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Winners 2023 -

Poetry - Dec 2022 / Jan 2023

Flash Fiction - Dec 2022 / Jan 2023

Flash Fiction - Dec 2022 / Jan 2023

"Deadline"


1st Place - Louise Welland Take Off

2nd Place - Jan Rees The Camel's Back

3rd Place - Andrea Neidle Love Is Blind

4th Place - Kay Hall Procrastination



Flash Fiction - Dec 2022 / Jan 2023

Flash Fiction - Dec 2022 / Jan 2023

Flash Fiction - Dec 2022 / Jan 2023

"Deadline"


1st Place - Liz Shaw The Last Train

Jint 2nd Place: Geoff Brown The Longest Wait; and 

Sumi Watters New Year's Resolutions

Joint 4th Place: Lesley Kerr Just in Time; and 

Louise Welland Busking For Change


Winners 2020 - 2022

Flash Fiction - 21 Nov 22

Flash Fiction - 26 Sept 22

Flash Fiction - 21 Nov 22

"Lost"


 1st place: Sumi Watters

Where You Need To Be

2nd Place: Kay Hall

See Me Feel Me

3rd Place: Geoff Brown

Lost in Translation

Joint 4th Place: Melville Lovatt

The Deserter and 

Pat Simpson A Sudden Storm

Poetry - 17 Oct 22

Flash Fiction - 26 Sept 22

Flash Fiction - 21 Nov 22

"Body Parts"


 1st place: Sumi Watters

Rock Your Dad Bod

2nd Place: Liz Shaw

Ladies of a Certain Age

Joint 3rd Place: Melville Lovatt

Outside the Crematorium and 

Helen Nicell Making A Boobie

Flash Fiction - 26 Sept 22

Flash Fiction - 26 Sept 22

Flash Fiction - 26 Sept 22

"The Storm"


 1st place: Helen Nicell 

The Calm Before The Storm

2nd Place: Brian Bold 

When You Drive Through a Storm

Joint 3rd Place: Sumi Watters 

A Preposterous Proposal and 

Louise Welland - The Cost of Fish

Poetry - 15 Aug 22

Flash Fiction - 18 July 22

Flash Fiction - 26 Sept 22

"Super Power"


1st Place - Liz Shaw Alpha and Omega     

2nd Place - Mike Lansdown Knave       

3rd Place - Andrea Neidle 

A Super Powerful Thank You   

4th Place - Louise Welland X Ray Specs        

Flash Fiction - 15 Aug 22

Flash Fiction - 18 July 22

Flash Fiction - 18 July 22

"Super Power"


1st Place - Mike Lansdown 

For I Have Sinned   

2nd Place - Sumi Watters 

The Invisible People   

3rd Place - Helen Nicell 

Bottling The Sunshine   

4th Place - Ian Welland 

All Shapes and Guises    

Flash Fiction - 18 July 22

Flash Fiction - 18 July 22

Flash Fiction - 18 July 22

"Next Door"


1st Place: Sumi Watters 

The Gifts He Brings

2nd Place: Helen Nicell - Happy New Home

3rd Place:  Louise Welland 

Love Thy Neighbour

Joint 4th Place: Mike Lansdown 

The Joneses; and 

Liz Shaw - Moon Watch 

Poetry Comp - 20 June 22

Flash Fiction - 23 May 22

Flash Fiction - 23 May 22

"Peace"


1st Place: Sumi Watters - Opposing Views 

(A reverse poem)

2nd Place: Andrea Neidle - 3am

3rd Place: Jan Rees - Home Coming

4th Place: Judy Klimt - Oblivion's Land

Flash Fiction - 23 May 22

Flash Fiction - 23 May 22

Flash Fiction - 23 May 22

"The Classic"


1st Place: Sumi Watters - Broken Promises

2nd Place: David Elliott - Daddioes

3rd Place: Brian Bold - Brothers

4th Place: Jo Morgan - Pressure To Perform

Poetry Comp - 18 April 22

Flash Fiction - 23 May 22

Poetry Comp - 18 April 22

"The Ornament"


1st Place: Helen Nicell (pictured above) Shall We Dance

2nd Place: Sumi Watters - Counting Blessings

Joint 3rd Place: Andrea Neidle - The Bridal Headband 

Liz Shaw - Granny's Mantelpiece

Flash Fiction - 21 Mar 22

Writer's Block - 2021 Crime Fiction

Poetry Comp - 18 April 22

"The Disappearance"


1st Place: Helen Nicell (pictured above) Runner Beans

2nd Place: David Elliott - Port Out - Starboard Home

3rd Place: Sumi Watters - Airbrushed 

4th Place: Sumi Watters - A Good Life

Writer's Block - 2021 Crime Fiction

Writer's Block - 2021 Crime Fiction

Writer's Block - 2021 Crime Fiction

1st Place: Andrea Neidle (pictured above receiving the Writer's Block Trophy from Helen Nicell) - My Killer Blog

2nd Place: Rob Summers - Within

Joint 3rd Place: Geoff Brown - Passengers from Hell; 

Liz Shaw - The Living Daylights 


RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED on 28 FEB 2022


Poetry Competition - February 2022

Writer's Block - 2021 Crime Fiction

Writer's Block - 2021 Crime Fiction

'Changes'


1st Place: Mike Lansdown (pictured above) 

A Change of Air

2nd Place: Mike Lansdown - The Seagull 

3rd Place: Louise Welland - Transition 

Joint 4th Place: Andrea Neidle - 9 months

Sumi Watters - The Only Constant

Flash Fiction 24 Jan 22

Poetry Competition 22 Nov 2021

Poetry Competition 22 Nov 2021

'The Overheard Conversation'

1st Place: Geoff Brown (pictured above) 

A Surreal Soundscape

2nd Place: Brian Bold

Silence Is Golden

3rd Place: Helen Nicell

Dear John

Poetry Competition 22 Nov 2021

Poetry Competition 22 Nov 2021

Poetry Competition 22 Nov 2021

'Illusion'

1st Place: Mike Lansdown (pictured above) 

A Bend In The Truth

2nd Place: Louise Welland 

Let There Be Light

3rd Place: Jan Rees The Musician

Flash Fiction - 18 Oct 2021

Poetry Competition 22 Nov 2021

I Write The Songs - 20 Sept 2021

'The Key (or The Quay')

1st Place: Chris McDermott (pictured above) The Darkness - a story about Afghanistan

Joint 2nd Place: Helen Gordon A Reward

Joint 2nd Place: Andrea Neidle Freedom

Joint 2nd Place: Sumi Watters By the Dawn's early light

Joint 2nd Place: Louise Welland This is Me

I Write The Songs - 20 Sept 2021

Poetry Competition 19 July 2021

I Write The Songs - 20 Sept 2021

'I Write The Songs'

1st Place: Louise Welland (pictured above) Goodbye Child

Joint 2nd Place: Helen Nicell Avenue Charisma

Marion Witton The Nurse

4th Place: Helen Nicell My Cake Has Risen

Flash Fiction - 16 August 2021

Poetry Competition 19 July 2021

Poetry Competition 19 July 2021

'The Mistake'

1st Place: Geoff Brown (pictured above) Quick Thinking

2nd Place: David Elliott Like Clockwork

3rd Place: Helen Nicell Final Destination

4th Place: Mike Lansdown No Regrets and Ian Welland Same Old Train

Poetry Competition 19 July 2021

Poetry Competition 19 July 2021

Poetry Competition 19 July 2021

"Emerging / Coming Out"

1st Place: Jan Rees (pictured above) 

Putting On A Show

2nd Place: Andrea Neidle Poetry Pleas

3rd Place: Louise Welland 

The Writer's Family

4th Place: Louise Welland

Be You

Flash Fiction - 7 June 2021

Flash Fiction - 22 March 2021

Flash Fiction - 7 June 2021

"First"

1st Place: Mike Lansdown (pictured above) 

Reflection

2nd Place: Mike Lansdown - One Bright Summer's Day

3rd Place: Lesley Kerr - A Dreadful Truth
4th Place: Liz Shaw - It's Time

Flash Fiction - 3 May 2021

Flash Fiction - 22 March 2021

Flash Fiction - 7 June 2021

"Disappointment"

1st Place: Brian Bold (pictured above) 

Separate Lives

2nd Place: Jan Rees - The Gipsy Fair

3rd Place: Ann Crago - Not Waving, But Drowning
4th Place: Susan DeSilva - The Wrong Side of 40

Flash Fiction - 22 March 2021

Flash Fiction - 22 March 2021

Flash Fiction - 22 March 2021

"Book Titles"

1st Place: Mike Lansdown (pictured above) 

Symphonia

Joint 2nd Place: Liz Shaw - Scouting for Bots

Joint 2nd Place: Geoff Brown - Counting and Other Quirks
4th Place: Lesley Kerr - Survivor

Plays - 22 February 2021

Flash Fiction - 23 November 2020

Flash Fiction - 22 March 2021

1st Place: Helen Nicell (pictured above) 

Knit One, Purl One

2nd Place: Jan Rees - Nancy
3rd Place: John Ward - Whatever Happens In Your Heart 

Flash Fiction - 18 January 2021

Flash Fiction - 23 November 2020

Flash Fiction - 23 November 2020

 "On The Brink"

1st Place: Mike Lansdown (pictured above) - The New World

2nd Place: Geoff Brown - The Wrong Word
Joint 3rd Place: Liz Shaw - Anticipation
and: Helen Nicell - Tinder Timeline 

Flash Fiction - 23 November 2020

Flash Fiction - 23 November 2020

Flash Fiction - 23 November 2020

 "Song Title"

1st Place: Helen Nicell (pictured above) - Baby Love

2nd Place: Helen Nicell - Girls Night In
3rd Place: Louise Welland - For A Dancer
4th Place: Ann Crago - Midnight At The Oasis 

Flash Fiction - 26 October 2020

Flash Fiction - 26 October 2020

Flash Fiction - 26 October 2020

"Home"

1st Place:

Jan Rees (pictured above) - A Fresh Start


2nd Place:

Helen Nicell - Home Sweet Home


Joint 3rd Place:

Lesley Kerr - A Doll's House

Geoff Brown - A New Home

Flash Fiction - 28 Sept 2020

Flash Fiction - 26 October 2020

Flash Fiction - 26 October 2020

"The Year 2020"

1st Place:

Kay Hall (pictured above) - Wake Up Call


Joint 2nd Place:

Louise Welland - Through The Rabbit Hole

Mike Lansdown - Twenty


4th Place:

Helen Nicell - The Air of Discontent

Plays - 31 August 2020

Flash Fiction - 26 October 2020

Flash Fiction - 20 July 2020

We had 13 excellent entries to our very first 'Plays' competition. Congratulations to Jo Morgan who scooped first place; and well done to all our placed finalists.


1st Place:

Jo Morgan - This Ends At The Bedroom Door


2nd Place:

Chris McDermott - This Stops At The Bedroom Door


3rd Place:

Jan Rees - Friends


4th Place:

Chris McDermott - Saved

Flash Fiction - 20 July 2020

Watford Area Arts Forum Vision Art 2020

Flash Fiction - 20 July 2020

"Museum Piece"

In association with 

Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

Joint 1st Place: 

Another Life: A Fairytale by Lesley Kerr; Framed by Brian Bold

2nd Place: Repeating The Pattern 

by Jan Rees

3rd Place: A Precious Secret 

by Mike Lansdown


Commended:

Agony by Ann Crago

A Good Match by David Elliott

Girl in Blue by Chris McDermott

Flash Fiction - 22 June 2020

Watford Area Arts Forum Vision Art 2020

Watford Area Arts Forum Vision Art 2020

"Face At The Window"

1st Place: Chasing Pavements by Helen Nicell (Pictured above)

2nd Place: Somebody I Used To Know by Ann Crago

3rd Place: Do You Ever by Jo Morgan

4th Place: The Victim by Pat Simpson

Watford Area Arts Forum Vision Art 2020

Watford Area Arts Forum Vision Art 2020

Watford Area Arts Forum Vision Art 2020

Congratulations to Helen Nicell (pictured above) and Andrea Neidle who achieved 1st and 2nd place respectively in the Watford Area Arts Forum 2020 competition. 


Please see our News page for all the details

Poetry Competition - 1 June 2020

Poetry Competition - 13 April 2020

Poetry Competition - 1 June 2020

"Planet"

1st Place: The Dealer by Mike Lansdown (Pictured above)

2nd Place: The Voyage by Louise Welland

3rd Place: The Choice by Jo Hopkinson

Flash Fiction - 11 May 2020

Poetry Competition - 13 April 2020

Poetry Competition - 1 June 2020

"Museum Piece"

In association with 

Watford Art Gallery

1st Place: Waiting by Jan Rees (Pictured above)

2nd Place: Winter Evening by Helen Nicell

3rd Place: Empty by Ann Crago

Poetry Competition - 13 April 2020

Poetry Competition - 13 April 2020

Poetry Competition - 13 April 2020

Our first "Online" Poetry Competition - Open theme.

1st Place: Dad by Mike Lansdown (Pictured above)

2nd Place: Where Has God Gone? by Andrea Neidle

3rd Place: The World Is On Mute by Helen Nicell 

4th Place: This Land of Wales by Angela Williams

Flash Fiction - 16 Mar 2020

Flash Fiction - 16 Mar 2020

Poetry Competition - 13 April 2020

"Memory/Memories"

1st Place: The Past Is Another Country by Andrea Neidle (Pictured above)

2nd Place: Mind Games by Jo Morgan

3rd Place: Twists In Time by Kay Hall

Flash Fiction - 17 Feb 2020

Flash Fiction - 16 Mar 2020

Flash Fiction - 17 Feb 2020

"Obsession"

1st Place: Steve Clifford (Centre Left)

2nd Place: Pat Simpson (Left)

Joint 3rd Place: Angela Williams (Centre Right) 

and Helen Nicell (Right)

Flash Fiction - 13 Jan 2020

Flash Fiction - 16 Mar 2020

Flash Fiction - 17 Feb 2020

"Sunrise"

1st Place: Mike Lansdown (Centre)

2nd Place: Rob Summers (Right)

3rd Place: Geoff Brown (Left) 

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