Congratulations to Nicola Garrett, Co. Meath, Ireland who is the winner of our June short story competition for her story, “Duck a l’Orange” and to Marie Munnelly, Ireland the winner of our poetry competition for her poem, “Celestial Beings.” You can read both winning entries at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2/

Congratulations to Colm Reynor, Dublin who is the winner of our May short story competition for his story, “Luna” and to Juliet Wilson, the winner of our poetry competition for her poem, “Sleep Disturbed.” You can read both winning entries at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2/

Congratulations to Samuel Dodson, Warwick, England and to Bern Butler, Galway, Ireland who are the winners of our April short story and poetry competitions. You can read the winning entries over at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2/

Congratulations to Joan Skura who is the winner of our March short story competition for her story “What Goes Around” and to Marie Munnelly who is the winner of our March poetry competition for her poem,”Love for a Sister.”

You can read the winning entries on our Creative Writing Ink journal page at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2/

Congratulations to Cynthia Allen who is the winner of our January short story competition for her poem ”Behind the Lace” and to Peter Branson who is the winner of our January poetry competition for his poem,”Safety First.” You can read Cynthia’s story and previous winning entries at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2/

Thanks again to everyone who entered our December writing competition. Congratulations to Jonathan Cooper, Sheffield, United Kingdom who is the winner of our December poetry competition for his poem ”Windy Day” and to Rose Kelland, Suffolk, United Kingdom who is the winner of our short story competition for her story,”Jessie” You can read more over at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2/

Congratulations to C.R. Redd and Nora Hegarty who are the winners of our November poetry and short story competitions. You can read both winning entries over at http://bit.ly/nGvMC0

Congratulations to Amanda Bowden who is the winner of our August-October 2011 quarterly competition! You read Amanda’s short story “Papier Mache Doll” at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2/

The winners of our September short story and poetry competitions are listed below. Congratulations to Susan and Henry!

September Poetry Competition Winner

Susan Morgan, Newry, Northern Ireland – “Guzelyurt”

September Short Story Competition Winner

Henry St.Leger-Davey, Winchester, England

I went to the beach today

I start to feel uncomfortable, sitting here still. Her damp cheeks make me want to stand up; push the world over; dismiss it; throw it away; reject it; tell it something must be wrong with it; tell it that it’s failing; make it see that its purpose, whether it doesn’t include her or me (or is one of those ‘the point is there’s no point’ so-zen-it’s-crazy mentalities), can’t possibly be doing its job right when she, she is sitting here at the edge of this wooden platform with her frame collapsing into her stomach and her sobs sinking ever deeper into her chest with each rush of salt sliding down the bridge of her nose, manoeuvring over and around the resigned freckles in its path, palely dotted like the careless afterthought of a painter flicking the last specks of orange off his brush. The way they rest on her, parallel to the curved hoods of her eyes, reminds me of the faint caresses prodded into the sand by the first dozen drops of February rain (who goes to the beach in February?).

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Congratulations to Amanda Bowden, Bristol England who is the winner of our August short story competition, for her story, “Papier Mache Doll.” And to Annie Lang, Sheffield, England, the winner of our August poetry competition for her poem, “The Midnight Poet.”

You can read the winning entries on our Creative Writing Ink Journal page at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2

Congratulations to Vesna McMaster, of Merewether Heights, NSW, Australia who is the winner of our quarterly competition. You can read Vesna’s winning entry over at our Creative Writing Ink Journal page.

Congratulations to C.R. Redd, North Somerset England who is the winner of our July short story competition for the story ”The White Hart” and to Henry St. Leger-Davey, of Winchester, England who is the winner of our July poetry competition for his poem,”Just not as they ought to be.”

We will release details of the winner of our quarterly competition in our next newsletter.

In the meantime, you can read the winning entries on our Writers Resources page at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2/

Congratulations to Mandy Taggart, Coleraine, Northern Ireland who was the winner of our June short story competition, for her story, “Butterfly Cakes.” And Peter Branson, South Cheshire, England was the winner of our June poetry competition for his poem, “Letting Go.”

You can read the winning entries on our Creative Writing Ink Journal page at http://creativewriting.ie/creative-writing-ink-journal-2

Congratulations to Vesna McMaster, New South Wales, Australia and Cynthia Baculi-Condez, Pasig City, Philippines who are the winners of our May poetry and short story competitions.

In addition, the winner of our quarterly competition (February-April 2011) is Nicholas Beaumont, Lincoln, England.

You can read the winning entries on our Writers Resources page at http://creativewriting.ie/writers-resources/

Congratulations to Nicholas Beaumont who is the winner of our quarterly competition, February-April 2011. You can read the winning entry here

Congratulations to Tom Nash, Cornwall, England and Nicholas Beaumont, Lincoln, England who are the winners of our April short story and poetry competitions.

You can read the winner entries over at our Writers Resources page.