The next quarterly 1,000 Word Challenge is for 1,000-word short fiction on the theme ‘secrets’. The prizes are £100, £50 and £25. The entry fee is £5 per story, and the closing date is 31 May. Website: www.1000wordchallenge.com
Group editor Steve Harvey has left South Hams Newspapers and has been replaced by group deputy editor Stuart Nuttall.
Baen Books has announced the winner of the 2017 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award as Feldspar by Philip A Kramer. The runners up were Bullet Catch by Stephen Lawson and An Economy of Air by MT Reiten.