The 2025 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose Competition Shortlist

SHORT LIST

An adaptable man by Hayden Pyke

A Cigarette at Taurua Stream by Anna Scaife

Double Helix by Elizabeth Kelsey

Father figures by Jemma Richardson

Inside by Tim Saunders

Janus-faced Survival Mode by Sharni Wilson

Meatless by Shelley Burne-Field

Minotaur by Lee Hana

One Week to Live by Michael Botur

On the Couch by Cristín Leach

Subterranean by Renee Liang

The Drowning by Jessica Le Bas

The Nawken by Lorraine Carmody

The Whale by Kirstie McKinnon

Untethered by Tania Norfolk

Waiting for a Real Da by Emily Macdonald

 

Winners announced mid-October – watch this space for updates.