Thank you to everyone that entered The Page is Printed 2024: Creative Writing Competition with Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre.
We had a record number of entries this year, presenting a real mixture of creative ideas and fun approaches. In particular, we had a large number of entries from across the world which was very exciting and two of our U18s winners are from Australia and Singapore. Needless to say, the standard of this year’s entries was of a very high quality.
Results
The winners have now all been contacted following the fabulous celebration evening on Saturday 10th February. Here is a list of the various winners, and highly commended pieces:
Somerset Prize | Identity by Jane Allsopp
Open Prize | Lying to my furniture by Sally Curtis
U18s Prize Winners
The Clingfilm and the Shoebox by Rosie Paull
This body of mine by Cody Lenehan
The Day of Fall by Blake Stewart
I have this problem by Marlea Mackintosh
War in the Classroom by Quinn Puar
Best on the Night | This body of mine by Cody Lenehan
Highly Commended
Here We Are Again You and I by Abigail Rowland
Nana Tilly’s Hat by Abigail Rowland
Lidl by Richard Baum
The Breach by Anna Farrow
The Medicinal Garden by Alison Milner
Motorcycle vs Car by Stuart Byles
The Nameless Martyr by Andrew Mapperley
The times I killed him by Chelsea Okyere
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.
We will be exhibiting this year’s winning and highly commended entries in an exhibition in our gallery spaces that will run from Mon 26 Feb to Mon 22 Apr.
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) and writer Molly White. 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.