Writer of the Year Awards
Every year we run the writer of the year competition where you compete with other writers to be the best. See our posts below for past competitions
- WOTY 2018 – We have winners! - Congratulations to Mike Davenport with his winning poetry entry of "Ravens on Cul Mor, Assynt", and to Yvonne Dalziel for her winning prose entry, "Three Added Months". Thanks to Brian Whittingham for judging all the entries.
- WOTY 2018 – A Thank You - Thank you! Thank you to every writer who entered the competition, thank you to everyone who thought about it but might wait till next year (go on - just try it!), thank you to the co-ordinators of each group who have encouraged members to submit an entry, and thank Continue Reading
- WOTY 2018 – Last Chance! - It's still possible to submit your poem or 2000-word short story for the Tyne and Esk Writers' Writer of the year competition. But hurry, the submission deadline is Tuesday the 1st May!
- WOTY (Writer of the Year) 2018 - Submissions are now open for the Tyne and Esk Writer of the Year 2018 Competition. Please see WOTY Poster 2018 for more information. The winners ceremony will be held on the 1st October at 7pm in St. John's Church, Whitecraig.
WOTY 2017 – The Inspiration Behind the Winners - EXPERIENCES OF LIFE AND DEATH OF A CHILD - INSPIRED WINNING WRITERS When Saffire Joriades-Israel had to give up working as a chiropodist to become a full-time carer for her adult son, she began to write. Now she has been voted Tyne and Esk Writer of the Year 2017 in Continue Reading- 2017 Winning Entries - Prose 1st Saffire Joriades-Israel for ‘Broken Wings of Love’ and ‘Writer of the Year’ (Prose Section) 2nd Annemarie Allan for ‘Sweet Dreams’ 3rd Andy Strachan for ‘The Goat Herder’ Commended: Lorna Dickson for ‘Kaleidoscope’ George Cunningham for ‘Ash to Ashes’ Poetry 1st Mike Davenport for ‘Dottir’ and ‘Writer of the Continue Reading
- A Message from Brenda - This year we experimented with a D.I.Y. WOTY. It worked – we got about 15 prose and 15 poetry entries, which allowed a reasonable spread of people to assess the entries, and the winning entries are now being posted on the website. We congratulate them all! Whether it worked well Continue Reading
- Writer of the Year 2017 - WOTY 2017 Awards for 2017 will be made at the AGM on Monday September 11th in the evening in Dalkeith Library.
2016 – Winning Entries - 2016 - Winning Entries Poetry 1st Place: Time Travel by Anne Shivas; 2nd Place: Swift Sonnet by Jock Stein; 3rd Place: Two Whelk Forks and a Letter by Michael Davenport; Highly Commended: A Richt Coorse Loon by Mary Johnston; Commended: On a Retreat at Beech Hill by Jock Stein. Prose 1st Place and Continue Reading
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