320 acres of woodlands, parks and manicured grounds, with log cabins, Evergreen Spa, tennis court, and championship golf course. A perfect place to relax and recuperate.
The beautiful setting and range of facilities make it one of the most popular wedding venues in the region. www.kenwick-park.co.uk
320 acres of woodlands, parks and manicured grounds, with log cabins, Evergreen Spa, tennis court, and championship golf course. A perfect place to relax and recuperate.
The beautiful setting and range of facilities make it one of the most popular wedding venues in the region. www.kenwick-park.co.uk
320 acres of woodlands, parks and manicured grounds, with log cabins, Evergreen Spa, tennis court, and championship golf course. A perfect place to relax and recuperate.
The beautiful setting and range of facilities make it one of the most popular wedding venues in the region. www.kenwick-park.co.uk
320 acres of woodlands, parks and manicured grounds, with log cabins, Evergreen Spa, tennis court, and championship golf course. A perfect place to relax and recuperate.
The beautiful setting and range of facilities make it one of the most popular wedding venues in the region. www.kenwick-park.co.uk
320 acres of woodlands, parks and manicured grounds, with log cabins, Evergreen Spa, tennis court, and championship golf course. A perfect place to relax and recuperate.
The beautiful setting and range of facilities make it one of the most popular wedding venues in the region. www.kenwick-park.co.uk
320 acres of woodlands, parks and manicured grounds, with log cabins, Evergreen Spa, tennis court, and championship golf course. A perfect place to relax and recuperate.
The beautiful setting and range of facilities make it one of the most popular wedding venues in the region. www.kenwick-park.co.uk
320 acres of woodlands, parks and manicured grounds, with log cabins, Evergreen Spa, tennis court, and championship golf course. A perfect place to relax and recuperate.
The beautiful setting and range of facilities make it one of the most popular wedding venues in the region. www.kenwick-park.co.uk
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Entries that fall outside the parameters of the set out in the submission guidelines will be disqualified. The entry fee will not be refunded.
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By submitting your entry you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions.
All entries must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but stories must be withdrawn from this contest immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. The entry fee will not be refunded. (Note: If your story is posted on a personal blog, please remove it before submitting.)
Entries that fall outside the parameters of the set out in the submission guidelines will be disqualified. The entry fee will not be refunded.
Current and former employees of Hammond House Publishing and their family members are not eligible. Previous contest entrants, including winners, are free to submit.
Entrants agree to their submitted manuscripts being published and or performed as required by Hammond House publishing for a period of 12 months from the date of winners being announced.
All revenue from the sale of published work from competition entries will be retained by Hammond House Publishing Ltd to contribute to the cost of administrating the competition and other activities.
Copyright of all manuscripts submitted remains with the Author, who is free to publish their work elsewhere on the announcement of competition results unless their work is chosen for publication, in which case they are required not to publish elsewhere until 12 months after first being published by Hammond House Publication Ltd in which their work is included. This only applies to competition entries and does not include other work submitted by members for publication on the Hammond House site, for which the Author would receive any revenue due under the terms and conditions that apply at that time.
ACADEMY
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2017 COMPETITIONS
ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED
Results by 1st December
Awards Ceremony 13th December
GOOD LUCK
to everyone who entered
2017 COMPETITIONS
ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED
Results by 1st December
Awards Ceremony 13th December
GOOD LUCK
to everyone who entered


2022 INTERNATIONAL LITERARY PRIZE
2022 SHORT STORY RESULTS
2022 POETRY RESULTS
2022 SCREENPLAY RESULTS
2022 SONGWRITING RESULTS
2022 COMEDY RESULTS
PREVIOUS RESULTS
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The winners were announced on Billboard TV on 11th December 2022. You can watch the episode here.
All shortlisted stories and poetry will be published in the annual Hammond House anthologies due for release in early 2023. Pre-orders coming soon.
Prizes will be awarded at our Annual Literary Festival at the University Centre Grimsby. Date TBC.
Feedback will commence in January 2023 and should be completed by the end of March 2023.
Keep up to date with all the latest competition news:
Winners:
1st Place: High Intensity Interval Training, Ian Critchley, United Kingdom
2nd Place: Open Lines, Emma Burnett, United Kingdom
3rd Place: Rasp, Sarah Walker, Australia
Highly Commended:
Beneath the surface, Malina Douglas, Australia
Dead Man's Switch, Megan Anderson, Australia
The Animals around Me, Sian Dodderidge, United Kingdom
The Chinese Boy, David McIlwraith, Canada
The Circus People, EJ Robinson, United Kingdom
The Dogs of Arkansas, Phillip Mandel, United States
The Joined, Chris Sewart, United Kingdom
Shortlisted Entries:
A Ruby the Size of the Ritz, Tania Brassey, United Kingdom
A Swarm Called Mavis, Brad Gyori, United Kingdom
At Risk of Serious Personal Harm, Dianne Bown-Wilson, United Kingdom
Dear sun, Olivia Ramsey, United States
Express Adult Single, Sasha Ockenden, Germany
Flawless, Hayley Young, Australia
Homeward, Natalie Southworth, Canada
Lioness, Simon Van der Velde, United Kingdom
Over And Under The Water, Emma Burnett, United Kingdom
Punched Out, Alan Bray, United States
Regeneration, Anna Round, United Kingdom
Rowan, Naomi Elster, Ireland
The Grave Bell, Wesley Spena, United States
The Lover From Upwind, Claire Tallentirem United Kingdom
The Night Creatures, HowardHalsall, United Kingdom
The Pioneer, Adrian Carswell, United Kingdom
The Silver Hoard of Whatisname, Jean Cooper Moran, United Kingdom
We are gathered, Emma J Myatt, United Kingdom
What Is She Doing? Fhionna McGeechan, United Kingdom
What's the Point? MZ Pevsner, United Kingdom
Wipeout, Felicia Henderson, Australia
Student Winners
Plus ça change…, Emma Townsend, United Kingdom
Old Conkerby, Lauren Wordsworth, United Kindom
Pretty in Pink, Tina Hall, United Kingdom
Editors Choice: ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY 2023
Winners:
1st Place: Spell for Single Parents, Kitty Donnelly, United Kingdom
2nd Place: All the clothes you'll ever need, Val Ormrod, United Kingdom
3rd Place: My Parents' House, Suri Chan, Australia
Highly Commended:
Buttermere, Philippa Howell, United Kingdom
Following Bathsheba, Julie Runacres, United Kingdom
Positions, Roy Woolley, United Kingdom
pyaar mein phansaaya, Susan Wilson, United Kingdom
The Keeper, Guinevere Clark, United Kingdom
Versiyonlarimizi, Cemil & Rosalind Yildiz & Fielding, Turkey/France/UK
Shortlisted Entries:
The Burning, Val Ormrod, United Kingdom
On a journey , Anthony Powers, United Kingdom
Along the Spine, Penny Shutt, United Kingdom
Arms And The City, Tony Trafford, United Kingdom
Between Five and Nine, Sophie Price, United Kingdom
Bone Maker, Guinevere Clark, United Kingdom
Dad’s Dad and the Duomo, Isabella Mead, United Kingdom
De-grouping, Katy Bienek, United Kingdom
Displaced, Grazia Marin, Australia
Getting to know my father at forty, Beliz Mckenzie, United Kingdom
Glassblower, Anne Hodnette, United Kingdom
Heart of Glass, Jaime Gabriel Gana, Canada
How’s the enemy?, Alison McNulty, United Kingdom
I Will Change, Howard Marshall, United Kingdom
In Figures, Roy Woolley, United Kingdom
Joan, My Stepmother, Peter Clegg, United Kingdom
Life and death of a log, Lizzie Smith, United Kingdom
Meeting My Guitar, Tim Taylor, United Kingdom
Metamorphosis, Tim Taylor, United Kingdom
Nativity, Alan Coombe, United Kingdom
Neon Slipstream, Paris Rosemont, Australia
Oh, Grazia Marin, Australia
Ordinary Miracle, David Holper, United States
Out of Season, Alan Coombe, United Kingdom
Revolutions, Alan Coombe, United Kingdom
The Death Of A Procrastinator, Guo Ru, Australia
The Discarded Chair, Elaine Howell, United Kingdom
The Spinning Wheel, Ruth Flanagan, United Kingdom
Water and Fire, Alan Coombe, United Kingdom
When, Grazia Marin, Australia
Winners:
1st Place: The Trojan Horse, Nash Colundalur, United Kingdom
2nd Place: The Cord, Elizabeth Carroll, United Kingdom
3rd Place (Joint): Feeding on a Man's Wound, Anthony Powers, United Kingdom
3rd Place (Joint): Who Stole our Fish?, Harry Turnbull, United Kingdom
Highly Commended:
Friends for Life, Julie Anne Booth, United Kingdom
Shortlisted Entries:
Bleached, Susanna Cupido, Canada
Changes, Cameron Rockwell, United States
Cutting Edge, Noel Campbell, United Kingdom
Oranges and Lemons, Richard Layton, United Kingdom
Setting the Record Straight, Naomi Elster, Ireland
Wyn Win, Philippa Howell, United Kingdom
LYRICS
Winners:
1st Place: Tapestry For The Blind, Kirily McKellor, Australia
2nd Place: Proverb, Jen Emery, United Kingdom
3rd Place: The Poet Said, Laura Theis, United Kingdom
Shortlisted Entries:
A Song For Tomorrow, Hank Isaac, United States
Alone In Her Room, Jen Emery, United Kingdom
Voidbringer, Kirily McKellor, Australia
RECORDED SONG
Winners:
1st Place: Wake Up To Reality, Penelope McMorris, France
2nd Place: Change, Sharam Gill, United Kingdom
3rd Place:Lonesome, Lovesick And Cold, Robert Neil and Scott Nicol, Scotland
LYRICS
Winners:
1st Place: Alphabet Suit, Iain McGrath, United Kingdom
2nd Place: Cannabis Chaos, Robert Brintnall, United States
3rd Place: Botch Job, Letty Butler, United Kingdom
Shortlisted Entries:
Five Minutes with Tiger and Feral, Vivienne Burrows, Australia
The Boxed In Poet, Aoibheann & Andrea McCann & Ipaktchi, Ireland