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.

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"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

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"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"