Following our Celebration Evening on Saturday 15th February, we’re pleased to share the results of this year’s competition…
The Page is Printed 2025: Creative Writing Competition
Somerset Prize | The Clear Call by Simon Parkin
Open Prize | The Illusion We Choose by Timothy Collyer
U18s Prize Winner | Foreign tears of exile by Fatima Rafi
U18s Prize Winner | To you by Maisy Sell
U18s Prize Winner | De Cor by Stella Tserkezie-Tunnicliffe
U18s Prize Winner | Broken Promises by Erin Turner
U18s Prize Winner | Earth Genesis – Attempt #31 by Amro Shihadeh
Best on the Night – Adult | Pragmatic Love Song by Mandy Woods
Best on the Night – U18s | The Anatomy of a Poet by Bethan Slatter
Highly Commended Adult | The Path is Made by Walking by Polly Hall
Highly Commended Adult | Button Bus by Chris Cottam
Highly Commended Adult | Things You Can’t Say at Your Sea Scouts Tryout by Chris Cottam
Highly Commended Adult | NEW GIRL by Christine Johnson
Highly Commended Adult | FAN GIRL by Karen Lewis-Barned
Highly Commended Adult | Memory Bubbles by Melissa Mitcheson
Highly Commended Adult | Now, Again by Ray Conley
Highly Commended Adult | The Rowan Tree by Barbara Armstrong
Highly Commended Adult | Moving On by Mary Scott
Highly Commended Adult | The Best of Time by Janet Jones
Highly Commended Adult | Void by Andreas Christodoulou
Highly Commended Adult | A Disgruntled Raindrop by Talina Hurzeler
Thank you to everyone that entered The Page is Printed 2025: Creative Writing Competition with Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre. We had a very high number of entries and a lovely mix of creative ideas and approaches. Our judges were very enthusiastic about the quality of the work and interesting themes and subject matter explored.
The Page is Printed: Creative Writing Competition is all about providing opportunities and encouraging people to write and express themselves. Limiting entrants to one side of A4 and running it as a competition helps with motivating and focusing people, but the main purpose of the event is to encourage and celebrate creative writing. Therefore, anyone who sits down and writes a piece is making the event a success.
It has been a pleasure reading the different pieces and we invite everyone to share their writing again in next year’s competition.
We wanted to thank this year’s judging panel made up of lead judge and award-winning poet Graeme Ryan, author Clare Donoghue, Lionel Ward owner of Brendan Books (Taunton’s favourite independent bookshop), writer Molly White and Teacher and Head of English Leanne Appleby. They generously gave their time to read the pieces, provide their feedback and agree upon the results making this all possible.
Once again, congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who entered.