And the winners of the 2025 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose competition are....

And the winners of the 2025 Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose competition are....

By Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction | Posted: Thursday Oct 16, 2025

First

The Nawken by Lorraine Carmody

Second

A Cigarette at Taurua Stream by Anna Scaife

Third

Janus-faced Survival Mode by Sharni Wilson

Highly Commended

Father figures by Jemma Richardson

One Week to Live by Michael Botur

On the Couch by Cristín Leach

The Drowning by Jessica Le Bas

Untethered by Tania Norfolk

The prizes were announced last night in an awards presentation with judges Lynn Jenner and Gina Cole, and in conversation with Fiona Farrell and Michelle Elvy, with readings from the top three place winners.

Watch here DOUBLE LIVES: Katherine Mansfield Sparkling Prose 2025 Awards Event

The winners lists have been published today, with judges' notes:

Sparkling Prose: Katherine Mansfield story competition ~ At The Bay ~ I Te Kokoru ~ Aotearoa Stories

Coming soon - shortlisted, highly commended and winning stories.