Here are the winners of the 2020 FWS Vernal Equinox Competition. The work of those who gave approval for their work to be published here can be read by clicking on the title.
Poetry
1st Roger Elkin Remembering Vukovar
2nd Stephen Keeler Snow Moon
3rd Mark Vernon Thomas With the accent on Place
Highly Commended
Anthony Watts Quantock Revisited
Commended
Jilly O’Brien During the quietness
Peter Russell Wheeler
Scots
1st Donald Adamson The Sun Athort the Lift
2nd Fran Baillie Coast Lines
3rd Lynn Valentine Munlochy
Highly Commended
Lesley Benzie Iraqi Quine wi a Big Reid Case
Don J Taylor The Great Michael
Commended
Craig Aitchison The A-Team
Jo Gilbert Tarlair
Jilly O’Brien Topplin the Mannie
Gaelic
1st Seonaidh Adams an crogan
2nd Eòghan Stiùbhart Peallag
3rd Niall O’Gallagher Caisearbhan
Highly Commended
Robbie MacLeòid Seòlaid
Short Stories
1st Rachel Carmichael God’s Amazing Grace
2nd Kirsten MacQuarrie The Wordsworth Women
3rd Shirley Gillan A Loop of Faith
Commended
David McVey The Invasion of the Library
Vincent Maguire Mick McGrory says
Don J Taylor The Gift
Flash Fiction
1st Ruth Gilchrist Nereid
2nd Mary Edward As Good As New
3rd Wendy Jones Sod Off Hilary
Highly Commended
Alan Kennedy On Active Duty
Commended
Daniel Murphy Skiffing Stones with Granda
E.E. Rhodes Sepia Moon