Six Make the Shortlist for our March Writing Contest
We are so pleased to announce that SIX writers have made the shortlist for our March Write Prompt Challenge.
We try to choose images that can take authors in countless directions, and the photo of a duplex certainly took people to some interesting places. These writers approached the provided image with wonderfully unique views that were clever and surprising.
Congratulations to Alyssa Bushell, Lori Green, Andrew Shaughnessy, Stuart Trenholm, and Karen Walker — we wish you well as you go on to the final stage of judging!
Alyssa Bushell| shortlisted for the story, 'Lionel Wexelbaum Will Not Wake Up'
Alyssa Bushell is a flash fiction enthusiast and cozy mystery novelist based in Chesley, Ontario. Her work has appeared in Ellipsis Zine, Leon Literary Review, Reckon Review, and elsewhere. When she's not playing with words, Alyssa can be found near water with a book in hand—or baking up new ways to procrastinate. Connect with her at AlyWrites.ca or on Bluesky and Instagram @WritesAly.
Lori Green| shortlisted for the story, 'Breathe, My Darling'
Lori Green has been writing poetry, horror, and dark fiction since she first picked up a pen. Her stories and poems have been published by Quill & Crow Publishing House, Black Hare Press, Love Letters to Poe, Ghost Orchid Press, and more. Her latest poem, “the leaves have much to say” was published by Off Topic Publishing and selected for their October 2024 Poetry Box. She studied English Literature at the University of Western Ontario and now lives along the shores of Lake Erie and Lake Huron. She is an active member of The Horror Writer’s Association and when not writing, she enjoys morning walks through the cemetery and feeding the crows. She is currently working on her first novel.
Andrew Shaughnessy | shortlisted for the story, 'Outfoxed'
Andrew (Andy) Shaughnessy is a Toronto-based intellectual property litigation lawyer and writer. He is a past contributor to Blank Spaces Magazine, as well as a one-time silver and three-time bronze medalist (and four-time short-lister) in past image prompt challenges. His short stories and poems have appeared with Off Topic Publishing, Syncopation Literary Journal, and Last Stanza Poetry Journal, among others. He has been nominated by Last Stanza Poetry Journal in 2024 for the Pushcart Prize. He is the 2023 Mississauga Library Poetry Prize Winner. He overuses m-dashes (and parentheses) and has (the love of) a dog.
Stuart Trenholm | shortlisted for the story, '3566 rue Cartier'
Stuart Trenholm is a writer who moonlights as a neuroscientist. His work has appeared in The Malahat Review and the Montreal Review.
Karen Walker| shortlisted for the story, 'So Which Yellow'
Karen Walker draws and writes in a low basement in Ontario, Canada. Her most recent work is in or forthcoming in Stanchion, New Flash Fiction Review, Mythic Picnic, coalitionworks, The Ekphrastic Review, and Does it Have Pockets.
Lisa Zeltzer| shortlisted for the story, 'The Woman Next Door'
Lisa Zeltzer is a Toronto-based Occupational Therapist and freelance writer with words in Today’s Parent, HuffPost, and her children’s lunchboxes. She was longlisted for the international Furious Fiction June 2024 Showcase.
Watch for our announcement of the top three in the coming weeks!
