2009 Competitions

One of the most exciting moments of the Winchester Writers' Conference is the posting of the short lists of winners and highly commended entrants to the sixteen writing competitions. Here, those who have submitted their entries to the sixteen writing competitions can recognise their amusing, sometimes frivolous pseudonyms under which the competitions are judged and prepare for the Writers' Awards Reception when the real names of the winners and highly commended writers are announced by the judges and the sponsors of these competitions award their prizes and trophies.

Entering these competitions is an excellent way to test the market with your creative ideas. Although not every entrant can be a winner, every entrant receives a critique that will help that author to further develop their work toward their personal best as well as for publication. Reading some of the adjudications that precede the specific awards will give you the flavour of this Writers' Awards Reception. Maybe you will enter next year, even if you are not able to join us.

2009 COMPETITION WINNERS:
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POETRY
A PAGE OF PROSE
WRITING FOR CHILDREN
ECHO FEATURE ARTICLE
SLIM VOLUME, SMALL EDITION
LOCAL HISTORY
THE SHORTER SHORT STORY
RETIREMENT, THE DAY I RETIRED AND NOW
FIRST THREE PAGES OF A NOVEL
REACHING OUT
WRITING CAN BE MURDER
LIFEWRITING
SHORT STORIES
HAIKU
SUSTAINING YOUR ENVIRONMENT
YOUNG WRITER'S POETRY