6th eacwp flash fiction contest – the winners
first place went to davy d'halluin (belgium) with his text "three across". 12 texts in different european languages were in the final round.
the winner of the 6th eacwp (european association of creative writing programmes) flash fiction contest has been chosen:
three across ("drie horizontal")
von davy d'halluin (bel)
he wraps himself in yesterday’s words.
a length of newspaper around his body and under his blanket. works fine as insulation against the gasps of a chilly night in february. he believes the sports pages are the warmest.
daylight slithers out and in its place comes the tip-tap-tapping of red lacquer soles and bravura. under his head the puzzle page. three across: morbid mockery. someone has filled in ‘ironic’.
their pace quickens when they pass him. it isn’t just the darkness that keeps him hidden. what makes him invisible is the reluctance to look.
he corrects the answer: ‘cynicism’.
he closes his eyes to hunt down sleep.
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points were awarded according to the eurovision songcontest voting system.
2nd place: "where the seagulls sleep" by per marklund (swe)
3rd place: "the outcasts" by asier susaeta diez de baldeón (esp)
4th place: "nursery" by minja axelsson (fin)
5th place: "mending the world" by eyal bleiweiss (isr)
the popular vote has been awarded to "the adulterer" by jonathan gouriou vales from france.
congratulations to the winner and all finalists!
more than 1,000 texts from across europe were submitted to the contest which took place for the 6th time. the jury for the final round (in addition to the public voting) consisted of representatives of the 12 participating eacwp institutions. for the vienna poetry school, the poet peter waugh (gbr/aut) acted as juror.
winner of the german language round was daniel ritter (vienna) with his text "robin redbreast".
(sfd-jury for the german language texts: writer and sfd-teacher fabian navarro, fritz ostermayer, harriet nachtmann)
additional information:
>> https://sfd.at/en/newsflash/eacwp-flash-fiction-contest-2023-2013-vote-online?set_language=en&cl=en
>> https://sfd.at/en/program/2023/flash-fiction-contest-2023
texts in the final round (in their original language with english translation):
>> https://eacwp.org/flash-fiction-contest-european-winner-2023/
winners per language (texts in their original language with english translation):
>> https://eacwp.org/2023-winners-per-language/
