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  2007 Winners The Prizes were awarded as follows:

First: Wave Watching by B. Beechcroft of South Shropshire

Second: Schemes of Work by Julie Phelan of the Isle of Wight

Third: A Window of Opportunity by Linda Menzies of Carnoustie

 

2006 Winners

We received 130 entries in total from across all corners of the United Kingdom as well as Cyprus, Greece, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and Ireland.

The Prizes were awarded as follows: -  (click on the winners names to read the stories)

First –Sheila Corbishley, Fenham, Newcastle Upon Tyne for “Lady”

Second – Gordon Williams, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland for “Cut Final”

Third – Judith Williams, Hickling, Norfolk for “The Frog Prince”

  2005 Winners

We received 185 entries in total from across all corners of the United Kingdom as well as Cyprus, Greece, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and Ireland.

The Prizes were awarded as follows: -

First – June Lai of Winchester, for “One Night in Shenzhen”

Second – Mollie Baxter of Southampton for “50p for the Aquarium”

Third – Linda Davies of Southampton for “Spoilt”

2004 Winners

We received 110 entries in total from across all corners of the United Kingdom as well as Cyprus, Greece, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and Ireland.

The Prizes were awarded as follows: -

First (£80) – Sarah Way, Bourton, Shropshire, for “Preparing For Gerrard”

Second (£40) – Robert David, Paignton, Devon for “Thud, Thud on Prince William Sound”

Third (£20) – David Craig Smith, Maidenhead, Berkshire for “Ash”

2003 Winners

With over 190 entries received, some from as far a field as France, Germany, Spain and Australia, we are pleased to announce the results as follows:-

First (£60) = Karen Meredith - Romsey, Hampshire for Love Potion

Second (£40) = Shelagh Young, Dunfermline, Fife for Primal Clean

Third (£20) = Don Nixon, Albrighton, Wolverhampton, for Moonlight Wager.

The judges also decided to announce a Highly Commended to Pam Eaves Buckhurst Hill, Essex, for her story Oh Marilyn.

2002 Winners Wrekin Writers attracted over 155 entries in 2002's competition, from all over the world.  The awards were issued as follows:-

1st Prize (£60) Liz Rowland of Little Clacton, Essex for ‘Choices’.

 2nd Prize (£40) John Rogers of Helens Bay, Co Down, Northern Ireland for ‘Jack and Jill’.

 3rd prize (£20) Robin Thompson of Belverdere, Kent for ’A Surprise Day Off’.

 Highly Commended (£10) Kathy O’Sullivan of Waiheke Island, New Zealand for ‘The Icons of Mangere’

 Commended (£5) Mr J Lacey of Northampton for ‘The Cure’.

 For those interested the competition’s vital statistics are:-

 Number of entries received = 155

Number of entry forms obtained from our website = 51%

Average turnaround from issuing entry form (either snail mail or internet) to actually receiving an entry = 16 days.