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
- Writer of the Year 2020 - We had another great response to our annual Writer of the Year Competition. 53 pieces were entered this year: 29 of fiction, and 24 of poetry. The competition was judged by Claire Askew and we thank her for all her hard work in this task. Calre said: “Judging the contest Continue Reading
- Writer of the Year 2019 - The winners of our 2019 WOTY were as follows: Prose 1st place (and overall Writer of the Year) - The Function Room by Julia Carmen Prose 2nd place - Lest We Forget by Billy Graham Prose 3rd place - Spring Fantasy by Isla Aitken Prose commended - Joanne by Continue Reading
- Writer of the Year 2019 - Writer of the Year 2019 We had an amazing response to our annual Writer of the Year Competition with 43 entries - 22 for poetry and 21 for prose. The submissions were judged by Tom Murray and we thank him for all his hard work in this task. You can Continue Reading
- 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
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