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Our second year of short-form prizes has again brought an extraordinary collection of entries from around the world.

 It’s heartening to find so many different takes on the thriller genre, with so many individual styles and such diverse settings.

And all without violence to women!

Tom Leins

Tom Leins

Swine Tags

Tom Leins is a crime writer from Paignton, UK. His books include Boneyard DogsTen Pints of Blood and Meat Bubbles & Other Stories (all published by Close to the Bone) and Repetition Kills You and The Good Book: Fairy Tales for Hard Men (both available from All Due Respect). His next book, Sharp Knives & Loud Guns, is coming soon from All Due Respect. For more details, please visit: Things To Do In Devon When You’re Dead

Katrina Moinet

Katrina Moinet

Tremor

Katrina Moinet writes short fiction and poetry that explores female experiences, both personal and political. She won the 2021 Globe Soup Short Story prize with ‘Nowhere Else I need to be’. Her work is included in the Poetry Marathon Anthology 2021 and she’s been longlisted for Cranked Anvil’s Short Story competition.

Katrina is completing a Creative Writing Masters at Bangor University and The Open University. She lives in Wales with her husband and daughter.  You can follow her on Twitter @KMoinetwrites. She is also on the Flash Fiction shortlist!

 

 

Greg Beatty

Greg Beatty

My Flood Book

Greg Beatty lives in Bellingham, Washington, USA, where he walks dogs and takes care of kids.

When those two special interest groups give him a break, he also writes. Greg has published everything from jokes about cows to reference work entries, but specializes in short fiction. If you’re interested, you can find more of Greg’s stories here: https://payhip.com/GregBeatty

Kimberly Shaw

Kimberly Shaw

Like Glue

I guess you could say I’m “homegrown”, having lived in Indiana all my life. I haven’t worked for compensation in a number of years, although in the past I’ve worked as a cashier, a postal clerk, a secretary, and a cleaning lady.  

I like writing contests; it gives me a theme, a word limit, and a deadline. In 2017 I received an Honorable Mention in the Memoir category of Writer’s Digest’s Annual Competition.  In 2019 I received Honorable Mentions in Institute For Writers Fantasy First Pages and Institute For Literature’s Lost and Found Poetry Contest.

 

The Staunch Book Prizes for thriller novels and short fiction open in February 2022.

Check out our sister project The Staunch Test which rates films and television dramas for violence against women. There you will find a growing database of titles rated as PASS, FAIL or DEBATE, and many reviews of films and television shows from the Staunch Test perspective.

Arendse Lund

Arendse Lund

The Toll Bridge

Arendse Lund is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in The Asahi ShimbunAudeamus, and Alchemy: Journal of Translation, among others. Her world building has been called “vividly imagined and genuinely creepy,” which is the highest praise she can imagine. She earned her doctorate researching medieval manuscripts and the law at University College London, which continues to give her inspiration for her short stories while simultaneously solidifying her belief that truth is (often) stranger than fiction. She is currently working on her first novel. You can find her at www.arend.se