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Listed below is a selection of recent winners.

Young writers

Survivor!, Eden Gray – WM Overall Young Writers Competition winner, and eleven-fifteen year-olds category winner

Patterns in the Sand, Becki Bush – WM Young Writers Competition, twelve-fifteen year-olds category winner

 
Non-fiction

Venice, Lynne Chiswick – WM Travel Writing Competition winner

 
Short stories

Ghost Girl, Pamela Pottinger – WN Annual Ghost Story winner 2004 and overall Winner of Winners
Jealousy, Nicholas Charman – WN Jealousy Short Story winner
Abi's House, Miranda Fuller – WN Photo Story Competition winner
The Ghost in the Attic, Debbie Thomas – WM Writing for Children winner
Daffodils, Elizabeth Candlish – WM Daffodils Short Story winner
Doctor Finkelstein's Mind, Graham Weeks – WN Holiday Short Story Competition winner
Sophia, Alanna Blaney – WM Summer Ghost Story winner
Effects of Enchantment, Christine Lloyd – WM Adult Fairy Story Competition winner
A Baby for a Lady, Louise Ebenhöh – WM Annual Crime Story Competition winner
Making Choices, Rosemary Gemmell – WM Annual Love Story Competition winner
Gladioli, Kathleen Morgan – WN Last Line Short Story Competition winner
The Raven, Sue Fincham – WN Loneliness Short Story Competition winner
Playing Rita, Lydia Jones – WN Traffic Warden Short Story Competition winner
Going Home, Esther Chilton – WN Going Back Story Competition winner
Letter Written in Sunshine, Roz Southey – WN Make Hay While the Sun Shines Story Competition winner
Reveille, Gwen Cremin – WN Savings Short Story Competition winner
An Evening with Macintyre, Pamela Hibbert – WM Writers' Circle Short Story Competition winner
The House Next Door, Judith Williams – WN Bonfire Night Short Story Competition winner
Never to Forget, Sheila Lockett – WM Bonfire Night Short Story Competition runner-up
Retail Therapy, Mary Keyser – WN First Line Short Story Competition winner
Dulce et decorum est, Lily Garth – WN Loyalty Short Story Competition winner
The Steadfast Toy Soldier, Fiona Paterson – WM Writing for Children Competition winner
The Red Shoes, Julie Day – WM Writing for Children Competition runner-up
Lottie's Loft, Pauline Hollingsworth – WN Retirement Short Story Competition winner

 
Poetry

Bluebells, Pat Mitchell – WN Last Line Poetry winner
No Maps for Icarus, Anna Knowles – WN Journey Poetry Competition winner
WM Daffodils Open Poetry Competition winner Anna Caddy and runner-up Diane Simkin
WM Pet Limerick Poetry Competition winner Maggie Spooner and runner-up Carol Midwood.
WM Open Poetry Competition – winner Faye Robertson and runner-up Anne Brooke
WM Childhood Poetry Competition – winner Rex Andrews and runner-up Patty Lafferty
WM Bonfire Night Poetry Competition – winner Jenifer Baker and runner-up Phil Powley