International Literary Prize 2023 Winners
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 International Literary Prize.
Prizes will be awarded at the International Literary Festival in February 2024. The festival will also see the publication of the anthologies and the launch of the 2024 International Literary Prize.
Stories and extracts from scripts will be published in the 2024 Short Story anthology. Poems, song lyrics and links to performed songs will be published in the 2024 Poetry anthology.
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Short Stories
1st Place
It's Your Call, Baby! Madeleine Armstrong, Beckenham, United Kingdom
2nd place
Pigs & Paint, Letty Butler, Sheffield, United Kingdom
3rd place
Where My Body Meets The Water, Christina Care, London, United Kingdom
Highly Commended
Touching the Honey Slow River, John Irving Clarke, Wakefield, United Kingdom
Fitting In, Sally Curtis, Poole, United Kingdom
Hold Fast, Naomi Elster, London , United Kingdom
Once Upon a Crime, BV Lawson, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Electra, Aoibheann McCann, Gaillimh, Ireland
Young Thugs, John P. McEneny, Brooklyn, USA
The Magician (A Bridge Too Far) Simon Wood, Grimsby, United Kingdom
Poetry
1st Place
The Purple Dress, Vasiliki Albedo, Athens, Greece
2nd place
If the night had hands, Grace Copeland, Sunderland, United Kingdom
3rd place
High Tide, Dave Kurley, Santiago da Guarda, Portugal
Highly Commended
Bathing the Tyrant, Glen Wilson, Portadown, United Kingdom
Scattering your ashes, Richard Burtle, Grimsby, United Kingdom
Stopping the bleeding, Lucy Crispin, Wray, United Kingdom
The Fugitive, Ronald Atilano, Cardiff, NSW, Australia
Scriptwriting
1st Place
The Horsewoman, Jessica Cotterill, Bromsgrove, United Kingdom
2nd place
The Incident, Elizabeth Carroll, Reading, United Kingdom
3rd place
In or Out, Nicky Denovan, Reading, United Kingdom
Highly Commended
Catharsis,
Rochelle Potkar, Mumbai, India
Songwriting
Song Lyrics
1st Place
The Cloak, Michael Pettit, Cape Town, South Africa
2nd place
Hey God, So What's The Hurry? Jim Donaldson, Austin, USA
3rd place
Over The Moon, Peter Ludgate, Sherborne, United Kingdom
Highly Commended
Kingdoms Are Gone, Wafaa Manawai, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Handyman, Celia Hinton, London, UK
Performed Song
1st Place
Back to Burscough, Elaine Ibiricu, Stroud, United Kingdom
2nd place
Salaam Shalom, Linda Barrett, Epping, United Kingdom
3rd place
Prison Rain, Alan Mitchell, North Thoresby, United Kingdom
Highly Commended
Over The Moon, Peter Ludgate, Sherborne, UK
Down Dock No More, David Evardson, Cleethorpes, United Kingdom
Be inspired
Listen to the theme song and read winning entries from previous years.
