Writing Competition Award Ceremony

Newbury College celebrated creative writing skills at an awards ceremony recently where winners of the 2013 Creative Writing Competition were awarded their certificates and prizes.

Over the autumn term students from Newbury College were given the opportunity to take part in the writing competition. Entrants were able to submit work in three different categories: poetry, short story and review. The competition has become a regular event at the College with over 60 students taking part this year from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities.

Newbury College Library Assistant Hector MacEachen, helped organise the event and said, "I am thrilled with the number of students who took part in this competition and impressed with the standard of writing submitted. Choosing the winners from such a wide range of entries was not an easy task".

The celebration event was attended by all those who took part along with their family and friends who were able to celebrate their achievements. Principal of Newbury College, Dr Anne Murdoch OBE presented certificates to all the learners who took part in the challenge as well as prizes to the overall winners of each category.

The pieces of writing were judged on originality, content and style. The poetry category was won by Lee Bowsher, the short story category by Michael Suppo and the winner of the review category was Kieran Bremner. An additional eight awards were given out to students who were best on their course: The winners from participating courses were: Jacqueline Stobbart, Jackie Porter, Alicja Ogonek, Izabella Zalewska, Viktoria Halmi, Carla Alves and Ludmilla Cummings.