Previous Results
See the results of the 2022 competition
The winning and shortlisted entries are published in the annual Hammond House anthologies, available now from the online store.
The winners were announced on Billboard TV on 11th December 2022. You can watch the episode here.
Prizes were awarded at our Annual Literary Festival at the University Centre Grimsby. See videos and interviews from the event
here.
Feedback commenced in January 2023 and should be completed by the end of March 2023.
Short Story Results
Winners:
1st Place: High Intensity Interval Training, Ian Critchley, United Kingdom
2nd Place: Open Lines, Emma Burnett, United Kingdom
3rd Place: Rasp, Sarah Walker, Australia
Highly Commended:
Beneath the surface, Malina Douglas, Australia
Dead Man's Switch, Megan Anderson, Australia
The Animals around Me, Sian Dodderidge, United Kingdom
The Chinese Boy, David McIlwraith, Canada
The Circus People, EJ Robinson, United Kingdom
The Dogs of Arkansas, Phillip Mandel, United States
The Joined, Chris Sewart, United Kingdom
Editor's Choice:
A Case Of Catharsis, Esosa Daniel-Oniko, Nigeria
No Rule is as Good as Self-rule, Kittisak Kongka, Thailand
Kaleidoscoped, Nana Nafornita, Finland
Transmigration, Anne Marie Oftedahl, Norway
Night of the Dog, Michael Pettit, South Africa
Judge's Choice:
Wordsworth in Derbyshire, Lynda Aylett-Green, United Kingdom
A Long Tradition , Georgia Boon, United Kingdom
Eulogy, Adam Chapman, United Kingdom
Figgy Pudding , Michael Stern, United States
Shortlisted Entries:
A Ruby the Size of the Ritz, Tania Brassey, United Kingdom
A Swarm Called Mavis, Brad Gyori, United Kingdom
At Risk of Serious Personal Harm, Dianne Bown-Wilson, United Kingdom
Dear sun, Olivia Ramsey, United States
Express Adult Single, Sasha Ockenden, Germany
Flawless, Hayley Young, Australia
Homeward, Natalie Southworth, Canada
Lioness, Simon Van der Velde, United Kingdom
Over And Under The Water, Emma Burnett, United Kingdom
Punched Out, Alan Bray, United States
Regeneration, Anna Round, United Kingdom
Rowan, Naomi Elster, Ireland
The Grave Bell, Wesley Spena, United States
The Lover From Upwind, Claire Tallentirem United Kingdom
The Night Creatures, HowardHalsall, United Kingdom
The Pioneer, Adrian Carswell, United Kingdom
The Silver Hoard of Whatisname, Jean Cooper Moran, United Kingdom
We are gathered, Emma J Myatt, United Kingdom
What Is She Doing? Fhionna McGeechan, United Kingdom
What's the Point? MZ Pevsner, United Kingdom
Wipeout, Felicia Henderson, Australia
Student Winners:
Plus ça change…, Emma Townsend, United Kingdom
Old Conkerby, Lauren Wordsworth, United Kindom
Pretty in Pink, Tina Hall, United Kingdom
Poetry Results
Winners:
1st Place: Spell for Single Parents, Kitty Donnelly, United Kingdom
2nd Place: All the clothes you'll ever need, Val Ormrod, United Kingdom
3rd Place: My Parents' House, Suri Chan, Australia
Highly Commended:
Buttermere, Philippa Howell, United Kingdom
Following Bathsheba, Julie Runacres, United Kingdom
Positions, Roy Woolley, United Kingdom
pyaar mein phansaaya, Susan Wilson, United Kingdom
The Keeper, Guinevere Clark, United Kingdom
Versiyonlarimizi, Cemil & Rosalind Yildiz & Fielding, Turkey/France/UK
Editor's Choice:
The Travelers' Hymn, Suzette Orlanes, Philippines
There might be a letter, Sharon Black, France
Shortlisted Entries:
The Burning, Val Ormrod, United Kingdom
On a journey , Anthony Powers, United Kingdom
Along the Spine, Penny Shutt, United Kingdom
Arms And The City, Tony Trafford, United Kingdom
Between Five and Nine, Sophie Price, United Kingdom
Bone Maker, Guinevere Clark, United Kingdom
Dad’s Dad and the Duomo, Isabella Mead, United Kingdom
De-grouping, Katy Bienek, United Kingdom
Displaced, Grazia Marin, Australia
Getting to know my father at forty, Beliz Mckenzie, United Kingdom
Glassblower, Anne Hodnette, United Kingdom
Heart of Glass, Jaime Gabriel Gana, Canada
How’s the enemy?, Alison McNulty, United Kingdom
I Will Change, Howard Marshall, United Kingdom
In Figures, Roy Woolley, United Kingdom
Joan, My Stepmother, Peter Clegg, United Kingdom
Life and death of a log, Lizzie Smith, United Kingdom
Meeting My Guitar, Tim Taylor, United Kingdom
Metamorphosis, Tim Taylor, United Kingdom
Nativity, Alan Coombe, United Kingdom
Neon Slipstream, Paris Rosemont, Australia
Oh, Grazia Marin, Australia
Ordinary Miracle, David Holper, United States
Out of Season, Alan Coombe, United Kingdom
Revolutions, Alan Coombe, United Kingdom
The Death Of A Procrastinator, Guo Ru, Australia
The Discarded Chair, Elaine Howell, United Kingdom
The Spinning Wheel, Ruth Flanagan, United Kingdom
Water and Fire, Alan Coombe, United Kingdom
When, Grazia Marin, Australia
Scriptwriting Results
Winners:
1st Place: The Trojan Horse, Nash Colundalur, United Kingdom
2nd Place: The Cord, Elizabeth Carroll, United Kingdom
3rd Place (Joint): Feeding on a Man's Wound, Anthony Powers, United Kingdom
3rd Place (Joint): Who Stole our Fish?, Harry Turnbull, United Kingdom
Highly Commended:
Friends for Life, Julie Anne Booth, United Kingdom
Shortlisted Entries:
Bleached, Susanna Cupido, Canada
Changes, Cameron Rockwell, United States
Cutting Edge, Noel Campbell, United Kingdom
Oranges and Lemons, Richard Layton, United Kingdom
Setting the Record Straight, Naomi Elster, Ireland
Wyn Win, Philippa Howell, United Kingdom
Songwriting Results
Song Lyrics Category
Winners:
1st Place: Tapestry For The Blind, Kirily McKellor, Australia
2nd Place: Proverb, Jen Emery, United Kingdom
3rd Place: The Poet Said, Laura Theis, United Kingdom
Shortlisted Entries:
A Song For Tomorrow, Hank Isaac, United States
Alone In Her Room, Jen Emery, United Kingdom
Voidbringer, Kirily McKellor, Australia
Recorded Song Category
Winners:
1st Place: Wake Up To Reality, Penelope McMorris, France
2nd Place: Change, Sharam Gill, United Kingdom
3rd Place:Lonesome, Lovesick And Cold, Robert Neil and Scott Nicol, Scotland
Comedy Results
Winners:
1st Place: Alphabet Suit, Iain McGrath, United Kingdom
2nd Place: Cannabis Chaos, Robert Brintnall, United States
3rd Place: Botch Job, Letty Butler, United Kingdom
Shortlisted Entries:
Five Minutes with Tiger and Feral, Vivienne Burrows, Australia
The Boxed In Poet, Aoibheann & Andrea McCann & Ipaktchi, Ireland
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