Writers of the Year Anthology

Il Duce's Match, Rome 1940
The 2003 competition anthology is now available.
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Writers-of-the-Year Competition 2003

Results - Biggest ever competition entry!

In 2003 the WRITERS OF THE YEAR COMPETITION had its biggest ever entry with over 2000 writers sending in entries from all over the world. Each entry was read carefully by the judges and here are this year’s results:

Winners of the Poetry Category

Winner
Il Duce’s Match, Rome 1940 – Olivia Cole

Bursary Winner
My Dog – Graham Clifford

Highly Commended
Poem about Dee Dee – Clare Shaw
Sift – Pat Winslow

Commended
Heloise Dreaming – Chris Considine
Kamikaze – Maggie Butt
We – Judith Barrington
No Can Do – John Whitworth

Shortlisted
After the Harvest, Simon Armstrong
Edelweiss, Denise Bennett
Museum Pieces, Carole Bromley
Roses Remembered, Clive Gilson
The Corn God of Cernavoda, Ali Glenny
Empty Prayer, Gabriel Griffin
Bird Garden, Hong Kong, Steve Griffin
Sourdough for Sarah, Patricia Lewis
At Mostard, Helen Lovelock Burke
Epiphany, Carol Mayer
Honeycombs, Georgina Parkes
Keeping Mum, Sue Phillips
The Belfast Sink, Simon Rees-Roberts
Shag, Sue Vickerman

Winners of the Short Story Category

Bursary Winner
North Atlantic Drift – Miranda Lewis

Winners
Lobsters – Sharon Zink
Swallowtail – V G Lee

Highly Commended
Don’t Get Me Wrong - Margaret Bevan
Our Lady of the Dogs – Tiffany Murray
ThE ArT oF LoVE – Klair Norton

Commended
Evacuation – Rachel Howard
Pentecost – Alison Grove
A Place of Safety – Penny Feeny

Shortlisted
The Silver Seal, Maureen Bannon
Jesus, Mary, Maurice and Mike, Kate Betts
Andamento, Patricia Debney
Voiceless, Penny Feeny
Eagle, James David Hayes
Charcot and the Saint, Helen Kitson
Ragwort, Miranda Lewis
Apollyon’s Daughter, Karen Meredith
For the Taking, Jo Verity