Announcing the winners of the Ada Cambridge prizes!
Congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted for the Ada Cambridge Writing Prizes 2015.
We are delighted to announce the winners:
The Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Prize 2015
First Prize
Adam Deverell, The journey home
Runner-up
Fikret Pajalic, Hunger
Highly commended
Kate Amesbury, The growing pains of Aphrodite’s child
Commended
Jenny Sandercombe, Fracture
Short-listed
Samantha J Carroll, Elvis
Jonathan Griffiths, Barbed wire and baba ghanoush
Jacqui Horwood, The bitterest tears shed
Christine Mackley, Watermelons and fluffy coats
Danielle Whelan, Chants for small change
The Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize 2015
First Prize
Suzi Mezei, Lodger
Runner-up
Belinda Rule, The loved body
Highly commended
Suzi Mezei, Ancients
Commended
Victoria Thaine, The first snowflake
Short-listed
Stephen Andrew, The dark morning hour
Rory Hudson, Crete
Denise Hughes, Words
Kristen Roberts, The silence
Paul A Škec, machine thinking for thinking machines
Jean Thornton, Remembering Sister Philomena
The Young Adas Short Story Prize 2015
First Prize
Amelia Dunstone, Tranquillo
Runner-up
Rachel Hudson-Jones, The hatching
Highly commended
Alex Ritchie, Petrichor
Commended
Keleyna Nocom, Soldier game
Short-listed
Ruby Cashmore, The little bucket boy
Dinushka Gunasekara, Stitching thread
Michelle Keating, Warrior
Michaela Markovski, Locked in
Olivia Nubile, Dreaming
Natasha Pedersoli, Ignite
The Young Adas Graphic Short Story Prize 2015
First Prize
Anhkim Tran, The Great Eggscape
Runner-up
Anhkim Tran, Cat-lamity