
WINTER 2026
WINNER: Call the Four by Osagie Onolunose

When four teens vanish in Edinburgh, a leaked CCTV clip frames Adeyinka, sparking nationwide anti-immigrant riots. As the city burns, Adeyinka and his friend Eoin fall prey to a ruthless trafficking ring. Call The Four is a pulse-pounding thriller that questions modern society’s darkest impulses.
OTHER FINAISTS

Lily Starling wakes up in a city she barely recognizes, with no memory of her past—only a metal tag bearing her name and an instinct for survival. When a Union starship crew claims she belongs with them, she’s pulled centuries beyond her own time and into a desperate mission against the psionic Krythar.
Aboard the starship Salamander, Lily is drawn into a found family of misfit officers, warriors, and exiles. Together, they uncover mysteries hidden among the stars: an ancient memory seed carrying the voices of the dead, and a weapon capable of unraveling time itself.
But when Lily faces her greatest fear, she must choose—confront the demons of her past, or risk losing everything.

Seven years after leaving Ethan—now her sister’s husband—Samantha returns seeking closure. But her “drama-free” holiday is derailed by Craig, a charming younger neighbor with a dangerous reputation. Ignoring her sister’s warnings, Samantha finds her resolve melting under his gaze. In the summer heat, the one man she shouldn’t want becomes impossible to resist.

After a DNA test shatters her perfect life, Tessy abandons her fiancé and family to flee to the UK. Disguised as a student, she hunts for the biological father hidden by her mother’s lies. In this high-stakes search for identity, Tessy must decide if the truth is worth the wreckage.

A homeless man wanders through endless versions of Fort Wayne, Indiana with a shapeshifting kitsune partner. Together they face their odd realities and a strange multiverse taco truck owner while piecing together broken memories. They try to find home across a sixth-dimensional current that refuses to let them rest.

Meticulous consultant Marlon risks everything after a night of secret, back-to-back sexual encounters with boutique owners Chelsea and Rebecca. As professional boundaries dissolve into a web of guilt and desire, Marlon’s double life threatens their livelihoods and his integrity. In this high-stakes drama, one man must face the devastating cost of a hidden truth.

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