2019 NFFD ADULT SHORT LIST
Breadcrumbs by Tom Adams, Wellington
Moving To Town by Tim Saunders, Palmerston North
Not a Vegetarian by Elena de Roo, Auckland
Over the Fields from Ballyturin House, 1921 by Rose Collins, Canterbury
Separated from That Which Cannot Be Separated by Craig Foltz, Auckland
T Is For Tiger by Tim Saunders, Palmerston North
The Beautiful Thing by Anna Granger, Whanganui
The Boat People by Jeff Taylor, Hamilton
The Museum of Curiosities and Natural History by Heather McQuillan, Christchurch
The sound a horse makes when it comes to drink at night by Wanda Barker, Hamilton
The Visitors by Anna Granger, Whanganui
Washing-up by Leeanne O’Brien, Auckland
2019 NFFD YOUTH SHORT LIST
Art is Dead by Lily Deuchars, Hagley College, Christchurch
Cleaning Clouds by Zoe Congalton, Year 9, Havelock North High School, Hawkes Bay
Five rules for liking girls when you are young and prone to heartbreak by Cybella Maffitt, Year 13, St. Cuthbert’s College, Auckland
Funeral hymn for a lost toy by Cybella Maffitt, by Cybella Maffitt, Year 13, St. Cuthbert’s College, Auckland
Gummy Bears by Hannah Daniell, Year 11, Cashmere High School, Christchurch
I Hope the Others Sang by Derrin Smith, Year 11, Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Christchurch
Il faut laisser aller le monde comme il va by Cybella Maffitt, Year 13, St. Cuthbert’s College, Auckland
No Need by Hannah Daniell, Year 11, Cashmere High School, Christchurch
Noisy Silence by Maia Ingoe, Gisborne, Year 13, Gisborne Girls’ High School, Gisborne
Psycho Steve by Simon Brown, Victoria University, Wellington
Taking Shape by Alice Hoerara-Hunt, St Peter Paul School, Lower Hutt
The Last Voyage by Sarah-Kate Simons, Year 10, home school, Southbridge, Canterbury,
Youth by Phoebe Robertson, Whangarei Girls’ High, Whangarei
Winning stories will be announced June 22 at the NFFD events around the country (find an event near you, here!), and the winners will be listed on this page.