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    The Write Path 2021
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    The Write Path 2021

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    The Write Path 2021 contains all of the winning entries from the 2021 National Association of Writers and Groups members-only competitions, along with all of the judges' comments. The 2021 anthology includes contributions from Geoff Keys, Kerri Simpson, Ray Offiah, Vivien Leanne Saunders, Robert Crockett, Helen Jane Somers, Chris Milner, Raman John Cook, Vincent Johnson, Sue Hatt, Afaf Sanders, Emma Finlayson-Palmer, Laura Tapper, Lottie Hazell, Carol Caffrey, Denny Jace, Dianne Bown-Wilson, Toni Allen, Colin Brezicki, Gerry Watson, Polly Palmer, and Jacqueline Pemberton.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNAWG Publishing
    Release dateJan 12, 2022
    ISBN9781916132054
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      The Write Path 2021

      THE WRITE PATH 2021

      OUR 2021 ANTHOLOGY OF AWARD-WINNING WRITING

      THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS AND GROUPS

      NAWG PUBLICATIONS

      PUBLISHED BY NAWG PUBLICATIONS

      Anthology compiled, designed, typeset and proofread by NAWG Committee Members.

      Cover photograph: Walker on Helm Crag, by Simon Whaley.

      THE WRITE PATH 2021

      The Best Creative Writing from

      The National Association of Writers and Groups.

      Including: the winners of the Open Short Story and Poetry competitions,

      the 2021 Virtual Festival Flash Poetry and Flash Fiction competitions,

      and 100 x 100 competition.

      © 2021 National Association of Writers and Groups

      Print ISBN: 978-1-9161320-4-7

      eBook ISBN: 978-1-9161320-5-4

      JOIN US!

      If you’d like to know more about the National Association of Writers and Groups (NAWG) then visit:

      www.nawg.co.uk

      We welcome members on an individual basis or as a group, and offer support, advice, writing competitions, LINK (our bi-monthly magazine) and regular email newsletters, along with workshops and tutorials, weekend retreats and our annual festival.

      CONTENTS

      2021 NAWG Members’ Competitions Shortlist Results

      NAWG OPEN COMPETITION WINNERS

      Foreword

      OPEN POETRY

      New Perspectives

      FORMAL POEM: RONDEAU

      Le Carrousel De La Mort

      SHORT STORY (WITH A GIVEN PHRASE)

      Caretakers

      HISTORICAL FICTION

      Under A Stone Sky

      GHOST STORY

      The Bus Ladies Of South Padbury

      SCIENCE FICTION

      Reggie The Replacement

      COMEDY

      Covering

      STORY OR POEM BY A CHILD

      White Flowers for Rasputin

      TRAVEL ARTICLE

      Lombok, January 2020

      MEMOIR

      The Big Threat

      TEN-MINUTE PLAY OR MONOLOGUE

      Homecoming

      GROUP ANTHOLOGY

      2021 FESTIVAL 100-WORD FLASH FICTION

      Waiting for the 8.29

      100 x 100 COMPETITION

      100 x 100 Winning Entry - Winter 2020 - Take A Breath

      100 x 100 Winning Entry - Spring 2021 - Breadcrumbs

      100 x 100 Winning Entry - Summer 2021 - Serenade

      100 x 100 Winning Entry - Autumn 2021 - The Art Lesson

      NAWG OPEN SHORT STORY COMPETITION

      First - Diamond Life

      Second - The First

      Third - What Are The Chances?

      NAWG OPEN POETRY COMPETITION

      First - Villanelle: To Monet

      Second - Watching before sleeping. Dreaming before waking. Waiting.

      Third - The face at the window

      CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

      2021 NAWG MEMBERS’ COMPETITIONS SHORTLIST RESULTS

      The full list of shortlisted entries for each category are as follows:

      Open Poem

      New Perspectives by Geoff Keys, Northumbrian Writers

      Oppression by Vincent Johnson, Holmfirth Writers

      The Sailor's Widow by James Lesley, The Innscribers

      Sound Spinner by Chris Rowe, Hinckley Scribblers

      Highly Commended:

      Spring Garden by Alison Ringrose, Northumbrian Writers

      Formal Poem

      Le Carrousel de la Mort by Kerri Simpson, Northumbrian Writers

      The Tyne After Storm Christoph by Margaret Morey, Northumbrian Writers

      I Leave My Love by Chris Raetschus, Hexham Writers

      You Know You're Fat by Chris Milner, Northumbrian Writers

      Highly Commended:

      Rondeau For A Newborn by Alison Ringrose, Northumbrian Writers

      Short Story

      Caretakers by Ray Offiah, Reading Writers

      Elephants by Ilaria Warren, Reading Writers

      We Need More Elephants by Meg Woodward, Reading Writers

      Squeak Squeak by Vivien Leanne Saunders Lowestoft Library Writers

      Historical

      Under A Stone Sky by Vivien Leanne Saunders, Lowestoft Library Writers

      Sisters of the Revolution by John Stirling, Northumbrian Writers

      The Séance by Marilyn Pemberton, Independent Member

      Perilous Journey 1941 by Sarah Jane King, Hertford Writers

      Ghost/Horror

      The Bus Ladies of South Padbury by Robert Crockett, Hinckley Scribblers

      Ghost Light by Creana Bosac, Hinckley Scribblers

      The Final Whistle by Terry Baldock, Independent Member

      Dog by Patricia Stewart, Holmfirth Writers

      Highly Commended:

      The Last Laugh by Kim Pearson, Northumbrian Writers

      The Inherent Problem with Ghost Stories by Richard Layton, Derbyshire Scriptwriters

      Science Fiction & Fantasy

      Reggie the Replacement by Helen Jane Somers, Writers in Somerset

      The Book by Christine Human, Writers in Somerset

      Space Invaders by Jenny Roberts, Northumbrian Writers

      The Piddock by Hilary Feeney, Northumbrian Writers

      Highly Commended:

      To the End of Time and Back by Maureen Taylor, Northumbrian Writers

      Comedy

      Covering by Chris Milner, Northumbrian Writers

      Principles of Human Knowledge by Edwin Blundell, Dialstone Writers

      Let Us Prey by Alan Bryant, Swansea & District Writers Circle

      Eclogue by Tim Taylor, Holmfirth Writers

      Travel

      Lombok January 2020 by Vincent Johnson, Holmfirth Writers

      The Herbert Glacier… Juneau, Alaska by Jean Eaton, Independent Member

      Dear Tring by Sherry Hostler, Chiltern Writers

      Back to the Future by Kerri Simpson, Northumbrian Writers

      Highly Commended

      Travelling by Going Nowhere by John Welford, Hinckley Scribblers

      Ferrovia Circumetnea by Larry Winger, Northumbrian Writers

      Memoir

      The Big Threat by Sue Hatt, Caldicot Writers’ Group

      Blue Horizons to a Grey Dawn by Peter Riley, Hinckley Scribblers

      The Big Freeze by Robert Rayner, Northumbrian Writers

      In the Balance by Gillian Scholey, Independent Member

      Highly Commended:

      The Furniture of Life by Rosemary Gray, Northumbrian Writers

      Teddy Bear Picnic by Sarada Thompson, Llanelli Writers’ Circle

      Play/Monologue

      Homecoming by Afaf Sanders, Burton Monday Writers

      2050 by Sarah Garratt, Tyldesley Creative Writers

      Voltaire's Garden by Lynda Aylett-Green, Derbyshire Scriptwriters

      In the Times of Lockdown by Robert Rayner, Northumbrian Writers

      Highly Commended:

      A Change of Heart by Fiona Bernhoeft, Northumbrian Writers

      On the Back Burner by Jacqueline Mitchell, Hexham Writers

      Children's

      White Flowers for Rasputin by Raman John Cook, Llanelli Writers

      Shivering Kingdom by Ava Saffron Garrett, Wombourne Writers

      Bird Cage by Mae Riley, Hinckley Scribblers

      The Mystery in the Classroom by Corbi Ellis, Ross Writers @ The Royal

      Highly Commended:

      I Was Too Late by Alice Munro, Ross Writers @ The Royal

      The Waking of Spring by Daniel Clamp, Burton Monday Writers

      The Runaway Samosa by Holly Soper, Leeds Writers & Poets

      Anthology

      Green by Inspirations Writers Group, Thanet

      Change by Swansea & District Writers

      2020 Writing During the Pandemic by Otley Writers

      An Anthology by Hexham Writers

      Highly Commended:

      The Turn of the New by Leeds Writers & Poets

      Covidity by Verulam Writers

      NAWG OPEN COMPETITION WINNERS

      SHORT STORY

      Winner: Dianne Bown-Wilson

      Second: Toni Allen

      Third: Colin Brezicki

      POETRY

      Winner: Gerry Watson

      Second: Polly Palmer

      Third: Jacqueline Pemberton

      FOREWORD

      This year was my second year of administering the Members’ Competitions and a better year it was, for a number of reasons.

      First, we were able to hold NAWGFest live and hence the trophies could be presented at the Gala Dinner by our guest speaker Della Galton. Hopefully, next year more will feel it is safe enough to join us at Yarnfield.

      Secondly, we introduced a third method of entering the competitions. As well as the traditional methods of print and post and emailing attachments we now welcome on-line entries via the NAWG website.

      I would like to thank Henry Curry for setting the online system up and helping me learn how to collect members’ entries. There were one or two minor difficulties, but many entrants chose this method.

      The final reason for it being a more satisfying year was the rise in the total number of entries.

      154 writers made a total of 445 entries. Of these 70 writers entered on-line, 63 by email and 21 by post. The number of entries to each category were:

      Open Poem: 68

      Formal Poem: 39

      Short Story: 55

      Historical Fiction: 36

      Ghost/Horror story: 52

      SF&F: 39

      Comedy writing: 41

      Travel writing: 23

      Memoir: 46

      Play/Monologue: 30

      Children’s writing: 7

      Group Anthology: 9

      I send our gratitude to all the judges who worked so hard to reduce these numbers to a shortlist and then pick out the winner, but of course, the biggest thanks go to all the entrants who made the competition worthwhile.

      Entrants were from 44 different writing groups. One group managed to achieve 11 shortlisted pieces plus 7 Highly Commended. So, all of you individual members and members

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