Open Competitions 2016 Results
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Here are the results of the open competitions 2016.
Many of the competition winning entries, along with full judging notes, are available in our anthology, The Write Path 2016, including:
- Members' competitions 2016,
- Open competitions 2016,
- Rounds 2 & 3 of our on-going 100 words competition.
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The winning entries are also available here on the website. To read a story or poem, just click on its title in the listings below.
Open Short Story – Judged by Tim Wilson
Prizes
- £250 – Mrs Bonthrone's Last Day by Alison Wassell.
- £100 – One Mouth by Clare Pugh.
- £50 – Level Heaven by Michelle Pilkington.
Highly Commended
- A History of Mattresses by Nastaya Parker.
- Milk Roll by Laurence Edmondson.
Open Poetry – Judged by Doris Corti
Prizes
- £250 – On a Wood Pigeon Proposition by Roger Elkin.
- £100 – The Gardener by Joyce Worsfold.
- £50 – Saying Goodbye by Jacqueline Pemberton.
Open Novella – Judged by Cressida Downing
Prizes
- Book printing to the value of £300 – Offcomers by Gwenda Major.
- Book printing to the value of £200 – Which Way to Paradise? by Edward James.
- Book printing to the value of £100 – Shoot the Pink Pig by John Irving Clark.