2025 Writers' Award winners
Creative Non-Fiction
Platinum: Ellen Rickford, “Letter to Bobby”
Gold: gobscure, “invisibled"
Silver: Stephanie Y. Tam, “Radio Silence”
Bronze: Matt Taylor, “I screamed in lowercase"
Highly Commended: Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, “Aminat"
Shortlist: Muti’ah Badruddeen, Charlotte Dale, Manjit Dhillon, Kayley Gladwin, Maya Goel, Florence Grieve, Emily Hay, Anne Page, Sophie Sanders, Rowan Tate
Fiction
Platinum: Laurel Hart, “Actias Luna”
Gold: Eve Naden, “Habitat"
Silver: Amy Leonard, “A gentle nudge”
Bronze: Abu Leila, “Dogs for hips”
Highly Commended: Emma Allotey, “Wild Fruit"
Shortlist: Aysegul Balkose, Rahela Begum-Miah, Millie Butler, Ayla Douglas, Uduak-Abasi Ekong, Emer Ni Eadhra, Sophie Stanley, Jiaxi Wang, Dana Watts, Nicholas Zegallo Tufnell
Poetry
Platinum: Jasmin Allenspach, “what makes tick / my mother"
Gold: Godelieve de Bree, “4% of the mammals on planet earth are wild”
Silver: Beatrice Feng, “My Soul”
Bronze: Nathan Steward, “The Three Ways I have Witnessed Creation”
Highly Commended: William Wyld, “Sheds”
Shortlist: Joshua Antione Phelps, Catherine Ben-Ameh, Bhumika Billa, Cynthia Bo Huen Ng, Grace Brimacombe-Rand, Miriam Max, Norman Miller, Afidi Nomo Ongolo, Jeremy Pak Nelson, Holly Shoesmith