Showcase
View our competition winners, read their stories and review the judges' comments.
Swanwick Summer School Competition - Short Story, Poetry and Writing for Children - March 2024
Winner
Terry Baldock
Win Your Way to Swanwick- Poetry: Uh Huh
Runner Up
Melanie Francis
Win Your Way to Swanwick- Poetry: Party TimeChance Encounter - March 2024
Winner
Emma Cordingley
Scotch Mist
Runner Up
Michael Callaghan
Blast From The Past500 Words - February 2024
Winner
Cathy Cade
Blind Summit
Runner Up
Damien McKeating
The Boy in the BasketMake A Difference - February 2024
Winner
Fanny Harper
Crossing the Road
Runner Up
Katie Kent
My DaughterOpen Fire - January 2024
Winner
Alice Newitt
Pot-au-feu
Runner Up
Miranda Cooper
Not Quite a PhoenixGRAND FLASH PRIZE 2023 - December 2023
Winner
Eileen O'Reilly
Then There Were Twelve
Runner Up
Dianne Bown-Wilson
A Life in Little StoriesTight Situation - December 2023
Winner
Deborah J Smith
Carol
Runner Up
Alexis Cunningham
Collier Lads ForevermoreName That Tune - December 2023
Winner
Sarah Kingsley
The Leather Coat
Runner Up
Fay Dickinson
I Do Like To Be Beside The SeasideBACK TO THE 80'S - October 2023
Winner
Liz Gwinnell
Will You?
Runner Up
Terry Baldock
Our Wall of LoveBLUE - October 2023
Winner
Isla Blackley
Little Blue