Members and guests gathered in London on 14 March to celebrate the winners and runners-up from all our recent competitions. Trophies, cheques and certificates were awarded by our judges, followed by afternoon tea and a fascinating talk, ‘From Outback to Paperback’, by our guest speaker, Australian journalist and award-winning novelist Janet Gover.
Pamela Payne took the prize for our red-themed Winner Takes All competition, judged by last year’s winner Margaret Mounsdon. Pamela could not attend but her winning piece, about some very surprising New Year traditions, was read on her behalf by Vivien Hampshire. Ann Evans was our judge for the Writing for Children competition, won by Marilyn Pemberton, who read an extract from her story ‘Target Practice’ and was presented with the Junior Literary Cup.
The John Walter Salver competition was won by Beryl Fleming for the second year running, this time for a weather-themed short story, ‘World in a Carrier Bag.’ The trophy was presented by judge Janet Gover.
Our prestigious annual poetry competition was won by Valerie Tigwell for her poem ‘Philippa at the Outdoor Pool’. Judge Claire Dyer presented the Elizabeth Longford Rose Bowl.
A report of the afternoon, with the winning entries in full and extracts from all the runners-up, plus lots of photos, will appear in the Spring issue of The Woman Writer, available to members from the end of April. And don’t forget to check our Competitions page here on the website for more photos and details of past, current and upcoming competitions.
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