2020 Lancaster Writing Awards

The Lancaster Writing Award for Criticism

1st – Catherine McNally A critical analysis of the theme of identity in Armitage’s poem ‘My Father thought it bloody queer’“ read

2nd – Shrinidhi Prakash Et in Arcadia ego: lessons on utopia from WB Yeats read

3rd – Hattie Lowe To what extent is Virginia Woolf’s The Waves representative of modern fiction read

The Lancaster Writing Award for Prose Fiction

1st – Abi Craggs Our Friend Generalissimo read

2nd – Luke Seaman Fatherhood read

3rd – Evangeline Housden Clipped Wings read

The Lancaster Writing Award for Poetry

1st – Emily Power Dead Poets Ubiety read

2nd – Jess Hasson Medusa read

3rd – Rose Mason Seven Frames read

The Lancaster Writing Award for Screen-Writing

1st – Grace Shearer Fish Tank read

2nd – Lin Let Sympathy read

3rd – Lara Abbey Nowhere read