Here we link to the winners of all the writing competitions we, NewWriters.org.uk have run, starting with the most recent.
New Writers Poetry Competition 2025 – Results Summary (15th September 2025)
Read the winning entries, the poet bios, and the Head Judge’s comments on the main Poetry Competition Results page.
- First Prize (£1,200): Rewind by Kirsty Jones
- Second Prize (£300): Matchbox Chapel by Natasha Kinsella
- Third Prize (£200): The thing about abusers is by Rach PS
Fourth to Sixth Places (£50 each), in alphabetical order by entry title:
- Neuron Count by Aidan Casey
- sonogram by Dillon Jaxx
- they say hallelujah lives up in the mouth by Ivy Raff
New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2025 – Results Summary (27th June 2025)
Read the winning entries and the author bios on the main 100-Word Writing Competition Results page.
- First Prize (£500): Twist in Peace by Lucy Mac
- Second Prize (£200): FLOUR CHILD by Alice Lyon
- Third Prize (£100): Sock by Jay McKenzie
Fourth to Tenth Places (£50 each), in alphabetical order by entry title:
- 21st December 1916 by Alison Wassell
- Descartes at Naylor’s Cove by Paul Lenehan
- Flight by Joanna Hastings
- Life, In No Particular Order by Katrina Moinet
- mother of all mothers by Emily Pille
- The Hush Between Heartbeats by Lucia Galli
- To bake an autism pie by Véro Falco
New Writers Hopeful Haiku Competition 2025 – Results Summary (27th June 2025)
Here are the results of the free-to-enter Hopeful Haiku Competition 2025:
Winner: Deus Ex Machina or, Overcoming Existential Dread by David Beattie
Shortlist:
Mind the Gap by Tracy Davidson
Apostasy by Peter Kelly
A Chance by Marc Hyder
HORIZONS by Jane Sparrow-Niang
Cashmere by Monica Kakkar
GRIT by Gail Lawler
possibility by Esther Markov
Resilience by Mike Everley
As peace dawns by Laura Besley
A School Photo by Belanjoi Besa
Ocean Odyssey by Lucy Stubbings
New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 – Results Summary (28th February 2025)
The results for the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 are out and we’re pleased to announce the winners, as selected by Head Judge Shreya Sen-Handley, are as follows:
- First Prize (£1,100): First Kiss by Garglestone
- Second Prize (£300): Confetti Letter by Chris Cottom
- Third Prize (£200): The Injecting Capital of Europe by Lisette Abrahams
Check out the full results here, including the Honourable Mentions and longlisted stories.
New Writers Winter 50-Word Writing Competition 2024
The winner of the Winter 50-Word Writing Competition 2024 (and recipient of the £50 prize and a free entry to our Flash Fiction Competition 2025) was Stephen Ward for his entry Circular.
New Writers Book Review Competition 2024
The winner (and recipient of the £50 prize) of the free-to-enter Book Review Competition 2024 was Anne Meale for her review of ‘Mary and the Rabbit Dream’ by Noémi Kiss-Deáki.
New Writers Poetry Competition 2024 – Results Summary (17th September 2024)
The results for the New Writers Poetry Competition 2024 are out and we’re pleased to announce the winners as:
- First Prize (£1,000): Surveillance from a High-Functioning Homo Proteus At Eagle Square, Circa Redacted by Njoku Nonso
- Second Prize (£300): Down-Island by Natalie Perman
- Third Prize (£200): The Rotten Clementine by Junxin Tang
Check out the full results here, including the Honourable Mentions and longlisted poems.
Summer 20-Line Poetry Competition 2024 – Results
This free-to-enter competition was available to subscribers to the NewWriters.org.uk Newsletter:
- First Prize (£50 and a copy of Jordan Hamel’s debut poetry collection): Summervibes by Julia Myles
Shortlist:
- Can We Swap Houses by Sarah Powell
- African Violate by Glyn Matthews
- A SCOTTISH SUMMER by Marie-Therese Kielty
- Summer Riverwalking by Val Church
- Daisies by Julie Shackman
- Gloria Sanders
- In summer, the violin teacher plays Bach Sonata No. 1 in G Minor con affetto by Rebecca D. Martin
New Writers 1,000-Word Short Story Competition 2024 – Results Summary
Our main 1,000-Word Short Story Competition 2024 results page includes details of the shortlist and longlist. But here are the winners that won the prizes, as selected by our head judge Cassandra Parkin, with links to their flash fiction stories:
- First Prize (£1,000): Love, Or Something by Patrick Spiker
- Second Prize (£300): TAKEAWAY by Tim Fywell
- Third Prize (£200): How To Have An Existential Crisis by Jamie Simpher
Spring 100-Word Writing Competition 2024 – Result
This free-to-enter competition was available to subscribers to the NewWriters.org.uk Newsletter:
- First Prize (£50): Schrödinger’s immigrant by Alice Lawson
Shortlist:
- Give Them Your Heart, He Says by Heather Haigh
- Just Falling Rock by Alice Lawson
- Memories to Die For by Eddie Holmes
- New in town by Caro Robson
- Promethean Heart by River M. Blues
- Promises, Promises by Wendy Uchimura
- Secret to a Successful Marriage by Laura Downs
- Spalled Bricks Hold Down The Tin Roof While The Sky Cracks by Heather Haigh
- Spring by Keira Money
- The Blip of Death After Heartbreak by Keira Money
- The Resilient Cloisters by Anne Meale
Flash Fiction Competition 2024 – Results Summary
You can get more details on our main Flash Fiction Competition 2024 Results page, including details of the shortlist, longlist and honourable mentions. But here are the winners that won the prizes, as selected by our head judge Stephanie Carty, with links to their flash fiction stories:
- First Prize (£1,000): States That Shaped Your Octopus Brain by Gail Anderson
- Second Prize (£300): Instructions for an unswallowed life by Jane Dugdale
- Third Prize (£200): Treasure by Twig Firth
Autumn Micro-fiction Competition 2023 – Result
This free-to-enter competition was available to subscribers to the NewWriters.org.uk Newsletter:
- First Prize (£25): The Thing About Bonfires Is by Heather Haigh
Honourable Mentions:
- Halloween Decisions by Yasmin Goldie
- Statement by the Defendants, 31 October 2023 by Bethan Michael-Fox
- Seasonal Bargains by River M. Blues
New Writers Poetry Competition 2023 – Results Summary
More details – as well as the shortlisted and longlisted poets – can be viewed on the main New Writers Poetry Competition 2023 Results page. Here are the winners, with links to their poems:
- First Prize (£1,000): How to cheat death in a nightclub bathroom by Jordan Hamel
- Second Prize (£300): The Fork by Maxwell Minckler
- Third Prize (£200): A Trans Guide to Pinning Luna Moths by Cecilia Mary Morris
Debut Novel Review Competition 2023 – Result
This free-to-enter competition was available to subscribers to the NewWriters.org.uk Newsletter:
- First Prize (£25): Review of Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater by Marianne Dugdale
Flash Fiction Competition 2022 – Results Summary
You can get more details on our main Flash Fiction Competition 2022 Results page, including details of the shortlist, longlist and honourable mentions. But here are the winners that won the prizes, with links to their flash fiction stories:
- First Prize (£700): Elvis is alive and he lives in Belfast by Letty Butler
- Second Prize (£200): Something Fishy by Diana Gittins
- Third Prize (£100): To Dust by Mike Kilgannon
Winter Haiku Competition 2022 – Result
Our free-to-enter haiku competition was open to subscribers to the NewWriters.org.uk Newsletter:
- First Prize (£25): Liaison at the skating rink by Morwenna Rogers