Competitions Winners

  • 2025 Short Story Results

    Congratulations to Myra Scott for her winning entry Along Came a Spider in the Short Story Competition. Our thanks go to the shortlist team and to Judith Heneghan, our 2025 Short Story Judge. Without our judges we wouldn’t be able to run the competitions. The winning entries can be downloaded and enjoyed from the table…

  • 2025 Book for Children Results

    Congratulations to Mel Darbon for her winning entry Owl in the Attic in the Book for Children Competition. Our thanks go to the shortlist team and to Fleur Hitchcock, our 2025 Short Story Judge. Without our judges we wouldn’t be able to run the competitions.

  • 2025 Young Poets Results

    Congratulations to Benjamin Foxcroft for his winning entry, A Field Guide to Focus, in this year’s Young Poets Competition. A Field Guide to Focus my body’s a room with every light on.a radio tuned to all stations at once.i’m trying to sit stillbut my thoughts spin chairs. in year seven, i learnedhow to pretend i…

  • 2025 Open Poetry Results

    Congratulations to Sharon Black for her winning entry Dinger, Short for Schrödinger in the Open Poetry Competition. Dinger, Short for Schrödinger My cat is an oracle, a quiet master of the lounge.He insinuates great wisdom in his black velvet peacoat,white silk cravat grazing the floor. All four legsare tucked underneath so he occupies the ruglike…

  • 2024 Short Story Results

    Congratulations to Sandeep Kumar Mishra for their winning entry Dead Dream. Winners Our thanks also go to the shortlist team and to Susmita Bhattacharya, our 2024 Short Story Judge. Without our judges we wouldn’t be able to run the competitions. The winning entries can be downloaded and enjoyed from the table below.

  • 2024 Young Poets Results

    Congratulations to our young poet Sylvan Restarick with their winning entry Ode To The Dent You Left In The Sofa Cushions. ode to the dent you left in the sofa cushions we are lying on the old grey sofa in the living room, melting into cushions,we sprawl out like dropped ice cubes on hot kitchen…

  • 2024 Book for Children Results

    Congratulations to Suzie Good for their winning entry The Lost Ghost. Winners Our thanks also go to the shortlist team and to Alex Campbell, our 2024 Book for Children Judge. Without our judges we wouldn’t be able to run the competitions.

  • 2024 Open Poetry Results

    Congratulations to Maggie Wadey for their winning entry I Dreamt My Daughter Was A Child Again. I DREAMT MY DAUGHTER WAS A CHILD AGAIN I dreamt my daughter was a child againplaying with her own children in the garden of our old houseand they were all three around the same age,somewhere between nine and eleven, two…

  • 2023 Young Poets Results

    We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Young Poets Competition this year. Congratulations to our young poet Madeleine Elizabeth Storer with her winning entry Birthstone Birthstone Chewing coal behind the shed, The baby’s bornAblaze.Gnawing till your gums go red. Below’s a twisted maze,Of eerie songs, metal on stone.A man…

  • 2023 Book for Children Results

    We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Book for Children Competition this year. Congratulations to Miranda Moore for her winning entry Wild Child. 2023 Winners Our thanks also go to the shortlist team and to Rachel Hamilton, our 2023 Book for Children Judge. Without them we wouldn’t be…