Fiction Contest 2025: The Shortlist

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It’s finally here! Congrats to the following five writers who were shortlisted by our judge, Janika Oza, for our 2025 Fiction Contest!

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Room Magazine’s 2025 Fiction Contest Shortlist

Georgie Millionaire by Camille Pavlenko

Studies in Lepidopterology by Abby Denne

Vanishing Point by Alana Dunlop

Storks by Mary-Alice Thompson

Hard Neck by Carmella Gray-Cosgrove

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A big thank you to our wonderful judge, Janika Oza, for her careful and kind consideration of these works. Congrats again to these writers!

Winners are coming next week, but in the meantime, if you’d like to try your hand at submitting to a contest, keep an eye out for our upcoming poetry contest next year!

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