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The winners of our Flash Fiction Award 2025 were announced on Saturday as part of the Celebration of the Book at Princes Hall. Congratulations!

Left to right: Cath Humphris (Honourable Mention) and Chris Swingler (Third Prize winner), Trustee Paul Truan and judges Jackie Hales and Judy Darley

Overall winner: Cathy Eberle's “Destination”
Second Prize: “Secrets My Doll Will Never Tell You” by Rosie Mowatt
Third Prize: “Defining Serena” by Chris Swingler
Honourable Mention: “Getting away from it all” by Cath Humphris
PDF of all winning entries here

Congratulations to the prizewinners of MotorCitySixty Competition!

Adam White, announced the winners of our competition at Summer of Soul at the Curzon on Saturday 7 June.
Winner: Dennis Johnstone, with his poem “Dance in the Light” (video link)
Runner-up: Tom Stockley (AKA TS Idiot)
North Somerset resident award: Ruth Davies

Buy your copy of the Anthology of all winning and commended poems for £6 + postage/packing (or can be collected).
Email enquiries@clevedonlitfest.org.uk for details of how to order.

Writing prompts...
Judy Darley is one of the judges of our 2025 Flash Fiction Award and, as a writer, she is constantly on the lookout anything that might lead to a story idea. From an overheard snippet of conversation to a glimpse of something that ignites her curiosity, the world is teeming with imaginative possibilities.
Flash fiction allows you to dip your toe into a writing river. At less than 500 words in the Clevedon LitFest Flash Fiction Award, this compact form asks you to create a condensed story in little more than a handful of paragraphs.
Judy has provided us with some writing prompts and you can find these by using the Info dropdown menu...

How to join the Poets' Walk audio app...
You can enjoy Poets' Walk in a new way, by listening to poems by contemporary local poets as you walk into 'sound pools' along the walk. This is the result of a project developed by Martin Rieser and Ralph Hoyte, that includes a book of the poems. We have some copies of the book to sell - email enquiries@clevedonlitfest.org.uk, plus it is available at local bookshops and online.Find out about how to join the walk here

Guest judge Adam White
Curzon - Summer of Soul

Marisa Carnesky & Sarjana
magic at The Theatre Shop

Rimskys mobile piano and Bassicle!

Publications and prints for sale - another way to support Clevedon LitFest
We are delighted to be able to offer a small number of prints (see below for print options) for sale, by the wonderful Doris Hatt, artist, socialist and activist, who lived in Clevedon.
A3 prints £25 (details of any postage/delivery costs on enquiry).

Publications for sale:
Doris Hatt: Revolutionary Artist by Adrian Webb, Christopher Stone, Denys J Wilcox & Stephen Lisney. £8
Outrage: How the struggle for women's suffrage came to Clevedon by Andrew Linington. Background and history around October 2024 Show of Strength's Theatre's performances. £3
An Anthology of winning and commended poems motorcitysixty poetry competition 2025. £6
Poets' Walk edited by Martin Rieser and Ralph Hoyte. A collection of contemporary poems by local poets, inspired by the poems of Coleridge and Tennyson. Also available on the Poets Walk Audio App. £12