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2020 CREATIVE ARTS COMPETITION

In 2020, The Matchgirls Memorial rana a creative arts competition, which invited entrants to submit poetry or flash fiction compositions. Two winners and runners up were announced for each category but the standard was so high, a short anthology was published to share the creativity with all. Judges were Alice Trickey Roberts, English heritage, Tanya Landman, Author and Dr Anna Robinson, Senior Lecturer UEL & Poet.

 

The book can be purchased from our shop and the winning entries can be found here:

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WINNING ENTRIES

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Poetry: Strike Anywhere by Eleanor Walsh

Flash Fiction: Painters by Emma Purshouse

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RUNNERS UP ENTRIES

Poetry: Matchgirls at Whitsun, 1888 by Emma Purshouse

Flash Fiction: Saturday Night by Debbie Rolls

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