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JAZZ TRACK TITLES - COMPETITIONS

On Thursday 15 May, several of us ventured out to the Pump House in support of the Watford Jazz Junction Festival; and, in the company of our dear friend "Mr Watford Jazz Entertainment The Piano Man" Alex Williams, provided an hour's recital of competition entries. It was a very relaxed and enjoyable hour and we were made very welcome by the festival organiser Chris Newstead. 


The Jazz Track Titles competition results were announced and it's congratulations to:


Poetry: 

1st Place - Pat Simpson One Night

2nd Place - Jan Rees Coup de Foudre

3rd Place - Ian Welland Can You Dig It

4th Place - Mike Lansdown High Roller 


Flash Fiction:

1st Place - David Elliott Take the A Train

2nd Place - Joanna Bawa When She Passes

3rd Place - Andrea Neidle A Letter To My Father

4th Place - Sumi Watters All The Feels


Our sincere thanks to Alex Williams for judging the competition and for being with us at the Pump House.


All entries are below. Many thanks to all those who entered.

JAZZ TRACK TITLES - POETRY

We invited poetry entries with a minimum of 12 lines or maximum of 48 lines. 

Poets were tasked with selecting a title of a jazz recording and writing a poem using the title for inspiration.

(Please note that Entry 1 and Entry 11 were withdrawn)

ENTRY 2 - Andrea Neidle - Hypochondriac (pdf)Download
ENTRY 3 - Pat Simpson - One Night (pdf)Download
ENTRY 4 - Mike Lansdown - High Roller (pdf)Download
ENTRY 5 - Jo Bawa - Rhythm and Nonsense (pdf)Download
ENTRY 6 - Sweeda Luintel - Inviting my friends for a Writing Retreat (pdf)Download
ENTRY 7 - Jan Rees - Coup de Foudre (pdf)Download
ENTRY 8 - Kay Hall - Now that he’s gone (pdf)Download
ENTRY 9 - Ian Welland - Can You Dig It (pdf)Download
ENTRY 10 - Louise Welland - Ooh Sinha Man (pdf)Download

JAZZ TRACK TITLES - FLASH FICTION

We invited flash fiction with a minimum of 450 words or maximum of 500 words,.

As with the poetry, writers were invited to select a title of a jazz recording and write a story inspired by the title.

Note: Entry 5 was withdrawn

FF ENTRY 1 - Sweeda Luintel - Ordeal By Fire (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 2 - Ian Welland - Cambridge (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 3 - David Elliott - Take the A Train (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 4 - David Elliott - When the Saints go marching in (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 6 - Chris McDermott - Faubus (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 7 - Jo Bawa - When she passes (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 8 - Sumi Watters - Indebted (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 9 - Lesley Kerr - Fruit basket (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 10 - Andrea Neidle - A Letter for my Father (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 11 - Susan Bennett - Size does matter (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 12 - Chris McDermott - The Choice (pdf)Download
FF ENTRY 13 - Sumi Watters - All the Feels (pdf)Download
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