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View our competition winners, read their stories and review the judges' comments.
Swanwick Short Story Competition 2023 - March 2023
Winner
Sonia Haddad
5.5 on the Richter ScaleSwanwick Poetry Competition 2023 - March 2023
Winner
Brenda Hutchings
Oh I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside750 Words Competition - March 2023
Winner
Deborah Smith
Kieran
Runner Up
Hannah Faoileán
A Schoolgirl's SwansongNostalgia Competition - February 2023
Winner
Dominic Bell
Ravenscar
Runner Up
Brian Holland
Passing CloudsFirst line: 'Not like that...' - February 2023
Winner
Damien McKeating
Let Me Do It
Runner Up
Ellen Evers
Our Very Own Marilyn MonroeOpen Competition - January 2023
Winner
Maria Dean
The Last Friend on Earth
Runner Up
Rosy Adams
Siren of the LidoEpistolary Short Story Competition - December 2022
Winner
Terry Lowell
Consequences
Runner Up
Melanie Rowsell-Docherty
A New BeginningCreative Non-Fiction Competition - December 2022
Winner
John Simmonds
The Game
Runner Up
Mel Eldridge
Sands of TimeHistorical Competition - November 2022
Winner
Dominic Bell
Those That Remain
Runner Up
PJ Stephenson
The Day I Learned to PrayHoliday Short Story Competition - October 2022
Winner
Charlie Baudry
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