Members Comps 2026 - Shortlist
Shortlist of Members Competitions entries: potential winners
Open Poetry
The Impossibility of Love Beneath an Alexander Calder Mobile – Amanda Brookfield -Holmfirth Writing Group
Entanglement – Sarah Dale - Burton Runaway Writers
Surfing the Heatwave – David Potter – Hinckley Scribblers
Echoes in the Park – Robert Rayner – Northumbrian Writers
Sonnet
Life Study – Hilary Feeney – Northumbrian Writers
Taken Aback in Vienna – Jan Huntley – Holmfirth Writing Group
Almond Tree – Vincent Johnson – Holmfirth Writing Group
I Saw You, Auxo – Sheila McClure – Northumbrian Writers
Short Story (with an included item)
Luka - Fiona Bernhoeft – Northumbrian Writers
Where the Dead Bloom – Emma Finlayson-Palmer – Wombourne Writers
The Homecoming – Yvonne Hutchinson-Ruff – Llanelli Writers’ Circle
The Carved Angel – Sheila McClure – Northumbrian Writers
Historical Fiction
The Meeting Place – Sioux Bradshaw - Hastings Writing Group
We’ll Always Have the Somme – James Edwards – Northumbrian Writers
When I was Jennie – Melanie Oliver-Trotter – Northumbrian Writers
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue – Sheila Wain – Burton Monday Writers
Ghost and Horror
Trick or Treat – Sue Gerrard – Independent
The Challenge – Janet Johnstone – Wrekin Writers
The Commission – Susan Nuttall – Northumbrian Writers
Sci Fi/ Fantasy
Bloom – Christopher Adams – Wrekin Writers
Can the Use of Government Sponsored Technology Enhance Social Cohesion – Sioux Bradshaw – Hastings Writing Group
Returning Home – Clare Byrne – Northumbrian Writers
The Professor, The Housekeeper and the Evacuees – Mark Pattison - Northumbrian Writers
Romantic Fiction
It’s in the Eyes – Amelia Alice – Alnwick Playhouse Writers
Harvest – Penny Ellis – Ross Writers @ the Royal
Simple Pleasures – Yvonne Hutchinson-Ruff – Llanelli Writers’ Circle
Stranded – Paul Mingard – Northumbrian Writers
Mafia Man – Alison Ringrose – Northumbrian Writers
The Colour of Love – Gillian Scholey – Independent
Comedy
The Three F’s Club – Amelia Alice – Alnwick Playhouse Writers
Condensed Version of the Bible – Tim Barlow – Hastings Writing Group
Calculating Love – Gwyneth Box – Independent
George – Karen Eaketts – Northumbrian Writers
Because You’re Worth It – Sheila McClure – Northumbrian Writers
Penny For Them – Paul Mingard – Northumbrian Writers
The World According to Claudia – David Potter – Hinckley Scribblers
The Case of the Winter Blues – Robert Rayner – Northumbrian Writers
Science and Nature
Lavoisier and the Guinea Pig – Penny Ellis – Ross Writers @ the Royal
I Will Always Love Yew – Louise Courtney – Saturday Sentence
Robin – Brenda Cusak – Northumbrian Writers
AI and Mankind – Afaf G Sanders – Burton Monday Writers
How To……
How to Manage Upwards – Tim Anderson – Waveney Writers Guild
How to be an Expert on Experts – Jan Keegan – Riverside Writers
How to Knit a Fair Isle Jumper – Melanie Lockey – Wombourne Writers
How to Spens a Weekend in Dublin on a Shoestring – Wendy White – Llanelli Writers’ Circle
Crime Fiction
The Night Walker – Ian Johnson – Tyldesley Creative Writers
Lights Out – Michelle Marsden – Burnley and District Writers’ Group
Gravel – Chris Milner – Northumbrian Writers
Murder Most Blithe – Chris(tine) Phillips – Northumbrian Writers
The Usurper – Gillian Scholey – Independent
A Dutiful Wife – Lynda Turner – Burton Monday Writers
Memoir
My French Revolution – Jan Keegan – Riverside Writers
Grandad’s Shed – Sandy Neville – Gorsedd Creative Writing Group
Who I Am – Susan Nuttall – Northumbrian Writers
Fitting In – Melanie Oliver-Trotter – Northumbrian Writers
