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| Overall
winner Alex Fox with the Write '04 trophy |
More
than 300 poems, short stories, plays and lyrics were entered
into our creative writing competition.
On Sunday, 25 July 2004 the award ceremony was held at Wicksteed
Park, Kettering. |
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| One
entrant reads during the event at Wicksteed Park |
The
judges have made their final decision and the Write '04 awards
have been handed out.
Write
'04 attracted 334 entries from all over the world. Most were
from Northamptonshire, but we also received submissions from
five continents: countries included Australia, the United
States, Bulgaria, India, Nigeria and the Republic of Benin.
Love to hate
The
subject matter varied - from birth to death, love to hate,
living in the past to living in the future. We had tales of
cricket, rugby, football, skateboarding, ghosts, aliens from
outer space and catchicks (a cross between cats and chickens)!
We had poems to make you laugh and stories to make you cry.
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| Linda
Downing receives her Highly Commended certificate from
John Roberts, the managing director of Wicksteed Park |
bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire
teamed up with Wicksteed Park and the County Council's library
service for the creative writing competition.
Novice winner
At
the award ceremony at Wicksteed Park, writers were invited
to read their work out loud. The bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire
trophy (designed and made by local glass artist Gunta Anita
Krumins) was awarded to the overall winner Alex Fox from Hackleton,
Northamptonshire, for her short story The Time Of Our Singing.
Alex
has only been writing short stories for six months. Click
here to find out how she started and to hear Alex reading
her winning entry.
Below
is a complete list of winners. Click
here to read all the entries
See
the detailed rules for further
information.
| Write
'04 winners |
| Overall
winner:
Time
Of Our Singing by
Alex Fox |
| Highly
Commended: The
Last Meal by Ijasan Adelehin |
| Highly
Commended: The
Dying Fire by Dominic Allard |
| Highly
Commended: Lethe
by M Baker |
| Highly
Commended: Walking
For A Change by Chris Belson |
| Highly
Commended: Water
Baby by Linda Downing |
| Highly
Commended: Landing
The Impossible by Alex Fox |
| Highly
Commended: Genetically
Muddle' I' Field by David Garrett |
| Highly
Commended: Animating
The Mannequins by Rebecca Holder |
| Highly
Commended: Northampton
Night Out by Janet Reedman |
| Highly
Commended: Lost
In Love by Katie Taylor |
| Under
11s Prose, 1st: Dead
Tired by Kate Ryrie |
| Under
11s Prose, 2nd: Friends
by Helena Roots |
Under
11s Prose, 3rd: The
Romans Invade England
by Annabel Plumeridge |
Under
11s Poetry, 1st: A
Soldier in the Etaples' War Cemetery
by Bethany Ferguson |
| Under
11s Poetry, 2nd: Night
by Daniel |
| Under
11s Poetry, 3rd: Visit
To Saturn by Kyle |
| Over
11s Poetry, 1st: Of
Marmalade Dances by Patricia Scurfield |
| Over
11s Poetry, 2nd: Fly
Away by Natalie |
| Over
11s Poetry, 3rd: Hail
Storm by Vinay Saunders |
| Over
11s Prose, 1st: I
Have A Dream by Elise Downing |
| Over
11s Prose, 2nd: Big
Blue Riding Hood by Thomas Jordan |
| Over
11s Prose, 3rd: Always
The Witch by Nardeen Némat |
| This
year's competition is now closed, but if you have a piece
of creative writing you'd like published on bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire,
please send it to us using the form
at the foot of this page (maximum 1,500 words please).
Please note that all submissions to the website must be
submitted using the form, below, or emailed to northamptonshire@bbc.co.uk
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