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WELCOME TO WATFORD WRITERS' COMPETITION PAGE

This month's competition was Flash Fiction with the theme: The Sea.


We received 12 entries which can be read below. 


Results were announced at our Zoom meeting on Monday 27 July 2026, and it's congratulations to:


  • Joint 1st Place: Alexandra Komissarova - The Threshold
  • Joint 1st Place: Caroline Osborne - The Beachcomber
  • 3rd Place: Brian Bold - Seaside Blues
  • 4th Place: Liz Shaw - New Horizon


WELL DONE TO ALL THOSE WHO ENTERED

THE ENTRIES

ENTRY 1 - Caroline Osborne - The Beachcomber (pdf)Download
ENTRY 2 - Joanna Bawa - The Listener (pdf)Download
ENTRY 3 - Mike Lansdown - Reflections (pdf)Download
ENTRY 4 - Ian Welland - The Lantern (pdf)Download
ENTRY 5 - Brian Bold - Seaside Blues (pdf)Download
ENTRY 6 - Alexandra Komissarova - The Threshold (pdf)Download
ENTRY 7 - John Hartley - Not Dressed For Swimming (pdf)Download
ENTRY 8 - Ian Welland - Starfish (pdf)Download
ENTRY 9 - Kekeli Gohoho - The Pearl Khalil Carries (pdf)Download
ENTRY 10 - Liz Shaw - New Horizon (pdf)Download
ENTRY 11 - Sumi Watters - Life Sentence (pdf)Download
ENTRY 12 - Louise Welland - The Tide Turns (pdf)Download

Group members are respectfully asked when contributing to meetings either in written form or verbally, or entering our competitions, not to use potentially harmful derogatory terms, words, themes, or language, likely to cause offence.


In all submissions or discussions we would encourage group members to ask themselves if they align with the following guiding principle of being: True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind to all.

CONTACT US

For enquiries about our group, please Email: Mike Lansdown  mike.lansdown@hotmail.co.uk  


Group members are respectfully asked when contributing to meetings either in written form or verbally, or entering our competitions, not to use potentially harmful derogatory terms, words, themes, or language, likely to cause offence.


In all submissions or discussions we would encourage group members to ask themselves if they align with the following guiding principle of being: True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind to all.


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The ownership of all works uploaded on this website belongs to the author and does NOT represent or reflect the views of Watford Writers as a whole.


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