2021 Writers' Weekend Competition Winners
Congratulations to all! We will contact you within the next two weeks to deliver your prizes! If you requested feedback, it will be sent to you by 3 July.
Flash Fiction Competition
1st place – ‘The Lighter’ by Emmanuel Lachlan
2nd place – ‘My Best Friend’s Best Friend’ by Stacey Taylor
3rd place – ‘Jean-Clad Derrier’ by Dabi Olu-Odugbemi
Highly Commended – ‘Mist’ by Belinda Wallace
Highly Commended – ‘Match.com’ by Laura Fletcher
Highly Commended – ‘Back to Normal’ by Debbie Longstaff
Writing for Children Competition
1st place – ‘Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm’ by Ash Bond
2nd place – ‘Girl, Elephant, War’ by Chrissy Sturt
3rd place – ‘Things I Learned While I Was Dead’ by Kathryn Clark
Highly Commended – ‘Little Lessons’ by Courtney Kerrigan-Bates
Highly Commended – ‘Witchfire’ by Claire Watts
Highly Commended – ‘The Memory Tree’ by Heather Davey
Writing Magazine and Writers’ Weekend Short Story Competition
1st place – ‘Noctuary’ by Deborah Hugill
2nd place – ‘Gemma Emma’ by Deborah J Smith
3rd place – ‘Isaac Falls in Love’ by James Stafford
Highly Commended – ‘Golden Time’ by Rachel Beresford-Davies
Highly Commended – ‘Lying for Love’ by Helen Parker
Highly Commended – ‘Joe Cortana’ by David Sinclair
Little Tiger Picture Book Competition
1st place – ‘Holey Moley’ by Bethan Clarke
2nd place – ‘Bogglet’s Burp Day’ by Claire Lewis
3rd place – ‘Saturday Knight Fever’ by Stephen Rogers
Highly Commended – ‘Shhh! Shhh! Sleepy Ship!’ by Meredith Vigh
Highly Commended – ‘The Rescue of Rocky Rose’ by Stephen James
Highly Commended – ‘Space Safari’ by Maria Christou
Arvon Opening of a Novel Competition
1st place – ‘Things I Learned While I Was Dead’ by Kathryn Clark
2nd place – ‘We Are Night’ by Nina Cullinane
3rd place – ‘Spelltinker’ by Rachel Chaundler
Highly Commended – ‘Such Stuff as Dreams’ by Elizabeth Fowler
Highly Commended – ‘Revenants’ by Sara Lilley
Highly Commended – ‘Waterbirth’ by Kate Brock
Play to the Crowd and Playmakers Young Writers’ Competition
Ages 4 – 11 Category
1st place: ‘The Adventures That I Dream of’ by Evangeline Colliver
Ages 12 – 16 Category
1st place: ‘The Adventures That I Dream of’ by Esther Davey
2nd place: ‘Being Prime Minister For a Day!’ by Katie Peters