POETRY
Judge: Carol Thistlethwaite (Chorley, Lancs)
Winner (£75.00): “Dates” Julie Mellor (Penistone)
Runners-up (£50.00 each):
“Speeding Fine” Louise Wilford (Elsecar)
“Another Growth” Ian Enters (Stocksbridge)
Commended:
“The Date” Louise Wilford (Elsecar)
“Unsynchronised Manual Transmission” Winstone H. Plowes (Hebden Bridge)
“Cross Country” John Fisher (Sheffield)
And the three poems by Paul Jackson (Rotherham) also impressed the judge
STORIES
Judge: John Turner (Sheffield Hallam University)
Winner (£75.00): “Airport Encounter” Brian Webster (Rotherham)
Runners-up (£50.00 each):
“The Price of Progress” Hilary Shields (Tickhill)
“The Great Escape” Julie Cawthorne (Chesterfield)
Commended:
“What Price a Cotton Bobbin?” Derek Taylor (North Hykeham)
“The Brave Sergeant” Janet Williamson (Rotherham)
“Love at First Sight” Jack Duncan (York)
“First at Last” Jack Duncan (York)
“The Durer Conflagration” David Sotheran (Rotherham)
“Black Cat, Pink Sofa” Muriel Noton (North Anston)
“The Snatcher” Angela Wren (Pontefract
“Man With a Suitcase” John Bosley (Huddersfield)
“The Ballad of Kissing Rock” Anthony Fenwick (Rotherham)
“The Village Affair” Nicky Wheeliker (Rotherham)
Results to be officially announced and prizes awarded at Rotherham Arts Centre
on Friday 16th October, 7.30 – 10.00pm.
Following which, we will launch Rotherham Arts’ biennial One-Act Play Writing Competition 2009/2010