Here you can see the previous Bloc competitions and the submissions to them.
| Competition | Brief | Winner | Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| New beginnings | The first competition following our relaunch was based on the theme New Beginnings. All of us at bloc would like to congratulate the winner, Tom 'Bowie' Bowman, for his story A Walk In The Darkness. Our judge, award-winning author Simon Van Booy, described it as "an understated yet extremely powerful narrative", and we can't help but agree. Congratulations Tom. | A Walk in the Darkness | |
| Elements | We at bloc would like to apologise for the delay in the announcement of the winner of our Elements competition, but due to unforeseen circumstances our judge has been unable to provide us with a decision so far. We will announce the winner as soon as we have it. Thank you for your patience. | TO BE ANNOUNCED | |
| Port Eliot Competition | OUR COMPETITION TO FIND NEW SOUTH-WEST WRITING TALENT IS NOW CLOSED Our hunt for the best new writers from Cornwall and the South West to take to the Port Eliot Festival is now closed. Many thanks to all those who entered. We will be at the festival between 23-25 July, so please visit our tent to see the winning entries directed by Miracle Theatre’s Artistic Director, Bill Scott and performed by professional actors on the final day of the festival. | TO BE ANNOUNCED | |
| Louise Cooper Fantasy Writing Competition Now Closed | We had a tremendous response to this competition with 48 writers sending us their stories. We are delighted to announce the winner is Karen Dunn with her short story Soul Man. Our judge Emily Thomas, Publisher of Young Adult Fiction for Hodder Children's Books, had this to say about Karen's story: "Original idea, intriguingly put together and Karen has combined real pathos with an interesting and often clinically explored subject - the issue of a designer baby is taken up to a whole new level in the harvesting of human organs." Karen will receive a complete set of Louise Cooper’s Time Master and Star Shadow trilogies and her story has been published on the bloc site. Thank you very much to all who entered. We love reading your work, so even if you didn't make the top five this time around please do keep writing and entering the competitions. | Soul Man |
