The 2021 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award Winners

From the Editor’s Desk

The New Quarterly is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award!

Winner

“Something Really Unbelievable” by Nicole Smith

Runner-Up

“Mushroom Girl” by Lizzie Derksen

Shortlist (to be published)

“The Last Time She Saw Charlie” by Carol Hay

“Florence” by Hilary Ball

“(In)Auspicious” by Alana Rigby

Look for the winners’ mentions in The New Quarterly’s Fall 2021 Issue 160. Thank you to all of the writers who participated this year. We enjoyed reading every one of your stories!