Writers-of-the-Year Competition 2006

An anthology of the winning writing has now been published.

Winners

POETRY

From an entry of 1227 pieces.

COMMENDED

A prize goes to each of the three following plus an invitation to read the poems on the Winners Evening at the Barbican Library on Wednesday 27th September. The poems will be published in the Writer-of-the-Year Anthology 2006 that will be available at the Winners Evening.

THIS HOUSE HAS HELD ITS BREATH SO LONG - Meredith Andrea

THE PUFFIN EATERS - Julie-Ann Rowell

REWOUND - Pat Earnshaw
This entry will be submitted by for the Forward Prize.

SHORTLISTED

The following four poems were short listed but do not receive an award:

THE ALICE TRAP - Kate Rhodes

TUBE RIDE TO SCHOOL - Mel Pryor

HILL FARMER - Ashleigh John

AMBASSADOR YUCHINI REMEMBERS BRINGING SILKWORM EGGS OUT OF CHINA - Sheila Wild

WRITING FOR CHILDREN

From an entry of 258 pieces.

The following two stories will each receive a prize together with an invitation to read a part of their submission at the Winners Evening at the Barbican Library on Wednesday 27th September. Both pieces will be published in the Writers-of-the-Year 2006 Anthology and submitted to a leading London literary agency for assessment.

WINNERS

THE KEEPING OF SECRETS - Sue Ferraby

THE PAPER GIRL - Elisabeth Maimaris

SHORT STORIES

From an entry of 777 short stories.

WINNERS

To be awarded prizes plus the invitation to read their story or part of it at the Winners Evening at the Barbican Library on Wednesday 27th September. The winning entry to be published in the Writers-of-the-Year 2006 Anthology.

ALL OVER THE PLACE - Michael Carson

THE UNCOMMON SUFFERING AND REMARKABLE DELIVERANCE OF LUCY SMITH - Wes Lee

WHAT THE WATER GAVE ME - Rosie Rabia Jackson

COMMENDED

The following short stories were commended by the judges and each will receive an award :

BLACK BEACH - Victoria Gosling

THE KETTLE ON THE BOAT - Vanessa Gebbie

COMPASS AND TORCH - Elizabeth Baines

BURSARIES

offers bursaries to winning students on the Creative Writing Courses at Middlesex University and the University of Glamorgan. In each case the winners are invited to attend the Winners Evening on Wednesday 27 September at the Barbican Library and asked to read an excerpt from their entry.

UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN BURSARY

Katy Giebenhain for her FIVE POEMS

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BURSARY

Nadia Van der Westhuizen for OUTSIDE OF TIME

JERSEY POETRY COMPETITION

also offers winners of the Jersey Poetry Competition an invitation to the Writers-of-the-Year Winners evening, inviting them to read, publishing their poem in the Writers-of-the-Year 2006 Anthology and offering a bursary to a third finalist.

WINNERS

SAT AT THE WINDOW - David McMeekan

GHOST BLANKET - Jacqueline Mezec

BURSARY

DEAD MAN'S FINGER - Juliette Hart

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