2010 Festival Competition
The Huddersfield Literature Festival is proud to announce this year's shortlist for the Festival Competition
The aim of this year's event was to write a story in fewer than 1,000 words or a poem with 10 lines or less.
The prizes in each category are as follows:
- 1st prize - £200
- 2nd prize - £100
- 3rd prize - £50
The best entries will also be published in the next Grist Anthology
The competition is now closed.
Winners will be selected at the Festival Launch Party on the 10th March 2010 at the Peacock Lounge.
"less is more" Short Fiction – Short List 2010
Name of Entrant |
Title of Entry |
Jenny Oliver |
Chloe |
Sally Knights |
The Top of the Cupboards |
Stephen Maxwell |
Earth: A Review |
David T Hay |
The Day They Took My Dad Away |
Susan Everett |
Snow Baby |
Louis Malloy |
Elvis and the Neighbours |
Mark Ellis |
Sometimes I Think That If I Start Crying Then I Aint Gonna Stop |
Phaedra Patrick |
Heaven, Huddersfield |
Mason Henry Summers |
Home |
"less is more" Poetry – Short List 2010
Name of Entrant |
Title of Entry |
Jacky Tarleton |
"3am phone call" |
Julia Deakin |
"Presence" |
Rosie Blagg |
"Tramps" |
Steve Nash |
"Perhaps Praying" |
Graham Burchell |
"A Zoo In Tunisia" |
Sarah Leavesley |
"Van Gogh's Other Mistress" |
John Bosley |
"in the waiting room" |
Martin Wickham |
"The Smoker's Table" |
Suzanne McArdle |
"Scanning" |
Janet Wadsworth |
"The Eclair" |
