2024 Short Story Results
We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Short Story Competition this year. Congratulations…
2024 Young Poets Results
We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Young Poets Competition this year. Congratulations to…
2024 Book for Children Results
We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Book for Children Competition this year….
2024 Open Poetry Results
We would like to congratulate all our winners and thank everyone who entered the Open Poetry Competition this year. Congratulations…
Turning readers into writers…
Organising a successful Festival of Literature involves more than solely celebrating an impressive string of established writers and their work;…
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…
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 Prize Winners Announced
In 2023 our winning entrants walked away with a magnificent £4825 between them. Perhaps even more importantly they were rewarded…
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…