Hastings Book Festival 2024 - WINNERS!
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who was on the 'Almost Made the Longlist', the Longlists, the shortlists and the WINNERS! We'll be back next year so keep an eye on the website.
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Poetry Winner - The vacillations of the scholar Wu Mi (㕦宓) 1894-19782 by Helen Wing
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Poetry 1st Runner Up - The Ancestor Exhibition by Andy Breckenridge
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Poetry 2nd Runner Up - Instructions For Post-Menopause Facial Peel by Dawn Rhodes Shaw
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Short Story Winner - A Song in an Adult Language by Ekaterina Kakurina
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Short Story 1st Runner Up - Of Scarves and Flowers by Mary Byrne
Short Story 2nd Runner Up - Once Upon a Time in Bulverhythe by Susan Gilbert
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Sussex Prize sponsored by New Writing South
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Sussex Prize Winner (Short Story) Once Upon a Time in Bulverhythe by Susan Gilbert
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​​​Sussex Prize Winner (Poetry) Post-Menopause Facial Peel by Dawn Rhodes Shaw
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LGBT+ Prize sponsored by Starcroft Farm Cabins -
Winner - Laundrettes by Richard Woulfe
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Further information about Starcroft Cabins can be found https://www.starcroftfarm.co.uk/
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And New Writing South - https://www.newwritingsouth.com/
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