
A special section dedicated to any entry that qualifies for the Booby Bonus.
Not only does having a booby in your story gurantee your name in lights here, you are also entered into a prize draw to win a plushie booby or other toy as well.
Three such plushies were given away in the October 2025 and February competitions
The May contest will be no different, with numbers again dependent on the number of entrants. However, as always there will be a slight twist so watch this space.
Sirin Song
By HD Gwyn
October 2025
WINNER
Human Resources
By David Roe
October 2025
RUNNER-UP
A Big Bust
by Sam Stilson
October 2025
Entrant
Dance Interrupted
by Jeni Polido
October 2025
Long List
Jam Toast and the Mysterious Glove
by Therri
October 2025
Entrant
The Cellar
by Mark Buckley
October 2025
Entrant & Plushie Winner!
Birds of a Feather
by Mavourneen Farrell
October 2025
Entrant
Captain Booby and the Cosmic Jam Factory
by Anthea Jones
October 2025 Entrant
The Hidden Risks of Ornithological Academic Research
by Trevor Flanagan
October 2025 Entrant
The Blue Footed Dame
Joanne Deluce
October 2025
Long List
Judged by the Cover
by Laine Lewis
October 2025
Long List
The Marriage Counselor’s Guide to Murder
by Barb DeMoney
October 2025
Entrant
A NatGeo Anniversary
by Lisa Vitale
October 2025
Entrant
The Real Red Herring
by Piper Odelin
October 2025
Entrant
Recipe for Uccello Risorto
by KA Vargas
October 2025
Entrant
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Rite
by Nathan Mair
October 2025
Entrant
The Sensual and the Sapphire
by CJ Payling
October 2025
Entrant
Bob
by Sarah Proud
October 2025
Entrant
Until Death Did Part
by Beth McKeeman
October 2025
Long List
Acid Re-Flux
by Niamh Hammel
October 2025
Long List
From The Files Of Darwin Bluefoot, Private Booby Dick
by Jessica Sedgewick
October 2025
Long List
The Case of the Missing Cookies
by Laura Testa-Rayes
October 2025
Entrant
Dance With Destiny by Libby Mitchell
A New Life by MF Wills
Impressive Boobies by Elmira Olson
Lessons in Loyalty by Kim Stringer
Dead Planets by Jaime Gill
Rocco and Della by Alexis Hunter
Soft-Boiled: A Slick Tracy Case File by Chad Frame
De-Clade by Gregory Greenfinch
The Blue-Haired and Balding Book Club by Margaretta Toribio
The Life and Death of Barry Berry by Jenny E
A Blue-footed Booby's Nightmare by Rebekah Murray
A Case of Sweet Revenge by Philip Margretts
A Dig Too Far by Sadie Whitehouse
A Margarita for the Unemployed by Joel Shoelmaker
Doctor in a Jam by Paula J Lambert
A Paperwight to Die For by Claire Knight
A Reasonable Price by Ellen Judson
A Scavenging at Hardman's Dig by Sandra Hiron
A Sticky Blue Affair by Serina Merfol
A Study in Silk by Julie Walsh
Bibliosmia by Jennifer Lyons-Bell
Birdie Blue Foot by Aideen Ellison
Blue-Footed Jam by Ambers@
Claudia Von Tease and the Booby Burlesque by Rachael Jones
Closure Comes Cheap by Tracy Buckner
Cobie Balt, P.I. by Rev
Cosmo's Mistake by AL Michelle
Counseling the Counselor by Robert Dyer
Blue Chica by Sarah Donahue
Drop. by Terry Kerrins
El Progreso by Alba T Ross
Elements of the Blues by Katie O'Malley
Far Beyond Blueberries by DC Kelley
Freddie Saves The Day by Jan Mitchell Rogers
Good Enough for Me by Stephanie Martin Glennon
Happy Trails by Laine Adams
Heritage Jam by Andrew Power
I Wish to Fly! by Chris Turner-Neal
In a Jam by Anna Ughes
In The Wings by Cristina Farinas
It's Evelyn's Time Now by Bronwen R Evans
Jelly in the Sky with Vengeance by Lee Mack
Left Foot In by Alli Cat
Legacy by Avery Other
Lost in Translation by Harvey Lee Turner
Lost Lunch by Allister
Marriage or Murder by Moriartti
Master of the Black Arts by Steven Huff
Mating Rituals by A Williams
Midday at Mazatlán by Jason Kurylo
Natural Selection by Melanie Hartt
Of Preservers Most Murderous by Phoebe
One Last Dance by Stephen James
Overdue by Sara Jacobelli
Pit Boss by Robert W Brown Jr
Post-Mortem by Jennifer Andrews
Seabreeze by Zira MacFarlane
Shadows by Liz Gwinnell
Shelf Awareness by Victor Cabinta
Spaces of Waiting by Chloe Paige
The Big Tweet by Holly Sadowski
The Booby Betrayed by Margaret Dickinson
The Booby Illustration by Sarah Goldsmith
The Booby Trap by Marie Cooper
The Day the Earth Must Boogie by Carl Maguire
The Detective and the Booby by Alexander A Nastasi
The Evolution of Dance by Sandra Peters
The Haunted Books by Darcie Thomas
The Jammy Jailbird by Tash
The Last Case by Sunny Henderson
The Legend of Blue Boot Bobby by Charlie Broome
The Legend of Khan the Devourer by Thorgier Wintermere
The Orchid Dance by Sarah Kennedy
The Overwhelming Aura by Reynard Shanachie
The Tattered Tapestry by Miriam Culy
The Woman and the Man by RC Philroys
They Come At Night by Lyddie Gilbert
Trial Session by Tyra Davidson
Unwelcome by Heidi Goodchild
What You Guano Do When They Come For You? by Anoop B Singh
When the Dust Remembers by Exeter T Stevens
Who Knocked Up Mavis by Ryan Fleming
Who Stole My Lunch? by Will Kelly
Wuthering Freights by Holly Crawford
Every Problem by Gavin Lockie
Murder on the Wold! *an Agnes Clearweather Murder Mystery
by Brian White
Experiments in Conservation, or Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measure by Claire Rosi

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