Poetry and Short Story Competition 2025 – Winners!

Over 100 entries were received for the 2025 writing competition. The winners in the adult classes are:

Adult Poetry

  • 1st – Janet Hancock for ‘School Holiday’
  • 2nd – Maia Beswarick Cobb for ‘How Mum Would’
  • 3rd – Ivanna Sinichenko for ‘Home: Where Your Heart’
  • Highly Commended – John Nash and Elizabeth Jennings

Adult Prose

  • 1st – Liz Meyer for ‘Home, Where Heart’
  • 2nd – Angela Pawley for ‘Most Unexpected’
  • 3rd – Stephen Aitchison for ‘Celebration’
  • Highly Commended – Suzanne Chinnock for ‘Homecoming’

Thank you to all who entered the competition.

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