2024 NAWG Members' Competitions - WINNERS

Open Poetry

WINNER Karen Evans – Reminiscing with My Brother in the Middle of the Night

 RUNNERS UP:

Jude Compson – Me, the Cloud

Margaret Morey – Cormorant on Marsden Rock

 HIGHLY COMMENDED: Sarah Dale – Threading the Labyrinth

Villanelle

 WINNER Robert Rayner – Samarkand

RUNNERS UP:

Shelagh Wain – Life Cycle

Mary Lowther – Regret

Joanna Mansfield – This Thing That Is

Short Story

WINNER James Edwards – The Gardeners of Gabon

 RUNNERS UP:

Margaret Morey – Consolation Prize

David Potter – The End Game

Shelagh Wain – Going Berserk

Historical Fiction

WINNER Melanie Oliver-Trotter – The Silent City

RUNNERS UP:

Alison Ringrose – Tail-End Charlie

Penny Ellis – The Abandonment

Tansy Hepton – York 1240

Ghost/Horror Story

WINNER Simon Rees-Jones – The Man in the Third Row

RUNNERS UP:

Grantham Hammon – Caterina’s Curse

Melanie Lockey – 27 Shallcross Close

Helen Jane Somers – Waiting in Quietude

Sci Fi/Fantasy

WINNER Christine Human – Perspicacity and Extreme Recycling

RUNNERS UP:

Penny Ellis – Duty of Care

Karen Evans – Historical Deletion

Richard Layton – AI say AI say AI say

Mary Lowther – The Weather Watcher

Romantic Fiction

WINNER Elizabeth Marshall – Forget Me Not

RUNNERS UP:

Kimberley Adams – The Hostess with the Mostest

Diana Campbell – The Walker

Sue Gerrard – Christmas Wishes

Comedy Writing

WINNER David Potter – The Garden Party

RUNNERS UP:

Shelagh Carter – Thrilling Finale for Rovers

Abigail Crosthwaite – The Devil’s Stone

Jilly Funnell – Mr Puttock’s Temp

John Glander – An Executive Order

Tim Taylor – Lost for Words

Science and Nature

WINNER James Edwards – For the Love of Wasps

RUNNERS UP:

Melanie Oliver-Trotter – Primal Fear

Peter Pool – Don’t Confuse Me

Jo Roberts – A Woodland in the Palm of My Hand

 HIGHLY COMMENDED: Margaret Morey – February on the Banks of the Tyne

‘How to’ Guide

WINNER Karen Evans – How to be the Perfect Lucid Oneiricist

RUNNERS UP:

Elizabeth Marshall – How to Give Nature a Home

Melanie Oliver-Trotter – How to Walk

Sarada Thompson – How to Plan for My Funeral

Crime Fiction

WINNER Tim Taylor – Andrew’s Secret

RUNNERS UP:

Penny Ellis – A Worthy Death

John Glander – It’s Going to be Warm this Winter

David Potter – The Butterfly Girl

Memoir

WINNER Louise Courtney – All’s Quiet on New Year’s Day

RUNNERS UP:

Jean Eaton – Wheelbarrows and Tarpaulins

Jilly Funnell – A Little Late for a Change of Plan

Helen Jane Somers – School Daze

Jackie Taylor – The Importance of Aitch in 1975

10 Minute Play/Monologue

WINNER Robert Rayner – The Geordie Hotshot

RUNNERS UP:

Oliver Barton – Roddy and the Mug of Cocoa

Jo Roberts - Another Place

Lynda Turner – Finding Scarlett

Children’s Entries

WINNER Emelia Kent – The Magic Box

RUNNERS UP:

Sylvi Cabaniuk – Lovely Creatures

Raman John Cook – Empty Hand

Poppy Langdon – Emergency

 HIGHLY COMMENDED: Ava Saffron Garrett – My Bedroom

 HIGHLY COMMENDED: Chloe Higgins – The Ghost Girl

Group Anthology

WINNER Wotton Writers

RUNNERS UP: Bold Writers

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Burton Monday

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Swansea and District

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