In late 2025, The Hemlock Journal in collaboration with Remington Review announced Fiction Writing Contest with the theme Call of the Wild.

During the submission period, from November, 2025 to January 2026, we received a remarkable number of submissions from around the world, each one unique and thought-provoking.

However, we had to select the best ones.

The following Longlist comprises of ‘25 Best Work of Fiction‘ each distinguished by not only literary merits but also by embracing the given theme : Call of the Wild.

Fiction Writing Contest, 2025 Longlist

From On High by Amita Basu

Wild Girl, Uncaged by Esther Fisher

Home With a View by Jess Lawrence

Alice McRae by Norman Thompson

The Widow’s Weather by József-Sándor Török

Corals in Her Throat by Bhumika Sanjeev

First Principles by Alan Talevi

The Perfect Photo by Victoria Galmarini

Shhh-shhh-sha by Smita Das Jain

Home With A View by Jess Lawrence

Kadal – Marine Ballet by Julia Esther

The Last Sigpins by Bernardo C. Vidal Jr.

The Kingdom Below by Srijita Chakraborty

What the River Remembered by Abhiram Chaturvedi

A Family of Women by Ananya Mahapatra

subroutine_trace by Martha Hipley

Tadpoles by Laura Trapletti

Deepor Beel by Shruti Sareen

Thalweg by Theresa Wong

The Erl King by Manuel López Ramírez

Duck Pond by Kate Brooks

Building Again -2084 by Sarah Das Gupta

The Light Below by C.M. Sullivan

From Upwind by Zara Maharani Khalisha Ariana

In Pursuit of Earths by Debarati Mukherjee

Where the Jungle Speaks Back by Héctor Ordóñez Monribot

All above mentioned 25 works will be included in Special Fiction Writing Issue, to be released by the end of March 2026

Stay Tuned!