 | | Overall winner Alex Fox with the Write '04 trophy |
More than 300 poems, short stories, plays and lyrics were entered into our creative writing competition.
On Sunday, 25 July 2004 the award ceremony was held at Wicksteed Park, Kettering. |
 | | One entrant reads during the event at Wicksteed Park |
The judges have made their final decision and the Write '04 awards have been handed out.
Write '04 attracted 334 entries from all over the world. Most were from Northamptonshire, but we also received submissions from five continents: countries included Australia, the United States, Bulgaria, India, Nigeria and the Republic of Benin.
Love to hate
The subject matter varied - from birth to death, love to hate, living in the past to living in the future. We had tales of cricket, rugby, football, skateboarding, ghosts, aliens from outer space and catchicks (a cross between cats and chickens)! We had poems to make you laugh and stories to make you cry.  | | Linda Downing receives her Highly Commended certificate from John Roberts, the managing director of Wicksteed Park |
bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire teamed up with Wicksteed Park and the County Council's library service for the creative writing competition.
Novice winner
At the award ceremony at Wicksteed Park, writers were invited to read their work out loud. The bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire trophy (designed and made by local glass artist Gunta Anita Krumins) was awarded to the overall winner Alex Fox from Hackleton, Northamptonshire, for her short story The Time Of Our Singing. Alex has only been writing short stories for six months. Click here to find out how she started and to hear Alex reading her winning entry. Below is a complete list of winners. Click here to read all the entries See the detailed rules for further information. | Write '04 winners | | Overall winner:Time Of Our Singingby Alex Fox | | Highly Commended:The Last Meal by Ijasan Adelehin | | Highly Commended:The Dying Fire by Dominic Allard | | Highly Commended:Lethe by M Baker | | Highly Commended:Walking For A Change by Chris Belson | | Highly Commended:Water Baby by Linda Downing | | Highly Commended:Landing The Impossible by Alex Fox | | Highly Commended:Genetically Muddle' I' Field by David Garrett | | Highly Commended:Animating The Mannequins by Rebecca Holder | | Highly Commended:Northampton Night Out by Janet Reedman | | Highly Commended:Lost In Love by Katie Taylor | | Under 11s Prose, 1st: Dead Tired by Kate Ryrie | | Under 11s Prose, 2nd: Friends by Helena Roots | Under 11s Prose, 3rd: The Romans Invade England
by Annabel Plumeridge | Under 11s Poetry, 1st: A Soldier in the Etaples' War Cemetery
by Bethany Ferguson | | Under 11s Poetry, 2nd: Night by Daniel | | Under 11s Poetry, 3rd: Visit To Saturn by Kyle | | Over 11s Poetry, 1st: Of Marmalade Dances by Patricia Scurfield | | Over 11s Poetry, 2nd: Fly Away by Natalie | | Over 11s Poetry, 3rd: Hail Storm by Vinay Saunders | | Over 11s Prose, 1st: I Have A Dream by Elise Downing | | Over 11s Prose, 2nd: Big Blue Riding Hood by Thomas Jordan | | Over 11s Prose, 3rd: Always The Witch by Nardeen Némat | | This year's competition is now closed, but if you have a piece of creative writing you'd like published on bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire, please send it to us using the form at the foot of this page (maximum 1,500 words please). Please note that all submissions to the website must be submitted using the form, below, or emailed to [email protected] We regret that we cannot accept manuscripts sent by post. |
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The prize(s) must be taken as stated and cannot be deferred. There will be no cash alternatives.
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