London Independent Story Prize 2023 Creative Writing Winners & Finalists
London Independent Story Prize 2023
Creative Writing Competition Winners, Finalists and LISP 23 Anthology Selections
LISP 2023 Winners and Finalists:
LISP 2023 Short Story Winner: 'Before the Gale by Jess Richards'
LISP 2023 Poetry Winner: 'Sea major' by Karina Fiorini
LISP 2023 Flash Fiction Winner: 'Let Him Bury His Face in the Dust' by Gillian O'Shaughnessy
LISP 2023 Short Story Finalists:
Tenner by Tunde Oyebode
Nuisance Calls by Gina Challen
The Waiter by Rhiannon Lewis
Madame Marieke by Tina Pisco
The Days of Devil's Stew by Pat Ryan
FILM CLUB: A CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE TALE by Imogen Harris
LISP 2023 Flash Fiction Finalists:
I Wonder If They See Me by Kwame MA McPherson
Dancing by Sue Harper
My Recovering-Addict Phone Buddy Talks to Her Dog by Lisa K. Buchanan
Big Drop by Laurie Bolger
Past Mortem by Ros Thomas
Cold Beer by Linda Jorgenson
Stew and Dumplings by Caitlin Magnall-Kearns
A Drunk Cedar Waxwing by Niles Reddick
A Murderous Descent by Lynn Bushell
LISP 2023 Poetry Finalists:
Kitchen Sink Drama by Sarah Boyd
Sentimental Garbage by Hannah Stephings
Relic by Fiona Dignan
Prospect Park with My Mother During an Ectopic Pregnancy by Ivy Raff
Photo Taken on A Dappled Day by Alison Grove
Pelham Woods by Kirk Millis-Ward
Midnight Hour by Jose Varghese
Timewardens by Mark Fiddes
London Independent Story Prize 2023 Anthology Selections
LISP 23 Anthology Selected Poems:
Dhal in South East London by Truly Johnston
Have You Noticed by Nelly Bryce
Daffodil by Jennifer Duffy
The Wooden Coat by Laura Kyle
After a Storm by Kirsty Woods
On Hoy by Emma Williams
He by Emily Tsang
Heavenish by Paul James McGilton
Driven by Michael Salander
In Absentia by Francesca Duffield
Pain by Danielle Todd
Two Boys Suzanna Fitzpatrick
LISP 23 Anthology Selected Flash Fiction:
Harrison Ford 8 is not to be trusted by Andrew Philip Boulton Without Warning, Birds Fall by ALEX REECE ABBOTT
The Wooden Coat by Laura Kyle The Tree Wife by Charles Prelle The Hitchhiker by Robert Young The First of the Last Goodbyes by Madeleine Armstrong Shotgun by Mary Francis Party by Lucy Lasasso Out of This World by Liz Gwinnell Murmuration by Sarah Masters Look at All the Places by Frances Dalton Lisbon is Yellow by Rachel Makinson Herding Instinct by Steve Saulsbury Going Out by Hugh Hayley Four Storeys ... One Ending by Julian Cadman Domestic by Sarah Hill Wheeler Decomposition by AJ Morris Coat by Letty Butler Bagatelle by Philippa Howell The Necklace by Marge Herman Hammam by Scarlett Sangster We Haven't Eaten by Christopher Bowen Recipe for a Quiet Life by Emma Burnett Did You Go A Nice Colour by Natasha Derczynski Monica by Rohit Singh Dauntless by Rebecca Douglas After the Shine Wore Off by Amy Ferguson Spits and Pieces by Pierre Perera The White Scarf by Annie Bien The Apocalyptic Columnist by Marc D OBrien The Afternoon Tea by Kathrine Bancroft Breathing by Karon Alderman She told me it was just one time by Freya Morris Crumbs by Molly Lanzarotta Mire by Patricia Mullin Emma McCutcheon Catches the Light by Lee Reilly
LISP 23 Anthology Selected Short Stories:
Point and shoot by Guy Ware
Semi-Presence by Pippa Wildwood
Farfaphus by Russell Heywood
The Escalator by Jane Branson
Haven by Elizabeth Hewes
THE DEATH CAFE IS CLOSED by Rosalyn Huxley
The Stranger by Joanna Adam
Terracotta Lavender by Karen Storey
The Hanging Tree by Karen Milner
The Phantom State by Daniel Wade
Woman Is Stone by Michael Pearson
The Magnets by Kate Arnold
At the Edge of the Woods, a Sanctuary and a Mausoleum by Nikoletta Gjoni
First Fruits Sunday by Ava Ming
In Search of Michael Mouse by Ieuan Wyn Williams
Underground by Craig Smith
Holloway Road by Luke Davies
The Empty Quarter by Frida Khan
A Trip Into Town by Sue Brennan
Smoker by Mark Mc Quown
Until Death Do Us Part by David Micklem
City Walk by Marianne Dugdale
The Painting by Neaka Mohtashemi
Barren by Karen Browne
Enter, Exit the Ghosts by Robin Luce Martin
Spoilt for Choice by Joanna Garbutt
Drive Carefully, Mum by Jessie Payne
The Hazelnut Tree by Jilly Carrell
Mr Greenlee does not visit anymore by Julie Watkins
The Vietnamese Potbelly and the Middle White by Steve Wade
Reunion by Lisa Johnson Mitchell
The Tea Dance by Clare Reddaway
The Meantime by Alexandra Gough
