We had more than 100 entries to our short story competition and over the summer we've been reading them through to find our longlist, shortlist, and, finally, our winners...

Over 18s: 
Winner: Yirmeyahu, Chris Greenhalgh
First runner up: The Walker, Mark Thornton
Second runner up: Prologue to his coming, Lester Amann

Under 18s:
Joint winners: Mr Mdaiwa's mercy - Amisadai Monger and Resurrection of hope  - Hannah Mead

Congratulations to all our winners and runners up!

We will be printing the winning stories in the next few editions of idea.