Here are the Results of the
Prose and Poetry Prizes 2008
Sponsored by The New Writer
SHORT STORY category - judged by Sarah Salway, author of the novels, Something Beginning With and Tell Me Everything, both published by Bloomsbury and a collection of short stories Leading the Dance, from bluechrome. www.sarahsalway.com
1st Clare Girvan Something To Tell You
2nd Leslie Forbes All Clay Has A Memory
3rd Kerry Hood Every Other Sunday And Where I Go
Highly Commended: Angie Farrow Plasticine; Kim Fleet Lovely Ladies; Adam Hays Little Bunkar; Deborah Heslop Resolved Dissonance; Karen Jones Natural Instincts; Alison Key Before Words Were Invented; Louis Malloy The Citizens; R.S. Mann Rosie; Caroline Millar Little Chef; Iain Pattison Sale of the Centuries; Tony Peake Raw Material; Olivia Rana Small Fry; Emma Seaman The Crocodile House; Frank Talaber A Guitar Cries Into The Night; Elizabeth Walter That's What Friends Are For; Juliet West Baby Alan.
1st Alex Sheal Lost In Kullu
POETRY COLLECTION category - judged by Clare Pollard, who has published three collections of poetry, the latest of which is Look, Clare! Look! (Bloodaxe, 2005). She has won an Eric Gregory award and was named one of The Independent's Top Writers Under 30.
1st Victor Tapner The Limitations Of Artificial Intelligence
2nd Cliff Forshaw A Cabinet Of Curiosities
3rd Pat Borthwick In Praise Of Hardware Stores
Highly Commended: Clive Eastwood Dew Point; Charlotte Gann My Soft Body; Rebecca Goss Ten Poems; Frances Anne King Eight Poems; Maitreyabandhu Wild Bees; Jocelyn Page Eight Poems; Kate Rhodes Seven Poems; Gordon Simms Map of the Human Heart; Jocelyn Simms Quarantine; K.V.Skene Cat; David Underdown Happy Hour; Sarah Westcott The Brownies' Day Out.
SINGLE POEM category - judged by Clare Pollard.
1st Hannah Lowe Sausages
2nd Pat Borthwick Sold
3rd Louise Wilford Rattled
Highly Commended: Valerie Morton Handprints; Sheila Nichols Dream Visit; Juliet West One in the Oven.
ESSAY / ARTICLE category - judged by Maureen
Carter. A former BBC Newsnight presenter, she has worked extensively
in newspapers, radio and television. As a journalist she's worked closely
with the police, covering countless crime stories, including several
murders. Bad Press is the fourth and latest novel in her acclaimed gritty,
witty police procedural series.
www.maureencarter.co.uk
1st Lynn Bushell Travels With My (Adopted) Aunt
2nd Ann MacLaren In Loving Memory
3rd David McVey In Highland Harbours With Neil Munro
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Thank you to everyone who entered their work, we hope you'll do so again this time around.
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Read all the previous winning entries in the Prose & Poetry Prizes; apart from the most recent "Collection" which is £5, the following publications, now dramatically reduced in price, are available from The New Writer at special price of £3 each inclusive of postage and packing.
The winning writers in the seventh annual Prose & Poetry Prizes 2007 (judges Jacob Polley, Andrew McGuinness) are published in The Collection 2007 (TNW 91): Short story: Louis Malloy (1st), Cathy Whitfield, Alexandra Fox, Elizabeth Janzen. Novella: David Winston Lee (1st) Poetry collection: Alesha Racine (1st), Rebecca Goss, Anna Woodford. Single poem: Noel Williams (1st), Clare Jay, Ryan Scott. Essay/article: Ann Stevens (1st), Julia Anderson, Anita Loughrey.
The winning writers in the seventh annual Prose & Poetry Prizes 2006 (judges Robyn Young, Robert Seatter) are published in The Collection 2006 (TNW 85): Short story: Wes Lee (1st), James Gering, Cathy Whitfield. Novella: Lucy Byrne (1st) Poetry collection: Graham Clifford (1st), Jennifer Copley, Jacqui Rowe, Rebecca Goss. Single poem: Christine Coleman (1st), Katy Darby, David Mark Williams. Essay/article: Ann MacLaren (1st), Tim Daly, Paul F. Newman.
The winning writers in the sixth annual Prose & Poetry Prizes 2005 (judges Mimi Thebo, Jane Draycott) are published in The Collection 2005 (TNW 79): Short story: Lucy Nathan (1st), Cathy Whitfield, Alexandra Fox. Novella: Michele McCrea (1st) Poetry collection: Julian Stannard, Tim Field (1st=), Sarah Salway. Single poem: Sue Moules (1st), Elizabeth Gowing, Judi Marsh. Essay/article: Germaine Stafford (1st), Sally Zigmond, David Lazell.
The winning writers in the fifth annual Prose & Poetry Prizes 2004 (judges Margaret Graham, Ros Barber, Judy Strachan) are published in The Collection 2004 (TNW 73): Short story: Carol Anderson (1st), Mo McAuley, Teresa O'Brien. Novella: Dorothy Schwarz (1st) Poetry collection: Peter Hoggarth (1st), Paul McLoughlin, Jennifer Copley. Single poem: Alesha Mae Racine (1st), J.A.Priestman, Julie Lynn. Essay/article: Sue Johnson (1st), Irene Black, David McVey.
The winning writers in the fourth annual Prose & Poetry Prizes 2003 (judges Phil Whitaker, Jackie Wills, Suzanne Ruthven) are published in The Collection 2003 (TNW 67): Short story: Andrew McGuinness (1st), Katy Darby, Ellen Quigley, Paul Cuddihy, Mark Wagstaff. Novella: Julian Thomas (1st) Poetry collection: David Grubb (1st), Hubert Moore, Pam Calabrese MacLean. Single poem: Mario Petrucci (1st), Julie-ann Rowell, Colin Watts. Essay/article: A L Black (1st), Judy Strachan, David Roberts.
The winning writers in the third annual Prose & Poetry Prizes 2002 (judges Alan Brunstrom, Sally Spedding, Shelagh Nugent) are published in The Collection 2002 (TNW 61): Short story: Judi Moore (1st), Peter Kay, Penny Davidmann, Novella: Alan Franks (1st). Poetry collection: David Grubb (1st), Cliff Forshaw, Catherine Smith. Single poem: Siriol Troup (1st), Celia De Freine, Janet Batchelor, Richard Rhydderch. Essay/article: Fiona Curnow (1st), Jane Eagland, David Roberts.
The winning writers in the second Prose & Poetry Prizes 2001 (judges Julia Widdows, Maureen Carter) are published in The Collection 2001 (TNW 55): Short story: Mark Brown (1st), Elizabeth Iddon, Ann Jolly. Novella: Gill Hancock (1st). Poetry collection: Katy Darby (1st), Carla Jetko, Alison Binney, Kate Rhodes. Single poem: Christine Coleman (1st), Catherine Smith, Derrick Porter. Essay/article: Sally Zigmond (1st), Dorothy Cleal, Tan Mackay.
The winning writers in the Prose & Poetry Prizes 2000 (judges Simon Scarrow, Alys Clare) are published in The Collection 2000 (TNW 49): Short story: Julia Widdows (1st), Laurie McTaggart, Alison Love. Novella: Jamie Walsh (1st), Poetry collection: Judith Lal (1st), Erina Harris, Nigel McLoughlin. Single poem: Carla Jetko (1st), Ann Leahy, Joy Winkler. Essay/article: Gillian Prudden (1st), Jane Wenham-Jones, Maureen Gallagher.
The winning poets in the third Poetry Prizes 1999 (judges Amanda White, Paul Groves) are published in The Bread We Live By: Poetry collection: John Halladay (1st), Felicity Napier, Catherine Smith, Ros Barber, Clive Simpson. Single poem: Simon Rees-Roberts (1st), Fiona Curnow, Gervaise Vaz, Chris Beckett, Edmund Cusick, Antony Dunn, Charles Evans, Kerry Hardie, Jane McNulty, Lesley Mountain, Lynne Rees, Dan Wyke.
The winning poets in the second Poetry Prizes 1998 (judges Ros Barber, Paul Henry) are published in the 94 page paperback The Piano On Fire: Poetry collection: Julie-Ann Rowell (1st), Hilary Jayne, Catherine Smith, Nell Farrell, Karen Kuehne Annesen, Susannah Rickards, Sandrine Tiller, Single poem: Andrew Dilger (1st), Fiona Curnow, Paul Groves, Jim Carruth, Nicolette Golding, Giles Goodland, David Grubb, Rima Handley, Judy Johnson, Mario Petrucci, Amanda White.
The winning poets in the first Poetry Prizes 1997 (judges Sue Butler, Mario Petrucci) are published in the 96 page paperback What Will We Do When We Get There? : Poetry collection: Mark Granier (1st), Ros Barber, Celia de Frine, John Hilton, William Dryland, Tinker Mather. Single poem: Jenny Lewis (1st), Martyn Lowery, Lynne Elson, Emma-Jane Arkady, Nigel Black, Alma Brayden, Edmund Cusick, Mike Elam, John Halladay, Hilary Jayne, Linda Lamus, Jenny Morris, Antony Nicholls, Chris Raetschus, Elizabeth Rapp, Alyss Thomas, Carmen Walton.
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