| Literature Competition Winners 2009 | ||
The R C Sherriff Trust is pleased to announce the results of the 2009 Literature Competition - "A Symphony of Life" The Winners, the Runners-Up, those Highly Commended and those chosen for Public Reading are listed below. Each listed entry is available to view as a pdf file. To view, simply click the title of the entry. |
| Adult Category | |
| Poetry | |
| 1st Prize: | " Wanderer's Song" by Michael Tanner (Guildford) |
| 2nd Prize: | "How We Sung The War" by Connie McChesney (Weybridge) |
| Joint 3rd Prize: | "Sounds and Memories of Mongolia" by Prue Robinson (Esher) |
| " Wildwood" by Peter Rolls (Camberley) | |
| Highly Commended: | "Song of My Life" by Sophie Roger (Hersham) |
| Stories | |
| 1st Prize: | "Your Song" by Sue Pickard (Epsom Downs) |
| 2nd Prize: | "If You Don't Know Me..." by Sally Blackmore (Chobham) |
| 3rd Prize: | "Never on Sunday" by Anastasia Handley (Weybridge) |
| Chosen for Public Reading: | "....Life Ain't No Good No How, Without A Song" (story) by Terry Ryan (Addlestone) |
| "The End of the Third Act" (story) by Michael Tanner (Guildford) | |
| 14 - 18 Category | |
Joint 1st Prize: | "Songs My Father Taught Me" by Alice van den Bosch, aged 16 (Guildford) |
| "O For A Muse of Fire..." by Louis Morris, aged 16 (Thames Ditton) | |
| 9 - 13 Category | |
| Joint 1st Prize: | "The Symphony of the Woods" (poem) by Violetta Suvini, aged 10(Yehudi Menuhin School, Cobham) |
| "The Neon Bins" (story) by Archie Worthington, aged 10 (Long Ditton St Mary's CofE Junior School) | |
| Joint 2nd Prize: | "Symphony 2009" (story) by Fergus Horsfall, aged 12(Reigate) |
| "In Loving Memory..." (story) by Eleanor McChesney, aged 10 (Walton- on-Thames) | |
| Joint 3rd Prize: | "The Violinist" (story) by Joseph Dunn, aged 10 (Long Ditton St Mary's School) |
| "Forest" (story) by Charlie Harrison, aged 11 (Cleves School, Weybridge) | |
| Highly Commended: | "A Symphony of My Life" (story) by Sao Soulez Lariviere, aged 11(Yehudi Menuhin School, Cobham) |
| Chosen for Public Reading: | "Symphony of Life" (story) by Tatiana Gilfillan, aged 11(Yehudi Menuhin School, Cobham) |
| "Jamie's Trumpet" (story) by Kiera Howes, aged 11(Long Ditton St Mary's School) | |
| "I've Heard That Song Before" (story) by Gayathri Kandiah, aged 12(New Malden) | |
| "Waiting for the Train" (poem) by Kuhan Kandiah, aged 13(Surbiton) | |
| "The Real Rainforest" (poem) by Axhani Thayaparan, aged 10(Kingston) | |
| "My Passion for Michael's Music" (poem) by James Webster, aged 10 (Cleves School, Weybridge) | |
| 5 - 8 Category | |
| 1st Prize: | "A Symphony of Life" (story) by Natalya Gilfillan, aged 8(Yehudi Menuhin School, Cobham) |
| Joint 2nd Prize: | "Symphony of Life" (poem) by Jodie Flood, aged 6(St Matthews CofE Infant School, Cobham) |
| "Symphony of Life" (poem) by Ella Lewis, aged 6 (St Matthews School, Cobham) | |
| 3rd Prize: | "Symphony of Life" (story) by Beth Macaulay, aged 6 (St Matthews CofE Infant School) |
| Highly Commended: | "Symphony of Life" (poem) by Ysella Oliver, aged 6 (St Matthews CofE Infant School) |
| Commended: | "Noil the Lion becomes a Rockstar" (story) by Hari Kandiah, aged 7 (New Malden) |