Writers-of-the-Year Competition 2004

Writers of the Year Anthology 2004

States of Matter
The 2004 competition anthology is now available.
£3.50 including p&p.

To buy a copy send a separate cheque made out to Blue Nose Competition to the Administrator.

Results

In 2004 the WRITERS OF THE YEAR COMPETITION had 2000 entries from all over the world. Each entry was read carefully by the judges and here are this year’s results:

Winners of 2004 Writers of the Year

WINNERS (3)

John Ravenscroft
Boston, Lincolnshire
States of Matter - short story

Tyler Keevil
Llandrindod Wells
A Family Man – short story

Jenny Morris
Norwich
* 2002 poetry winner with Stepmother Masks
Somnambulist – short story

POETRY BURSARY

David Ford
Hornchurch, Essex
City of Strangers – poem sequence

PROSE BURSARY

Daphne Kapsali
London
Centre of the world – short story

SPECIAL COMMENDATION (2)

Esther Morgan
Goring on Thames
The Silence Living in Houses – poem sequence

Josh Ekroy
London
What the Feet Heard As They Trod On The Memorial Plaque - poem

HIGHLY COMMENDED (2)

Julian Bell
Twickenham
The War’s End – poem

Don Barnard
Leamington Spa
Watershed - poem sequence

COMMENDED (4)

J Vuglar
London
Beyond Blue – poem

Michael Wilkinson
West Yorkshire
A Cage of Light – poem sequence

Stella Radford
Hastings
Learning to Speak – short story

T Hogg
Pembroke
Memories of Dylan Thomas – short story

SHORTLISTED

Sarah Hayes – A Lesson in Mindfulness – short story
Miranda Lewis – The House They Left Behind – short story
Jane Lovell – Burgundy Cyclops & Isabel’s Child – poems
Char March – electric eel – poem
Klair Norton – Sight Unseen - short story
James Prickett – A Bridport Dagger – short story
Amaara Raheem – The Point of Invisibility – short story
Jane Routh – The River Pilot’s Wife – poem
Julie Ann Rowell – Endurance – poem sequence
Tracey Sinclair – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know etc – short story
Miranda Yates – Sister - poem

The Writers of the Year Competition Awards evening will take place at the Barbican Library, London on 22 September 2004 at 7.30pm. Tickets are free; please reserve them by calling the Barbican Centre on 020 7638 0569.