Bridport Prize 2005 - Short Story Prizewinners. Judge :- Maggie Gee

1st Prize £3000 Clare Scurfield, London "Taking Off"

Clare grew up in Norfolk. She went to Warwick University to study Philosophy & Literature, and then in 1990 moved to London, where she began to write stories. Her first proper job was as a typist for the BBC, since when she has worked for a methodist church, and now as an administrator at University College London.

2nd Prize £1000 Adam Marek, Beds. "Robot Wasps""

Adam Marek was born in 1974, and has been writing fiction since his teens. After leaving film school he worked in the music video industry for a few years, but is now part of the editorial team at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. In 2003, his short story The 40-litre monkey was a supplementary winner in the Bridport Prize. In 2004, his story Bobby and Sun-Li was a runner up in the Douglas Coupland Award. He read Bobby and Sun-Li at the Poetry Café in London, and the story was then published by Pulp.net. He has recently completed a collection of short stories and has begun work on a novel. Adam lives in Bedfordshire with his wife and sons.

3rd Prize £500 Ian Madden, London. "Morgan's Pomade for the Misses Linster"

Ian Madden was born in Durham. He graduated with Honours in Law from the London School of Economics and holds an M.Litt. in Creative Writing from the University of St Andrews. He has lived in a variety of places including New York, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Italy. His short story ‘The Velvet Keyhole’ appeared in Carve magazine in July 2005. At present he lives in Sohar, which is reputed to be the birthplace of Sinbad the Sailor.

Supplementary Prizes (alphabetical order) - £50 Each :-

Jad Adams, London. "The Loves of Michaelis"

Jad Adams is an independent historian working as a television producer and author. He lives in London and on the Greek island of Leros. When ‘The Loves of Michaelis’ is published in the Bridport Anthology it will be the first fiction he has ever had published.

His books include:
Kipling – A Biography (2005, Haus Publications) A biography of the master storyteller.
Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle (2004, I.B.Tauris)
Pankhurst – A Biography (2003 Haus Publishing)
Madder Music, Stronger Wine - The Life of Ernest Dowson (2000, I.B.Tauris)
Dynasty: The Nehru-Gandhi Story (with Phillip Whitehead 1997, Penguin
Tony Benn - A Biography (1992 Macmillan)

His television work includes biographies of Kitchener, Bill and Hillary Clinton and of historical characters from London’s East End

Carol Baxendale, Norwich. "Steady Hand"

Carol Baxendale studied Fine Art at Cheltenham College of Art and the Slade. She went on to teach Printmaking at art schools in Norway and the UK. In 2003 she graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at the UEA. She currently works part time as a Facilitator at Norwich City College.

Stories published:
Birdsuit –published by the Starwheel Press, Norwich School of Art and Design
Front to Back– the Starwheel Press, Norwich School of Art and Design
SpikedMagazine
New Writing 10– Picador
UEA MA Creative Writing Anthology – Pen & Inc Press

Jane Borodale, Bath. "The Butcher's Daughter"

Jane Borodale graduated from Wimbledon School of Art with an MA in Site-Specific Sculpture. She has written and exhibited works for a variety of places including the Foundling Museum, London and the Wordsworth Trust Museum in Cumbria. She was Writer-in-Residence at the Dartington Hall Trust in Devon for 18 months. She lives in Somerset with her husband and young son, and is currently finishing her first novel.

Carys Davies, Lancaster. "Rose Red"

Carys Davies won second prize in this year's Asham Short Story Award, and second prize in the inaugural 2002 Orange/Harpers & Queen Short Story Competition. She was also longlisted for the 2005 Fish International Short Story Prize. Other stories have appeared in The London Magazine and in various US magazines, including GW Review, Press, and New Letters. Her Asham prize-winning story will be published by Bloomsbury in 2006 in its Asham anthology. She lives in Lancaster with her husband and four children.

publisher & list of publications:
The London Magazine - 'Historia Calamitatum Mearum'
Press - 'The Belladonna Bush'
GW Review - 'Big Marged'
The MacGuffin - 'Mrs. Atherton's Heart'
Kestrel - 'Mary Bowen's Baby'
forthcoming in the 2006 Asham Anthology, Bloomsbury - 'Hwang'

Angie Farrow, Essex. "The Missing Eye"

Dr Angie Farrow is a senior lecturer at Massey University, New Zealand specialising in drama and creative processes. She is a playwright having written numerous plays for theatre and radio in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Angie emigrated from the U.K in 1990 and now lives lives in Palmerston North, NZ with her daughter, Leda.

Alexandra Fox, Northants. "The Silver Sugar Sifter"

Alexandra Fox is a mother and grandmother from a Northamptonshire village who still regrets that she never went to university. She unexpectedly started writing short stories in 2004 and has now won more than a dozen first prizes in literary competitions as well as numerous placings and publications, print and web. Lexie writes withAlexKeegan’s online Boot Camp and finds, as do her family, that writing has taken over her life.
Prizes: Firsts include: Cadenza,Lichfield, Seventh Quark,JBWB, Momaya, Pencil, Peninsular, BBC, First Writer International Other placings and HRs include: Asham, New Writer, SIWC, Hastings, Mathew Prichard

Publications: Stories in print at: Momaya Annual Review 2004 (Momaya Press), Asham Anthology 2005 (Bloomsbury), QWF 45, Ink Pot No. 5, “Happy Families” (Route Publications), Seventh Quark, Aesthetica, “The Greengrocer’s Apostrophe” (Leaf Books, just accepted), and a commission from Virgin Atlantic for a story for their anniversary in-flight magazine

Stories online include: Absinthe Literary Review (story nominated for StorySouth Best of Web 2004), Paumanok Literary Review, Smokelong Quarterly, Eclectica, New Writing Ventures (accepted)

Wayne Price, Aberdeen. "The King of Love"

Wayne Price was born in South Wales and now lives and works in Aberdeen. He has published short stories in a number of journals and anthologies including Stand, Passages, New Writing Scotland and Shorts: The Macallan Anthology. He teaches literature and creative writing part time at the University of Aberdeen.

Kathryn Simmonds, London. "How to Eat an Elephant"

Kathryn Simmonds lives in north London and works as a quiz writer. She has published poems in a number of magazines, and received an Eric Gregory Award in 2002. Her pamphlet ‘Snug’ (Smith/Doorstop Books) was a winner in the Poetry Business Competition, and a selection of poems appear in Seren Selection (Seren 2005). Her favourite writers include Frank O’Hara and Flannery O’Connor. Last year her story about a secretary ‘The Handover Notes’ was read on Radio 4 as part of a series promoting new writers.

Laura Solomon, London. "The Most Ordinary Man in the World"

Laura Solomon was born in New Zealand in 1974, and has lived in London since 1999. She has an honours degree in English Literature (Victoria University, NZ, 1997) and a Masters degree in Computer Science (University of London, 2003) and currently works as an IT consultant. She has published two novels in New Zealand with Tandem Press: 'Black Light' (1996) and 'Nothing Lasting' (1997). Her first play, 'The Dummy Bride', was produced as part of the Wellington Fringe Festival, and her second, based on her short story, 'Sprout', was part of the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Two more stories, 'The Man Who Wanted a Baby' and 'Blindness' are to be published in NZ magazines in late 2005.

Publications:
'Black Light', Tandem Press, 1996
'Nothing Lasting', Tandem Press, 1997

Ian Wild, County Cork, Eire. "Horatio's Flowering Armpit"

Ian Wild is a writer and composer from the North of England but he has been living with his wife and two children in West Cork, Ireland, since 1991.

His publications and broadcast work include Way Out West - a comedy series about the English community in West Cork for RTE radio; The Great Moodini and other stories - 12 children’s stories also broadcast on RTE’s Radio One. He has a collection of short stories published by Fish: The Woman Who Swallowed The Book Of Kells and also a volume of poetry entitled Intercourse With Cacti, (Bradshaw Books.) His literary awards include the North West Playwrights Award, a Fish International Short Story Prize two consecutive years (1998 and 99) and a short story prize with the Cork Literary Review. He is currently working on a novel entitled: The Celtic Tyger Hunt.

Bridport Prize Short Story Long List

	Title	Name
1	Darwina the Daring	Melodie Edwards, USA
2	Landing in Paradise	Philip Jennings, London
3	See Saw Mother in Law	Sheila Pehrson, Henley on Thames
4	Shopping	Barrie Llewelyn, Mid Glamorgan
5	The Night Walker	Steve Cook, London
6	The Passing	Hannah-Fleur Fitz-Gibbon, London
7	Fat Man	Carolyn Henshaw, Australia
8	Waiting for Dee	James Lawless. Co Kildare, Eire
9	The Boggart Hole	David Swann, Brighton
10	Wild Horses	Lesley Saunders, Reading
11	Samson	Bethan Roberts, Brighton
12	Jah Goat takes a Liberty	Patsy Antoine, London
13	The Regent's Canal	Joby Williams, London
14	Long Enough	Ruth Figgest, Sussex
15	Berlin	Tom Lee, Colchester
16	Fear of Flying	Juliet Trewellard, Falmouth
17	Abstract Interpretation of Roses on Thin Polished Cotton	Katherine Hannaford, London
18	Sushi Plate Epiphany	Adam Mareks, Beds
19	Painting by Numbers	Mick Wood, Essex
20	Home Made Wine	Mick Wood, Essex
21	Closing Time	Emma Darwin, London
22	The Mermaid Exhibit	Yasmine Nicholls, Australia
23	The Boy Whose Head Exploded	Beverley White, West Yorks
24	Someone to Watch Over You	Sean Lusk, Haywards Heath
25	The Oldest Tink	Alexandra Fox, Northants
26	Lester's Flask	Joel Brookes, Halesowen
27	The Death of King George	Ann Moore, Hove
28	A Brief History of the Vikings	Leo Fewster, Dundee
29	End Game	Susan Coleridge, Australia
30	Women and Song (No Wine)	Stephen Harris, Bristol
31	The Travelling Father	Alison Grove, Ross-Shire
32	The First Pool in San Pedro	Kamlesh Gupta, Middlesex
33	Sputnik	Jane Rusbridge, Chichester
34	Perfect	David Evans, Merseyside
35	The Coming Attraction	David Swann, Brighton
36	The Respectable Gathering	Jak Peake, London
37	The Photograph	Pei-Suin Ng, London
38	Cowboy Williams Dances	Vicky Woodcraft, Welwyn Garden City

Bridport Prize 2005 - Poetry Prizewinner's. Judge : - Andrew Motion

Judges poetry report

1st Prize £3000 Carole Bromley, York "The Lovers"

Carole Bromley is married with four children and lives in York where she teaches creative writing for York University. A former English teacher, she started writing about ten years ago and her work has appeared in Smiths Knoll, The Rialto, The North, Mslexia, Other Poetry, Seam, South etc. She has an M Phil in Writing from Glamorgan and has won prizes in a number of other competitions (Ware, Yorkshire, Lancaster, Housman Society, BT, The Guardian Text Poem Competition, Barnet, New Forest, Connections, Ilkley Litfest, Blinking Eye, Biscuit and, earlier this year, in The Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition). Carole is reading at this year’s Aldeburgh Poetry Festival.

Publisher & list of publications
Smith/Doorstop Books ‘Unscheduled Halt’ 2005

2nd Prize £1000 Pauline Keith, Lancaster. "Dog Day Afternoon"

Born in Bolton, graduated in English, worked in the Middle and Far East, Nigeria, Holland and Canada before returning to NW England with her two small children whom she raised in Lancaster. Since taking her MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University, she has worked mainly with Adult Creative Writing groups.

Poems, single and in groups, have been published in various anthologies and magazines: Redbeck’s Purple & Green; Poet’s England Vols 17 & 18, Staple; Equinox; Ver Poets; Writing Women and in winners’ pamphlets after competition success. 2004: White Horse, a small collection produced to be sold in support of the NSPCC. In 2005: work in the Peterloo anthology and in The Big Picture, a collaboration with Jackee Batanda (Uganda), Annie Clarkson (Manchester) and Chris Fittock (Liverpool) jointly funded by Lancaster Literature Festival, North West Arts and the University of Lancaster. (This publication is a blend of poetry and prose together with the text of a radio play. All the pieces were presented at a Lancaster Literature Festival event early in November).

3rd Prize £500 Candy Neubert, Dartington. "Canaries"

Candy Neubert lived in South Africa from 1990 - 1996 which much influenced her writing, and where she was first published.
'Zen Frog' (Carapace; South Africa). Other poems in Rialto, the Shop, Poetry Review, Poetry London, the TLS, the North; also contributing to a forthcoming anthology: 'The Allotment' (Stride). Short stories broadcast on Radio 4.

Supplementary Prizes (alphabetical order) - £50 Each :-

Sally Clark, Solihull. "Undercurrent"

Studied and trained in contemporary dance at the Laban Centre, London until leaving due to injury. Worked in a number of different jobs including veterinary nursing and working with horses. Have written poems and articles for many years. I've been a member of the Cannon Poets in Birmingham for the past 9 years. I was one of the runners up in the 2004 BBC Wildlife Poet of the Year competition.

John Feakins. "Winter Perils"

"I grew up in London, trained as a teacher at Goldsmiths College where I studied German. I was a primary school teacher before taking up EFL which I have taught in Germany, the Czech Republic and Saudi Arabia. My interests are history, walking, cooking, rugby and writing. I hope to retire soon and write novels.

Published in Prague Literary Review, Forward Press anthologies, Poetry from Eastern Counties 2005, War Times, 9/11 The Memory Lives On, Through Different Windows, Valentine's Verse 2005, East Inspirations, Spotlight Poets, artlondon (website)

Lesley Bankes-Hughes, Oxford. "Bloodletting"

Lesley Bankes-Hughes was born in York, and studied English at the Universities of London and Liverpool. She worked in publishing and as a defence journalist before moving to Oxfordshire where she now lives with her husband and two children. She is currently Tower Poetry Administrator at Christ Church. Oxford University.

Helen Lovelock-Burke, Barnet. "Almost"

Helen Lovelock-Burke is an American, married to an Englishman, with four wonderful adult children. "I've always written odds and ends but started seriously on poetry in the 1990's when I realised it was the best way to try to say a moment, an idea, a feeling or a day. In the 90's I had about 20 poems on the London Buses (Nºs 36 & 72), also on Devon buses. Published by Green Books Ltd in Devon.

I have been in many prize winning anthologies: Coventry Poetry Prize, Nottingham Prize, Wilkins Memorial Poetry (Birmingham & Midlands Institute), St Michael's Discoed, Torbay Competition, Tees Valley, St Albans, Writers Inc. Most of these were runners up but a few were 1st and a couple of 2nd prizes. I had a poem set and sung at the Royal Festival Hall.

Ellie Madden, Bridport, Dorset. "Pie"

Ellie Madden is often seen riding her bicycle wearing singularly inappropriate cycling clothes, whilst visiting patients as a community mental health nurse in the hilly southern region of West Dorset.
She spent her teenage years dirtily and happily living in trucks and caravans in this country and abroad before having her now 10 year old beauty of a boy, Joe.
Apart from Joe, Ellie loves friends, work, wine, clothes, Dorset (and all within it) and ....PIES. Sometimes she writes the odd poem.
She is looking forward to being published.

Malcolm Moore, Bridport, Dorset. "Flint Picking"

Malcolm Moore was born in Plymouth in 1937. He has mainly worked as a builder. He has published two short stories, one in Stand. He was the 3rd prizewinner in the first South West Arts Competition.

Samantha Peters, London. "Winter Walking on Hampstead Heath"

Samantha was born and grew up in the well known artists colony of St Ives in Cornwall. Educated at Hull University, she has worked for most of her life in the charity sector. She is currently Chief Executive of the British Society for Rheumatology and British Health Professionals in Rheumatology, associations which seek to improve care for people with arthritis in this country. She enjoys current affairs, opera, and poetry, but this is the first time she has entered a competition since her teens.

Julie-Ann Rowell, Totnes, Devon. "The Whole Red Sky"

Julie-ann lives in Totnes and is a part-time copy editor/proof-reader. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University College. Her first pamphlet collection /Convergence/ was selected as a recommended read by the Poetry Book Society. She won first prize in the /New Writer Poetry Competition/ for a short collection in 1998 and second prize in the single poem category 2003, was runner-up in the BT Section of the /National Poetry Competition/ in 2000, and was awarded first prize in the /Frogmore Press Poetry Competition /2005. She has been published in many magazines and anthologies.

David Swann, Brighton, East Sussex. "Farm Boys"

David Swann was born in Accrington, where he was brought up as a neighbour of the author Jeanette Winterson. He's worked in warehouses and nightclubs, on newspapers and in prisons. His short story collection, 'The Last Days of Johnny North' is published by Elastic Press in January, 2006. This is David's fourth success in the Bridport Prize. He now teaches English at the University of Chichester, and lives in Brighton. He wrote 'Farm Boys' at Christopher North's brilliant writing retreat in Relleu, Spain.
Poetry and prose published in UK, Holland, South Africa and USA.
Fiction has appeared in four short story collections by Littlewood Arc. It's also been published in magazines and journals, including Staple, Zembla, and Texts' Bones.
The poetry has gained success in many competitions, including first prizes with both Pitshanger Poets and Bedford Poetry Society. Also had success in the National Poetry Competition and The Forward Anthology 2005.

Patricia Zontelli, London. "The Dog's Out"

Patricia Zontelli's second collection Red Cross Dog (New Rivers Press 2000) was winner of the Headlands Competition and finalist for the National Poetry Series. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in a number of US journals and in UK journals Acumen, Agenda, Mslexia, Poetry Nottingham International, Smiths Knoll and others. She was a third place winner in the Essex Poetry Festival Competition 2004. After a long career teaching drawing at the University of Wisconsin, she and her husband Charles now live half the year in Brockley SE London and the other in rural Wisconsin.

Bridport Prize Poetry Long List

	Title	Name
1	Krammik V Deep Fritz 7	Sam Taplin, Craven Arms, Shropshire
2	With this ring	Stephanie George, Norwich
3	Questions	Patricia Tyrrell, Newquay
4	Twilight on the Motorway	Alex Smith, Saffron Walden
5	Dancing with Mr Armitage	Pauline Barbieri
6	Your account	David Blaber, Seaford, Sussex
7	The Pit Bull's Prayer	Colin Ireson, Bromley
8	Caring	Christine Ellis, Dorking
9	Reflecting	Susan Williams-Raahauge, Chipping Campden
10	Faithful	Bruce Meyer, Toronto, Canada
11	Import	Christopher James, Haverhill, Suffolk
12	The angel of Passover has a Sense of humour	Christopher Buehlman, St Petersburg, USA
13	Divorce	Kate Bingham, London
14	Resurrection	Candy Neubert, Dartington
15	Waiting Room	Christine Lacey, Cambridge
16	A postcard from the Sea	William Palmer, London
17	October Meeting	Jennie Norton, London
18	Crying	Charles Evans, London
19	Some Generations	Diane Furtney, Columbus, USA
20	The Body Pastoral	C J Ormell, London
21	Perivoli	Lisa Dart, Eastbourne
22	Cold Caller	Robin Muers, Rugby
23	The Lard-arsed Lady	Stephen Mills, Poole
24	The Geneva Convention	Naomi Foyle, Brighton
25	Gilding the Lily	Roger Elkin, Biddulph Moor
26	Creation writing for J	Rose Flint, Bath
27	River and time and love's memory	Andre Surridge, Hamilton, New Zealand
28	Typo	Mick Wood, Manningtree, Essex
29	Woman with a fringe	Alice Kavounas, Saint Keverne, Cornwall
30	The Bleeding Bay	Daphne Schiller, St Albans
31	A Child's Air-Arm	Ricky Rooksby, Headington, Oxford
32	Tea shop	Author from Herts
33	Meeting the Bear	Helen Kidd, Kidlington, Oxford
34	Who is Born	Linda Moody, Bristol
35	The Turn of the Tide	Michael Abraham, London
36	Woodbines	Carole Coates, Lancaster
37	Request to the archaeologists	Michael Swan, Didcot, Oxon
38	Arc	Carolina Hotchandani, San Marcos, USA
39	Ill	Frances Dawson, Bradford
40	Wartime Mother	P A Feinstein, Hope Valley, Derbyshire
41	2005 Memorial Flight from Srebrenica July 1995	Angela Inglis, London
42	ROM	Brian Burns, HMP Manchester
43	Uncle Norman's Box	Nina Edwards, London
44	The Greek Priest	Ian McLean, Norwich
45	My mother walks to the shop	Harriet Torr, Thurso, Caithness
46	Our Dan	Harriet Torr, Thurso, Caithness
47	Untitled	Roisin Tierney, London
48	Galloping Horse	Ronald Tamplin, Exeter
49	The Battle of Ethandun	Adam Bolton, Uckfield, E Sussex
50	The Goat of Mendes	David Swann, Brighton
51	Memo	Martin French, Matlock, Derbyshire
52	Stamp	Helen Oswald, Brighton
53	Photosynthesis	Michael Woods, Braborne, Worcester
54	To Custer, Algie, Bruiser & Others: Old Pedagogues, circa 1963	Andrew Mayne, Stockport
55	The Derries, 1976	Mary O'Donnell, Co Kildaire, Ireland
56	Alzheimer's	Jackie Galley, Caerlaverock, Dumfries
57	The boys at the depot would miss ya	Marten Gibberd, Birmingham
58	On paper serviettes	Alesha Racine, Cambridge
59	First lesson	Alesha Racine, Cambridge
60	Cupid and Psyche	Michael Mackmin, Norwich
61	In the Bone	John Buentello, San Antonio, USA
62	Passages	Jeff Kemp, Musselburgh
63	Terracotta	Jo Swingler, Plymouth
64	Lotus Sutra	Harry Newman, New York, USA
65	Elegy for Mildred	Judith Barrington, Portland, USA
66	Bridge: a poem for Spoon Jackson, New Folsom Prison, California	Katherine Abrams, Sugar Grove, USA
67	A splinter of ice	Helen Kitson, Worcester
68	Venus says	Rebecca Latyntseva, UK
69	Ethan's Eye	Lesley Mary Smith, Fairfax, USA
70	Grandad	Richard de St Croix, London
71	The Mandolin of May	Jen Hadfield, Altrincham, Cheshire
72	Of course - in retrospect	Anna Symonds, Portland, USA
73	Cracks	Sarah Davies, Bedford
74	As if important	Megan Elaine Davis, Greenville, USA
75	Allegro Appassionato	Benjamin Morris, Hattiesburg, USA
76	Passing treasure	Nicky Parker, Ware, Herts
77	Two days	Janet Ward, New York, USA
78	Men in Spring	Anna McHugh, London
79	Demasiado	Derek Burnett, Mount Vernon, USA
80	In a puddle on the tar roof of an adjacent building during a downpour in Holborn	Harry Man, Bath
81	Dog with 3 legs	Gerald Turnbull, Guildford
82	The harpist played sidesaddle	Jeanette Allee, Seattle, USA
83	The Word Desire	John Wander, Beauvoir Orbec, France
84	The Fish	Brett van Toen, London
85	Union Street, 8th June	Allison McVety, Wokingham
86	Amanti's Violins	Lesley Bankes-Hughes, Somerton, Oxon
87	South	C L Dallat, London

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Bridport Prize 2005 - Short Story Prizewinners. Judge :- Maggie Gee

Bridport Prize 2005 - Poetry Prizewinner's. Judge : - Andrew Motion

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