2019 Article Competition Results

WINNERS OF 2019 ARTICLE COMPETITION (2019-12-21 14:46:10)

• First and the Summer Competition Trophy: My Top Five Sugns of Aging by Lee Taylor

• Second place: My Top Five Super Heroes by Neil Dickinson

• 3rd place: My Top Five Ways to Leave a Pub by Philip Kavvadias

Pictures show from the left Philip Kavvadias (third place), the judge editor and journalist Graeme Osborne and the winner Lee Taylor.

Our 2019 article competition has been won by Lee Taylor for his piece My top 5 signs of ageing.

The competition, judged by freelance journalist and editor Graeme Osborne, invited members to write a 1,000 word article on the subject of My top Five. The competition inspired a wide range of subjects including zombie movies, nostalgic smells, clickbait and soul searching.

Speaking on how he judged the competition, Graeme Osborne said he did not want the process to be purely subjective so he drew up a list of key points, including how entertaining he found the article, how crisp the writing was, how well the writer argued his/her point and if the article left questions unanswered.

Lee's winning article scored highly in all categories and Graeme said it was a good example of being funny by not trying too hard to be funny. He felt the writing was "pithy and to the point."

Graeme awarded second place to Neil Dickinson for My top 5 super heroes and third place to Philip Kavvadias for My top Five Ways to Leave a Pub.

He also highly commended Terry Adlam for My Top Five Michael Caine Comments and Lorraine Forrest-Turner for My Top Five Conspiracy Theories.

Report by Lorraine Forrest-Turner