COMPETITION WINNERS

Congratulations to the winners of the Write On Track S&DR Bicentenary Writing Competition!

  • POETRY

    FIRST PRIZE
    ‘delayed on platform three’ by Leiomri Mallett

    SECOND PRIZE
    ‘The Backside of a Town’ by Stephanie Wallace

    THIRD PRIZE
    ‘Body on the Line’ by William Ross

    HIGHLY COMMENDED
    ‘Pease’s Soliloquy, 1825’ by Julie Ashmore
    and
    ‘Women of the Railway’ by Caroline Hardie-Hammond


    Special mentions:
    ‘Metroland’ by Jonny Aldridge
    ‘Song of the Railways’ by Catherine Edmunds
    ‘Three Minutes to Hopetown’ by Marilyn Longstaff
    ‘Heighington Railway Station 1826’ by Hilary Smith
    ‘Thank You Mr Stephenson’ by Alan Stowers

    Judge: Bob Beagrie

  • SHORT STORY

    FIRST PRIZE
    ‘Ethel and the Great Iron Horse’ by Michael Walker

    SECOND PRIZE
    ‘The Eternal Hereafter via Thornaby Station’ by Bob Fischer

    THIRD PRIZE
    ‘An Assignment’ by Jonny Aldridge

    HIGHLY COMMENDED
    ‘Ghandi, Lancastrian and Me’ by Eric Foster
    and
    ‘Redemption Train’ by Elizabeth Ottosson


    Special mentions:
    ‘Beech Leaves and Wild Bluets’ by Jo Clark
    ‘The Unremembered Journey’ by Quinn Cole
    ‘Derailed’ by Graeme Roche
    ‘Five’ by M. Tindall
    ‘Charlie Scarborough Sees The Light’ by Mike Watson

    Judge: Amy Lord




  • MEMOIR

    FIRST PRIZE
    ‘Wave Me Off’ by Jane Scott

    SECOND PRIZE
    ‘The Class 43’ by Michael Jarvie

    THIRD PRIZE
    ‘Fishing in the Big Freeze’ by Alan Theakston

    HIGHLY COMMENDED
    ‘A Shildon Lass’ by Lynn Lettice
    and
    ‘My Solo Teenage Train Journey to London’ by Glenda Miller

    Special mentions:
    ‘Lifelines’ by Susan Chapman
    ‘Racing Past’ by Marianne Tracey

    Judge: Mim Skinner








We celebrated the winners, runners-up and highly commended writers at an awards ceremony at Hopetown in Darlington on 11 July.
The writers received a copy of the anthology containing their work, winners’ certificates and their prize money.

The winning and shortlisted entries are available to read in the Write On Track anthology. This will be made available at libraries across Teesside, and is available on the Borrowbox library ebook-reader app. It will also be available digitally. Recordings of the shortlisted and winning pieces will be available in the future.
Photos from the award ceremony will shortly be available on the Write On Track and Stop Write Hear social media pages.

Thank you so much to all the writers, funders and supporters of this competition.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN EVERYONE!

This competition and its corresponding events are a project by Stop Write Hear, and have been made possible with the support of Tracks Darlington,
and through funding from S&DR Heritage and Community Fund, Bishop Line Community Fund and Creative Darlington.