2024 International

Literary Prize

ENTRIES  NOW CLOSED

RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED HERE

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SHORT STORY

1st Place

The Lost Hour | Andrea Stephenson from North Shields, UK 

2nd place

There are no clocks in Vegas, Baby! | Sally Curtis from Bournemouth, UK

3rd place

Needs Must be Met | Anne Wilkins from Auckland, New Zealand

Highly Commended

FFWD | J.W. Murray from UK

Sleep Well, Mr Chawla | Shauna Singh Baldwin from Milwaukee, USA

Time-Capsules for Frederick | Elizabeth F. Woodfield from Bribie Island, Australia

The First of September | John Cunningham from Lough Dan, Ireland

The Time Traveller’s Bus Pass | Ian Charles Douglas from Nottingham, UK

A Question for the Mountain | James Lowther from Bath, UK

Judges Choices

The Rhythm of Time | Richard Attree from El Médano, Spain

The Rush of Jumping Fences in the Nighttime | Liam Keller from Toronto, Canada

Editors International Choices

All We Have is Buried Time | Nea Le, from Hanoi, Vietnam

A Death and The End | Duaa Haq, from I, Pakistan

Coup Time: Town on Fire | Otancia Noel, from Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago

The Rush of Jumping Fences in the Nighttime | Liam Keller, from Toronto, Canada

A Place to be Alone | Andressa Peres, from Brazil

SHORTLIST
Billy Buchan | Gordon Aindow from Preston, UK

A Sunset on the Swamp | Margaret Apostolis from Fort Lauderdale, USA

Sleep Well, Mr Chawla | Shauna Singh Baldwin from Milwaukee, USA

The Shape of Time | Angela Benham from Lima, USA

The Girl in the Lime-green Dress | Mary Byrne from Loughborough, UK

Kots | Eirinie Carson from Petaluma, USA

Three Friends for Brunch | Edward Carthew from Charlestown, Australia

How The Light Gets In | Colleen Christi Willett from Jersey City, USA

Blue on Blue | Peter Collins from Leeds, UK

Is | Jane Cornes from Wynnum, Australia

The First of September | John Cunningham from Lough Dan, Ireland

There are no clocks in Vegas, Baby! | Sally Curtis from Bournemouth, UK

Translocation | Christie Davies from Norwich, UK

A Sudden and Totally Unexpected Reversal of Fortune | Sahlan Diver from Passage West, Ireland

The Time Traveller’s Bus Pass | Ian Charles Douglas from Nottingham, UK

Finisterre | Kate Durrant from Cork, Ireland

Exhibitions | Juleanna Green from Sparta, USA

The Timekeeper |  Howard Halsall from Lytham St. Annes, UK

Accidents of Birth |  Linda Hardy from Louth, UK

Echoes of the Past | Gordon Hayes from East Ballina, Australia

Stairgate | Martin Jameson from Stockport, UK

A Question for the Mountain | James Lowther from Bath, UK

I Wish You Good Time | Deborah Mantle from Crewe, UK

Spicy Margarita #1 | Chris Marnie from Sydney, Australia

Jungle Hilton | Peter Mills from Sydney, Australia

Headshot | Alan Mitchell from North Thoresby, UK

Tempo | James Moran from London, UK

FFWD | James Murray from UK

Apples of Harrier Mountain | M. Pontbriand from Fairbanks, USA

Love in the time of Swine Flu | Penny Shutt from Penicuik, UK

Only Elements in their Construction | Alicia Sometimes from Carnegie, Australia

Timeless Story | Maxim Sova from Uzhgorod, Ukraine

Providence | Jayne Stead from York, UK

The Lost Hour | Andrea Stephenson from North Shields, UK

Mrs Finehorn | Paul Sutherland from Market Rasen, UK

Perfect fit | Andrew Taylor from Edinburgh, UK

The Ever Present | Rachel Walton from Tadley, UK

Didn’t We Have a Luvverly Time the Day We Went to Auschwitz | Stuart John White from Greenhithe.

Needs Must be Met | Anne Wilkins from Auckland, New Zealand

Time-Capsules for Frederick | Elizabeth F. Woodfield from Bribie Island, Australia

The Light We Leave Behind  Veronica Quinn from London, UK

POETRY

1st Place

Ma | Guinevere Clark from Newton, Swansea, UK

2nd place

Roath Brook | Helen McSherry from Cardiff, UK

3rd place

Did he...? | Simon Maddrell from Hove, UK

Highly Commended

Groundhog Sonnet | Nicholas Hogg from Leicester, UK

Lady Necessity and the Fates | Tallulah Howarth from Leeds, UK

Stumble Stones | S. Duggan from Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland

Time Before Time After | Paul Sutherland from Market Rasen, UK

Tick-tock | Uwe Danek from Torquay, UK

Judges Choices

Relativity | Ronald Arana Atilano

Editors International Choices

Delusion, a Chapter Left Untouched | Saad Hossain, from Dhaka, Bangladesh

A Round Turn and Two Half Hitches | Mark Fiddes, from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Alchemy of Earth | Jean Cooper Moran, from Cailhau, France

Teardrop | Dave Kurley, from Moita Negra, Portugal

Reload My Magnum | Paris Rosemont, from Sydney, Australia

SHORTLIST
Yemen 66 | John Anderson from Toogoom, Queensland, Australia

Lulworth Cove | Emmeline Armitage from London, UK

Tomorrow | Meagan Belflower from Hoover, USA

For months | Sharon Black from St Andre de Valborgne, France

Ma | Guinevere Clark from Newton, Swansea, UK

The Rigging Shop | Alan Coombe from London, UK

Waiting | Alan Coombe from London, UK

Julie Bibi | Alan Coombe from London, UK

Emptying your wardrobes | Lucy Crispin from Wray, UK

Tick-tock | Uwe Danek from Torquay, UK

The Other Side of the Sky | Peter Devonald from Stockport, UK

Stumble Stones | S. Duggan from Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland

Aphrodite Aretalogy | Elia Elton from Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia

Please Be Late | Sammi Ford from Lincoln, UK

Ariadne’s Thread | Jean Gillespie from Kirkliston, UK

Orchid | Joy Heath from Grimsby, UK

Sands of Time | Emma Hine from Shaftesbury, UK

Sit-Spot-Summertime | Celia Hinton from London, UK

Groundhog Sonnet | Nicholas Hogg from Leicester, UK

Lady Necessity and the Fates | Tallulah Howarth from Leeds, UK

Thoughts on becoming a Grandfather | Lawrence Hunter from Lincoln, UK

Poppies: A Field of Soldiers | Elaine Ibiricu from Stroud, UK

Did he...? | Simon Maddrell from Hove, UK

Frampton’s Peter Pan | Neal Mason from Marlborough, UK

A Piece of Glass | Donald McCrory from SAX, Spain

Washed Up | Donald McCrory from SAX, Spain

Holy Well | Helen McSherry from Cardiff, UK

Roath Brook | Helen McSherry from Cardiff, UK

Ode to Time | Sandeep Kumar Mishra from Sujangarh, India

An Insomniac Muses | Alan Mitchell from North Thoresby, UK

Time | Mr. Javier from New York City, USA

Sister, rewind | Mary Mulholland from London, UK

Eclipse ’99 (Endless Remix) | Samuel Prince from Norwich, UK

Against the Clock | Claudia Robertson from Lydney, UK

Let the Sun be the Sun, please! | Matisse Sailor from Thirroul, Australia

Some time off | Penny Shutt from Penicuik, UK

Sposa di guerra, 1945 | Di Slaney from Bilsthorpe, UK

Whispers of time | Elizabeth Smith from Worcester, UK

Time Before Time After | Paul Sutherland from Market Rasen, UK

The Merciless Mountain | Aadhira Vellala from Robina, Australia

Bretton | Peter Clegg from Sheffield UK

SCRIPTS

1st Place

Alpine Adventure |  Archie Lamprell from Lymington, UK

2nd place

When the Sky Fades | Jaime Bree from Peterborough, UK

3rd place

La Brasseria | Richard Douglas from London, UK

Highly Commended

Level 6 | Sara Ford from Carnegie, Australia

SHORTLIST

How Do I Love Thee? | Elizabeth Carroll from Reading, UK

Level 6 | Sara Ford from Carnegie, Australia

When the Sky Fades | Jaime Bree from Peterborough, UK

Alpine Adventure |  Archie Lamprell from Lymington, UK

La Brasseria | Richard Douglas from London, UK

SONGS

PERFORMED SONG

1st place

It Will Always Be Winter (Loving You) | Penelope Weedon Kerr from Lydney, UK

2nd place

Drifting  Alan Mitchell  and Keith Melhuish from North Thoresby, UK

3rd place

Used to Go Out Driving Anywhere | Graeme Miles from Cygnet, Australia

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Highly Commended

A Thousand Years | Csaba Gál from Székesfehérvár, Hungary

SHORTLIST

Used to Go Out Driving Anywhere | Graeme Miles from Cygnet, Australia

It Will Always Be Winter (Loving You) | Penelope Weedon Kerr from Lydney, UK

Drifting | Alan Mitchell and Keith Melhuish from North Thoresby, UK

A Thousand Years | Csaba Gál from Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Blue Blue Blue | Peter Manaena from Howrah, Australia

SONGS
SONG LYRICS

1st place

Into The Depths | Aleesha Groom from Grimsby, UK

2nd place

John Campbell’s Shanty | Roddy Scott from Paisley, UK

3rd place

Life In A Bottle | Andrea Manno from Roleystone, Australia

Highly Commended

The Remembering Garden | Peter Ludgate from Sherborne, UK

SHORTLIST

No Time for Looking Back | Howard Marshall from Grimsby, UK

The Remembering Garden | Peter Ludgate from Sherborne, UK

John Campbell’s Shanty | Roddy Scott from Paisley, UK

Into The Depths | Aleesha Groom from Grimsby, UK

Life In A Bottle | Andrea Manno from Roleystone, Australia

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Don't be too disappointed if you didn't make the shortlist, the entries were many and the standard high. You could still be included in the anthology as one of the Judge's Choices or Editor's Choice of International Entries to to be announced in January 2025.

The winners will be announced 'live on air' on Billboard TV  on:

Sunday 15th December 7.00 pm 

  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFvUQE7R-4uNXXZy-yCM06Q