Recent Contest Results

2023 Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction

Lunch at the Blacksmith, by Cornelia Nixon

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2023 Lascaux Prize in Creative Nonfiction

The Demulcent of Shame, by Jason Prokowiew

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2023 Lascaux Prize in Flash Fiction

So Slow That It Sounds True, by Vanessa Tamm

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2023 Lascaux Prize in Poetry

Capturing the Scent of Rain, by Karen Paul Holmes

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It all began around a campfire…

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