King's Lynn Writers' Circle

Seventh Short Story and Poetry Competition 2007

Winning entries
(to be published on this site after 31st July 2007)

The Jim Burch Prize for poetry

1st   'The Taste of Apples'   Mr Stephen Beattie   FORMBY Merseyside

2nd   'Undertow'   Ms Liz Crosby   HEACHAM Norfolk

3rd   'Retellings'   Mr Andrew Frolish   LAYHAM Suffolk

Short stories

1st   'Red Ball'   Mr Martin Ungless   KENNINGHALL Norfolk

2nd   'Post Card From Cairo'   Mr Alun Williams   BANGOR Gwynedd

3rd   'Locked In Locked Out'   Ms Rosemarie Rose   CWMBRAN Torfaen


Left to right: Martin Ungless, winner, 1st prize, short story competition; Sue Welfare, judge; Andrew Frolish, winner, 3rd prize, Jim Burch Poetry Competition; Nick Burch

The following entries were shortlisted:

Stories

Exit Antigonus - Michael Hulme - Norwich
When the Time for the Sowing of Seeds is Past - Alexandra Fox - Hackleton, Northants
Just for a While - Rosemarie Mairs - Ballyclare, Co. Antrim
A Good Person - Sarah Evans - Welwyn Garden City, Herts.
A Night in the Life of an Ogalian Golb - Andrew Irvine London
Old Spice - Carl Hughes - Norwich
What Lies Beneath - Zarina Mufty - Crawley, W. Sussex
Dead Funny - Graham Low - Ripponden, W. Yorks.
Letters after your Name Lynne Worwood - Salisbury, Wilts.

Poems

Leaving - Stephen Beattie Formby, Merseyside
Avocets - Phil Powley - Lymington, Hants
C.P.D. - Barbara Daniels - Usk, Monmouthshire
A Zoo Tiger Speaks - John Roberts - Maldon, Essex
Those Human Transactions}
Whitehaven Harbour}Tom Conoboy - Beverley, E. Yorks.
Twelve Line Sestina}
Childhood Memories - Marion Riley - Manchester
On Seeing an Advert - Liz Crosby - Heacham, Norfolk

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