Barbara McKay

Third place: Daughter by S.L. Wade

Youth Award (for writers aged 18 years old and under)

Yellow by Clarisse Lim

Read many more stories of faith and testimony like these in our 2024 anthology, Talking Trees and other stories of life available from our bookstore.

2024 anthology