The City of Derby Short Story and Poetry Competition
This is the homepage of the City of Derby Short Story and Poetry Competition. Our site is updated daily. We hope you enjoy looking at what is here!
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Derby is a city centrally located in England in the United Kingdom. It has served as the location for numerous historic events, and over the years has been the home of many accomplished writers. One of our webpages gives a great deal of detail about Derby, including a considerable number of links to other websites associated with talented sons and daughters of the city and region. Click here to find out more.
The identities of our 2008 judges can be viewed at this link.
2007 Competition News
The identities of our 2007 winners and commended writers can be viewed here. Follow this link for details of the 2007 Poetry Competition finalists, and this link for details of the 2007 Short Story Competition finalists, including each of the winning works.
2006 Competition
For details of the winners of the 2006 competition, click here.
2007 Award Ceremony
On October 17th our 2007 award ceremony took place at The Voicebox at Forman Street in Derby. The event was timed to coincide with the biennial Derby Festival of Words and was attended by winning writers plus our 2007 judges Martin Goodman and Jane Draycott.
Every day our website features familiar and some not-so-familiar poems and short stories from writers across the world. Our latest addition can be seen by clicking on this link -Words - which today (16th May 2008) features Robert Herrick. We list all of our previously featured works in our Archive. Feel free to browse - we're sure you'll find something of interest!
Our 2008 competition is now taking submissions. Please note that the closing date is May 31st. Click on the 'Stories' and 'Poems' buttons at the left for further details on how to enter the competition.
You can contact us most easily by email at info@cityofderbywritingcompetition.org.uk Alternatively, we can be contacted by telephone on +44 (0)1332 725362. Please use the answerphone if you don't get a response straight away!