Competitions Winners


  • 2023 Short Story Results

    We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Short Story Competition this year. Congratulations…

  • 2023 Open Poetry Results

    We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Open Poetry Competition this year. Congratulations…

  • 2023 Prize Winners Announced

    In 2023 our winning entrants walked away with a magnificent £4825 between them. Perhaps even more importantly they were rewarded…

  • 2022 Young Poets Results

    Congratulations to our young poet Joe Wright winning this year’s competition. Day Break in Tarbert The har is deep and…

  • 2022 Book for Children Results

    2022 Winners Our thanks go to the shortlist team, to Lucy Cuthew our 2022 Book for Children Judge and to…

  • 2022 Short Story Results

    2022 Winners Our thanks go to the shortlist team, to Lucy Jago, our 2022 Short Story Judge and to all…

  • 2022 Open Poetry Results

    Congratulations to Carolyn Gillespie for her winning entry Black Bird-Shaped Hole Black Bird-Shaped Hole Like the sleep-drunk teenager back home,…

  • 2022 Prize Winners announced

    While our 30th Anniversary Festival was in full swing, we were delighted to hold our traditional Poetry and Prize Giving event…

  • 2021 International Competition Results

    Our 2021 International Competitions attracted more entries than ever before with our poetry competitions alone bringing in more than 1000…

  • 2020 International Competitions: Winners

    Congratulations to all the winners, and we would also like to thank everyone who entered. You can watch a recording…