Welcome to our archive! Here we have a list of all the past winners who have been (or will be) featured in our Anthology.

Each season we update this section and post links back to the blog so it’s easier to find your winning stories!

Apr 2022 – Drama & Intrique – Howard Teece, Peter Duncan and Sam Christie

Mar 2022 – Children’s Story – Damon L. Wakes, Valerie Powell and Dominique Hackston

Feb 2022 – Green Stories – Sam Christie, Maggie Farran and Diana Batten

Jan 2022 – Crime Thriller – Sam Knight, Martin J. White and Natalie Morant

Dec 2021 – Epistolary Gossip – John Quinn, Martin J. White and Graham Steed

Oct/Nov 2021 – Imagine This! – Natalie Morant, Damon L. Wakes and Summer Quigley

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April 2021 – Taking revenge – Joanne Dennison, John K Miles and Moira Beckett

Nov/Dec 2020 – MG Christmas story – Gill Hollands, Joanne Dennison and Graham Steed

October 2020 – Maximise character agency of a haunted house – Jena Brown, Matt Gorgans and Natalie Morant

September 2020 – Short story converting real lives into fiction – David Fenton, Peter Duncan and John Quinn

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June 2020 – Short story where fact and fiction meet – Maggie Farran, Damon L. Wakes and Graham Steed

May 2020 – Happiness (prose or poem) – Peter Duncan, John Quinn, Damon L. Wakes

April 2020 – Medieval Black Mirror – Lynn Clement, Mark Eyles, Damon L. Wakes

March 2020 – Murder Mystery – Graham Steed, Angela Chadwick, Peter Duncan

February 2020 – Everyone Hates This Song, Here’s Why I love it – 
Solveig Godauski, Maggie Farran, Damon L. Wakes

January 2020 – Why I Write and Where it Can Lead – Gill Hollands, Jordan Dean Ezekude, Peter Duncan

December 2019 – Novel Pitch – Angela Chadwick, Mark Eyles, Grant Taylor

November 2019 – The Waiting Room – Peter Duncan, Nigel Luck, John Quinn

October 2019 – Memory of Being Read to as a Child – Lynn Clements, Peter Duncan, Esther Fernandez-Florente

September 2019 – Travel Article – George Rodger, Lynn Clements, Frank Carver

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Wordtamer Competition – Helen Adlam, Cass Morgan, Annie Gray

June 2019 – Journalist Report of a Crime – Lynn Clement, Mark Eyles, Jordan Ezekude

May 2019 – Farcical Murder Mystery – David Lea, Mark Eyles, Alex Carter

April 2019 – TV Drama Plot Outline – George Rodger, Doryn Herbst, Summer Quigley

March 2019 – Re-Write Opening of Pride and Prejudice for Social Media Age – Angela Chadwick, Margaret Jennings, Annie Gray

February 2019 – A Last Letter from a Parent to a Child – Barbara Needham, Lynn Clement, Margaret Jenness

January 2019 – 10 New Year’s Resolutions by a YA Character – Helen Adlam, Gill Hollands, John Quinn

December 2018 – Journal entry from an archaeologist who finds an artefact in a field on Christmas Day – Barbara Needham, John Quinn, Emma Latham

November 2018 – Air crash survivor’s account of last few minutes in the air – Gill Hollands, Barbara Needham, Helen Adlam

October 2018 – Pitch for a computer game – Jordan Ezekude, Alex Carter, Damon Wakes

September 2018 – Story for under fives featuring dinosaur, teacup and football – Mary Prior, Lynn Clement and Summer Quigley

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June 2018 – Damon Wakes, Lynn Clement and Margaret Jennings

May 2018 – Louise Morrish, Sam Collins and Annie Gray

April 2018 – Dominique Hackston, George Rodger and Kim A Howard

March 2018 – Scott Goldie, Linda Welch and Kim A Howard

February 2018 – Marion Dante, Margaret Jennings and David Lea

January 2018 – Damon L. Wakes, Amanda McCarthy & Maggie Farran

December 2017 – Phyllis Bennett, Jo James & Wendy Fitzgerald

November 2017 – Jordan Dean Ezekude, Maggie Farran & Peter Hitchen

 October 2017 – Peter Hitchen, Georgina Lippiett & Barbara Needham

September 2017 – Rosie Sutcliffe, Rosie Travers & Gill Hollands

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June 2017 – Louise Morrish, Rosie Travers & John Quinn

May 2017 – Lynn Clements, Erica Evans & Rosie Travers

April 2017 – Cass Morgan, Kristin Tridimas & Matthew Cross

March 2017 – Colin Johnson, Andrea Parr & John Quinn

February 2017 – Nan Keightley, Wendy Fitzgerald & John Quinn

January 2017 – Lynda Lawrence, John Quinn & Wendy Fitzgerald

December 2016 – Honey Stavonhagen, Scott Goldie & Damon L Wakes

November 2016 – Gillian Shilson, Wendy Fitzgerald & Peter Hitchen

October 2016 – Scratch (Peter Hitchen), Hilary Hares & Sally Russell

September 2016 – Joanne Tomlinson, David Eadsford & Wendy Fitzgerald

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June 2016 – Mari Thomas, Kristin Tridimas & Andrea Parr

May 2016 – Louise Morrish & Amicia Bentley

April 2016 – Angela Chadwick, Mari Thomas & Sue Spiers

March 2016 – David Lea, Louise Morrish & Justin Strain

February 2016 – Andy J Steele, Kate Prince & Kristin Tridimas

January 2016 – Claire Fuller, Andrea Parr & Linda Welch

December 2015 – Sally Russell, Scott Goldie & Kristin Tridimas

November 2015 – Louise Morrish, Sam Collins & Margaret Jenness

October 2015 – Louise Morrish, Paul Beattie & Wendy Fitzgerald

September 2015

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June 2015 – John Quinn, Celia Livesey & Louise Morrish

May 2015 – Paul King, David Lea & Nikki Wakefield

April 2015 – Linda Welch, Laurel Wingfield & Louise Morrish

March 2015 – David Lea, Honey Stavonhagen, Diane Batten & Amie Simons

February 2015 – David Lea, Celia Livesey & Veronika Moore

January 2015 – David Lea & Rebecca Lyon

December 2014 – Joan Robinson-Harris & David Lea

November 2014 – Louise Morrish, Jacky Hutchins & Elizabeth Wald

October 2014 – Emma Rose Hollands, Deanna Scutt & Louise Morrish

September 2014 – Linda Welch, Sally Russell & Rebecca Lyon

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June 2014 – Louise Taylor, Elizabeth Wald & Linda Welch

May 2014 – Louise Morrish,  Michael Mortimore & Louise Taylor

April 2014 – Sue Spiers & Clive Johnson

March 2014 – Rosie Travers, Hazel Donnelly & Linda Welch

February 2014 – Anne Eckersley, Mike Rawlins & Niki Wakefield

January 2014

December 2013 – Sally Russell, Gill Hollands & Sue Spiers

November 2013 – Celia Livesey, Robert Brydges & Gwen Hobbis

October 2013 – Olivia Stephenson, Gill Hollands & Sarah Sims

September 2013 – Susan Piper, Dorothy Collard & Paul Beattie

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June 2013 – Lousie Tegerdine, Karin Groves & Janet Cranham

May 2013 – Helen Adlam, Dorothy Collard & Anthony Ridgway

April 2013 – Hilary Hares, Hugh Gidlow & Sue Spiers

March 2013 – Gill Hollands, Catherine Mortimore & Tania Travis

February 2013 – Gill Hollands, Sue Spiers & Rose Travers

January 2013 – Anne Eckersley, Georgie Jensen & Gill Hollands

December  2012 – Joan Robinson-Harris, Ann Eckersley & Anthony Ridgway

November 2012 – Celia Livesey, Gill Hollands & Clarice B

October 2012 – Claire Buckley, Gill Hollands & Nita Saini

September 2012 – David Eadsforth, Maddy Woosnam & Honey Stavonhagen

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June 2012 – Gill Hollands, Honey Stavonhagen, Liz Wald & Paul Alexander Ayres

May 2012 – Joan Robinson-Harris, Claire Buckley & Di Castle

April 2012 – Susan Piper, Kristin Tridimas & Gill Hollands

March 2012 – Celia Livesey, Jenny Brooks & Hazel Glenholmes

February 2012 – Hazel Donnelly, Hilary Gregory & David Eadsforth

January 2012 – Kirsty Applebaum,Lousie Pears & Gill Hollands

December 2011 – Celia Livesey, Lynda Murphy & Gill Hollands

November 2011 – Celia Livesey, Hermione Wilds & Helen Adlam

October 2011 – Celia Livesey & Lovell H G Taylor

September 2011