Creative Writing Competition 2021

About the Competition

Creative writers were invited to submit one piece of short fiction or poetry in our Creative Writing Competition under the theme 'Metamorphosis' - the process of transformation or growth. A change in nature of a thing or person into a completely different one. Entries closed 4pm Friday 27 August.

All entries were judged by a panel of professional writers and publishers. You can read the Judges' Report below - the Report was created in response to the entries received in the 2021 Competition.

Thank you to everyone that entered.

Award categories

Winners

Congratulations to our 2021 Award recipients and those who were Highly Commended.

Read their entries

Highly Commended:

• Anya Cally, Undefined
• Esther Kipchumba, Andy
• Sam Cecins, Flavourless
• David Firby, Rainy Daze
• Shannon Meyerkort, Anti-metamorphosis
• Nicki Blake, Children of the Mountain

Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors Serenity Press, Fremantle Press, Underground Writers and Hague Publishing.

Our major sponsor, Serenity Press, is a traditional publishing house with offices based in Rockingham. They are a growing independent publishing company with heartfelt passion and a burning desire to create beautiful books. 

Serenity Press endeavours to share inspirational stories from the literary folklore-fairy tale genre, bringing readers authors who write from the heart, and books which inspire, empower, awaken and inform. Their aim is to keep traditional stories and storytelling alive through their Duchess Serenity Collection, Folklore collections and Children's books. 

Their authors include Sarah, Duchess of York, Kate Forsyth, Juliet Marillier, Monique Mulligan, Teena Raffa-Mulligan and many more amazing authors.