Writers-of-the-Year Competition 2005

Results

This year the WRITERS OF THE YEAR COMPETITION saw an entry of over 2000 poems and short stories. Each one was read carefully by the judges and the results are as follows. The winners and shortlisted writers were invited to the special Winners Evening at the Barbican Library on Wednesday 21 September. An anthology of the winning writing has now been published.

Winners of 2005 Writers of the Year

THE POETRY CATEGORY

HIGHLY COMMENDED

PLACE – Colette Lawlor
THE TRAPEZE ACT, CARTERTON DAY CENTRE – Pat Winslow
OPEN NIGHT AT THE OBSERVATORY – Pat Borthwick
DIRECTIONS – Tajinder Singh Hayer

BURSARY WINNER

FLATLANDS – Victor Tapner

COMMENDED

CLEANING UP – Elizabeth Gowing
BERLIN SUITE – Alyson Hallett
GERIATRIC WARD – Andrew Miller
NAVIGATION – Adrian Bishop
THE RHUBARB PATCH – Angela France
SPIT & POLISH – Georgina Parkes
WAILING WALL – Stevie Krayer
A THOUSAND SUNS – A.I.Rostron

SHORTLISTED

THE HUMMINGBIRD CASE – Moyra Donaldson
MY FATHER KEPT A DOG – Ann Alexander
AS WELL USED AS A CLICHÉ – Lara Hammond
BOSCAWEN-UN - Diane Simkin
SHE DREAMS OF LIVING IN BRIGHTON – Joanna Ezekiel
RETURNING THE ICONS – Elizabeth Burns

THE SHORT STORY CATEGORY

WINNERS

ANGUS – Jane Rusbridge
LUCKY STONE – Jo Cannon
THE END OF THE ICE AGE – Sarah Salway

COMMENDED

THE READING TEST – Sue Vickerman
BALLOONS – Jai Clare
PUTTY – V.G.Lee
THE MOBILE – Miranda Lewis

SHORTLISTED

GIRL IN A BOX – Clare Shaw
DRINK WITH THINE EYES – Agnes Kocsis
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE – Helen Kitson
HENDERSON ALONE – Philip Jones
THE LAST BAD DAY – P. Stones
TRAVELLING FEET – Kathy Mansfield
THE TRAIN – Sarah Nock
CATCHING SNOWFLAKES – Michele Nevard
HIDE AND SEEK – Rebecca Kingsnorth
THE HALF WAY HOUSE AND COUNTING IN FIVES – Angeline Williams
SPOILS OF WAR – Sylvia Gallagher

UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN BURSARY

XRAY SPECS – John Harris

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BURSARY

ONE NIGHT OF PLEASURE – Sally Cranswick

CHANNEL ISLANDS WRITERS COMPETITION WINNERS

LISA IS AWAKE (short story) – Ben Hinshaw
BROKEN ROAD (poem) – Shaun Shackleton

CHANNEL ISLANDS BURSARY

DOES A BOUNCING HEART EVER BREAK? – Nicky Mesch

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