Te CREASEY & CO BeaconFlash COMPETITION 2025/26

We are delighted to announce the results of round one of the 2025/26 BeaconFlash competition to the theme of ‘Turning of the Table’. The three stories listed below (in alphabetical order) go through to the final judging when the competition closes at the end of May 2025, announced at next July’s BeaconLit festival.

If your story is not listed below you are welcome to send it elsewhere. If it is, please refrain from doing so until after the final results are announced. NB. The overall top three will be posted in full on this website.

So, the three stories chosen for September 2025 are…

• · It’s only a bit of water, not the end of the world
• Moral Maze
• Muse