Story and Poem of the Year 2014

Pete and I have been reading and rereading like mad for the past few weeks - all the stunning poetry and prose that makes ABC such a wonderful community to be a part of, and I think it would be fair to say that nailing the very best is the hardest thing we’ve collectively done. Here are our Picks of the Year for 2014 - we hope you like them as much as we did!

 

For the Story of the Year it’s a tie: both very different but equally wonderful. Congratulations to TFH for The Late Bus, and to Mark Brown for Corn Rigs:

 

http://www.abctales.com/story/tfh/late-bus

 

 

http://www.abctales.com/story/markbrown/corn-rigs

 

Honourable mentions:

 

Two breathtakingly good novels – Daniel by Scratch, and School Photos by celticman

 

http://www.abctales.com/story/scratch/daniel-1-vestry

 

http://www.abctales.com/story/celticman/school-photos

 

 

 

and two fantastic shorts – The Ladies of Ephesus by Caged Bird and Witch Pricker by noo:

 

http://www.abctales.com/story/cagedbird/ladies-ephesus

 

http://www.abctales.com/story/noo/witch-pricker-part-1

 

 

 

For Poem of the Year, after far too much cogitation …

 

 

1st Place:

'For The Boy With Seven Hearts' by Old Jack Is Back

http://www.abctales.com/story/old-jack-back/boy-seven-hearts

 

Runner-Up:

'Billy Ulysses In Crab County' by kilb50

http://www.abctales.com/story/kilb50/billy-ulysses-crab-county

 

Third place:

'Poem In A Nice Suit' by John_Silver

http://www.abctales.com/story/johnsilver/poem-nice-suit

 

Highly Commended:

 

'For Louie' by mcmanaman

http://www.abctales.com/story/mcmanaman/louie

 

'Mynydd Carningli (for TP's Parents)' by MJG

http://www.abctales.com/story/mjg/mynydd-carningli-tps-parents

 

'Once Upon A Life' by Silver Spun Sand

http://www.abctales.com/story/silver-spun-sand/once-upon-life

 

'Empty’ by Bee

http://www.abctales.com/story/bee/empty