Posted By: Richard White, 03 February 2012
At last we have our ten winning writers!
Before I introduce you, let’s begin with a quick rundown on how they got here, and what they have to look forward to.
In October 2011 we once again put the call out to talented, unpublished novelists from the East of England, asking them to submit their writing for the Escalator Fiction Competition. Rather than the usual cash prize normally associated with literary competitions, the winners enjoy a year’s worth of development from professional writers including one-to-one mentoring and professional development workshops, culminating in a showcase event in London in September 2012. Not bad, eh?
It’s a unique offer, so we were absolutely delighted to receive the highest number of Escalator applications yet, and not only that, the quality across the board was outstanding.
Escalator winners have a satisfying habit of impressing agents and publishers (previous winners include Guy Saville, Helen Ivory, Ruth Dugdall, Susan Sellers and Nicola Upson) and our judges/mentors and all here at WCN have no doubt this year’s winners will follow in their tracks.
Enough of the context, let’s meet our winners.
Our Ten 2011/12 Escalator Literature Novel Writing Competition Winners Are:
Rebecca Atkinson
Elaine Bishop
Armando Celayo
Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown
BTI Larsson
K J Packer
Teresa Rogers
Erin Soros
Shereen Tadros
Kate Worsley
View biogs and read extracts of their writing.
Commended Writers Are:
Paul Davenport-Randell
Mary Jane Riley
Simon Coard.
We’ll be keeping you up-to-date with their progress throughout the year and beyond. If you have any questions about our winners or the Escalator scheme, email:
info@writerscentrenorwich.org.uk
