Winning entry: short story
The Last Temptation of Lisa by Loretta Riordan
Winning entry: Poetry
Silent Sentence by Sara Ridgley
Shortlisted entries: short stories
Boss-Eye by Elizabeth Brassington
The Dress by Jenny Galton Fenzi
The Way She Moves by Mike Ray
Blank Pages by Cally Taylor
Last Chance by Caroline Wigley
Shortlisted entries: poetry
The Fall by Helen Bailey
Good Intentions by Colin Finnie
The Temptress by Anita Gallo
Message in a Bottle by Margaret Gleave
Disciple by Colette Lawlor
Forbidden Fruit by Don Nixon
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