2025 Members' Competitions
Members Competitions 2025 - winners shortlist
The shortlist for the potential competition winners are shown below. Good luck! Full results of the winners will be announced on the online presentation on Sat 6th September at 3:15 PM and later in your free Link magazine.
OPEN POETRY
The Captain - Vincent Bernard - Holmfirth Writing Group
Bluebells For Remembrance - Jan Huntley - Holmfirth Writers
Tyne Green - Geof Keys - Northumbrian Writers
In The Woods - Susan Nuttall - Northumbrian Writers
Searchlight - Alison Ringrose - Northumbrian Writers
SESTINA
Sutton Scarsdale Hill, Bolsover - Gary Carr - Runaway Writers
An Early Spring Walk - Orian Norfolk - Northumbrian Writers
Toshie - Robert Rayner - Northumbrian Writers
Nature and Nurture - Jo Roberts - Writers’ Hub Coventry
Witness (St Wystan’s Church Repton) - Shelagh Wain - Burton Monday Writers
SHORT STORY (with a clock)
Keeping Time - Nick Brigham - Hexham Writers
The Trouble With Dave - Janine Duncan - Hexham Writers
F.I.S.H - Penny Ellis - Ross Writers at the Royal
Electric Clocks Tick - John Glander - Harlow Writers
HISTORICAL FICTION
Cooking for Three - Alana Beth Davies - Swansea and District Writers
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis - David Lake - Writers in Somerset
Portrait of Vermeer - Judith Roberts - SWit’CH
An Exchange of Thoughts - Jerry Sutton - Hickley Scibblers
GHOST/HORROR STORY
Night at the Mystery Museum - Emma Finlayson- Palmer - Wombourne Writers
Jasmine - Andy Humphrey - Independent
‘Who’s A Pretty Boy Then?’ - William Liggins - Coventry
Cry Wolf - Alison Ringrose - Northumberland Writers
SCI-FI/FANTASY
Beyond The Blue Planet - Graeme Hunter - Northumbrian Writers
Marcus - Yvonne Hutchinson-Ruff - Llanelli Writers
I’m Not A Robot - Richard Layton - Derbyshire Script Writers
Sword and Senility - Mark Pattison - Northumbrian Writers
Flight 365 - Lynda Turner - Burton Monday Writers
ROMANTIC FICTION
A Crack in the Stone - Alana Beth Davies - Swansea and District Writers
Lost Connection - James Edwards - Northumbrian Writers
Mr Papadopoulis Returns to Greece - Chris Raetschus - Hexham Writers at the Abbey
That Boy! - Kerri Simpson - Northumbrian Writers
COMEDY WRITING
Mr Unwin Instead - Bob Crockett - Hinkley Scribblers
Don’t Tell Anyone - John Hope - Fellowship of the Pen
Butyllithium - Andy Humphrey - Independent
Return to Sender - Bob Shepherd - Yeovil Creatiive Writers
SCIENCE AND NATURE
Whalefall – Penny Ellis - Ross Writers at the Royal
A Rose By Any Other Name - Peter Pool - Northumbrian Writers
The Other Net Zero - Shelagh Wain - Burton Monday Writers
‘HOW TO’ GUIDE
How to Survive a Pony Club Rally in 10 Easy Steps - Alison Hallett - Runaway Writers
How to Cook For One - Graeme Hunter - Northumbrian Writers
How to Succeed at Target Archery - David Walton - Runaway Writers
How to Be The Hero of Your Own Story - Victoria White - Saturday Sentence
CRIME FICTION
A Smell in the Basement - Nick Brigham - Hexham Writers
Trapped - James Edwards - Northumbrian Writers
7:32 - John Glander - Harlow Writers
Countdown to Murder - Ian Johnson - Tyldesley Creative Writers
A Lust of the Eyes - David Potter - Hinckley Scribblers
Foolproof - Alison Ringrose - Northumbrian Writers
A Sunset in Sorrento - Helen Jean Somers - Writers in Somerset
MEMOIR
Rita’s Untold Story - Bob Crockett - Hinckley Scribblers
Shortbread - Sam Davey - Hastings Writing Group
Ian - Karen Evans - Wombourne Writing Group
On The Step - Carol Hurley - Wombourne Writing Group
Growing Up With Fossils - Orian Norfolk - Northumbrian Writers
Fracture - Melanie Oliver Trotter - Northumbrian Writers
Having Your Cake and Not Eating It - Jo Roberts - Coventry Writers’ Hub
10 MINUTE PLAY/MONOLOGUE
Hinterland 2 - Hilary Feeney - Northumbrian Writers
What Is The Point - Yvonne Hutchinson-Ruff - Llanelli Writers
When Bobby Baxter Came To Call - Jan Keegan - Northumbrian Writers
The End Game - Stephen Palmer - Carlisle Writers’ Group
CHILDREN’S SECTION
Easter - Sylvi Cabaniuk
The Break In - Elijah Robinson
GROUP ANTHOLOGY
Three’s A Crowd - Bold Writers
Through The Writer’s Eye - Burnley and District Writers’ Circle
Entanglement - Burton Runaway Writers
The Outline of Memory - Carlisle Writers’ Group
