| Literature Competition Winners 2011 | |||
| The R C Sherriff Trust announces the results of the 2011 Elmbridge Literary Competition - "Breaking The Barrier" - organised by the R C Sherriff Trust in partnership with Elmbridge Borough Council. | |||
 Click to see a larger image Young writers in the 2011 Elmbridge Literary Competition, with judges Sylvia Green (left) and Susannah Rickards (right), and children’s author, Samantha Mackintosh (centre), who presented their prizes at a ceremony at Riverhouse Barn on Wednesday 16th November, when their stories and poems were given a public reading. The annual competition is organised by the R C Sherriff Trust in partnership with Elmbridge Borough Council. |
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| The winners, their families, runners-up and distinguished guests were present at special celebrity readings on 16th and 17th November where the winning entries were read in public performance. | |||
| Click here to see images from the evening. | |||
| The Winners, the Runners-Up, those Highly Commended and Commended, and those chosen for Public Reading and Special Mention are listed below. The original entries are available to view and download. Click on the title of each entry to open the story or poem in pdf format. | |||
| 5 - 8 Category | |
| 1st Prize: | "The Voices In My Head" a poem by Toby Hubbard, aged 8 (West Molesey) |
| 2nd Prize: | "Breaking A Barrier "a story by Tiana Costello, aged 8 (St Charles Borromeo School) |
| Joint 3rd Prize: | "The German Girl" a story by Elizabeth Hamilton, aged 5 (Byfleet) |
| "Potty Power" a story by Oscar Zieleznik, aged 7 (St Charles Borromeo School) | |
| 4th Prize: | "Arnhem Woods 1941" a story by Lucas Elliot, aged 8 (Royal Kent School) |
| Highly Commended: | "Autumn" a poem by Liberty Everest, aged 7 (Royal Kent School) |
| "The Girl Who Reached Her Goal" a story by Lauren O'Shea, aged 7 (St Charles Borromeo School) | |
| Commended: | "The Mountain Hike" a story by Daniel Davis, aged 8 (Surbiton) |
| "Splish, Splash" a poem by Elizabeth Hirst, aged 7 (Royal Kent School) | |
| Special Mention: | "My Story" by Conor Forrester, aged 7 (St Charles Borromeo School) |
| 9 - 13 Category: Younger (Junior) Age Group | |
| 1st Prize: | "Turning Tables", a story by Alfred Harper, aged 9 (St Charles Borromeo School) |
| Joint 2nd Prize: | "Survival in the Mines", a story by Ryan Alcock, aged 9 (Royal Kent School) |
| "Breaking the Barrier", a story by Camille Abson, aged 9 (Cleves School) | |
| 3rd Prize: | "The Reading", a story by Ella Shattock, aged 9 (St Charles Borromeo School) |
| Highly Commended: | "Dr M L King Breaks the Barrier", a poem by Grace Bartlett, aged 10 (St Albans School) |
| Chosen for Public Reading: | "The Man-Eating Cucumber", a story by Linus Johnson, Year 5 (Cardinal Newman School) |
| 9 - 13 Category: Older (Secondary) Age Group | |
| Joint 1st Prize: | "Farewell", a story by Eleanor McChesney, aged 12 (Walton-on-Thames) |
| "Breaking the Barrier", a story by Georgia Barrett, aged 13 (Heathside School) | |
| 2nd Prize: | "Morning", a story by Amelia Holt, aged 12 (New Haw) |
| 3rd Prize: | "Goal", a story by Jaimee Kerven, aged 13 (Heathside School) |
| Highly Commended: | "The Gargoyle", a poem by Emma Nuttall, aged 12 (Heathside School) |
| "Growing Up", a poem by Katelyn Tinkler, aged 13 (Heathside School) | |
| Commended: | "My First Day of Secondary School", a poem by Kate Agami, Year 7 (Rydens School) |
| "Breaking the Barriers", a poem by Dani DeFreitas, Year 7 (Rydens School) | |
| 14 - 18 Category: | |
| 1st Prize: | "An Angel at the Window", a story by Alice van den Bosch, aged 18 (Wanborough) |
| 2nd Prize: | "Breaking the Barrier", a story by Isabel Cushing, aged 15 (Heathside School) |
| 3rd Prize: | "A Memory Forgotten", a story by Rebecca Pike, aged 16 (Heathside School) |
| Highly Commended: | "Breaking the Barrier", a story by Beth Goldsack, aged 17 (Heathside School) |
| Commended: | "Breaking the Boundaries", a story by Jessica Butcher, aged 15 (Heathside School) |
| "The Abyss", a story by Megan Hill, aged 16 (Heathside School) | |
| Special Mention: | "The Second Death", a story by Louis Morris, aged 18 (West Molesey) |
| Adult Category | |
| Poetry | |
| 1st Prize: | "The Montgomery Bus" by Sandra Curtin (Sunbury) |
| 2nd Prize: | "Pity" by Jo Williams (Long Ditton) |
| 3rd Prize: | "Moreover" by Dick Anstis (Cobham) |
| Highly Commended: | "Am I Still The Same?" by Sue Judd (Shepperton) |
| Stories | |
| 1st Prize: | "The Ermine Vermin" by Terry Ryan (New Haw) |
| 2nd Prize: | "The Other Side" by Bett Hobbs (Staines) |
| 3rd Prize: | "I am a Butterfly" by Peter Rolls (Camberley) |
| Highly Commended: | "Over the Wall" by Dick Anstis (Cobham) |
| "Learning to Swim" by Sue Pickard (Epsom) | |
| Commended | "Millstone" by Sandra Curtin (Sunbury) |
| "The Surfing Lesson" by Ceri Hughes (Claygate) | |
| "Mirror" by Jo Williams (Long Ditton) | |