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)