OOTA Announces Results of Spilt Ink 2023

The OOTA Committee is delighted to congratulate the OOTA Spilt Ink Competition 2023 winners

Warmest wishes to you all for a wonderful selection of creative writing.

Special thanks to our Poetry Judge Roland Leach and our Short Fiction Judge Brooke Dunnell.

Short Fiction

First Place: ‘Leta’ by Taya Reid

Second Place: ‘The River Doesn’t Care’ by Judd Exley

Third Place: ‘Do Pigs Know Weather?’ by Laurie Smith

Highly Commended: ‘Chemistry Test’ by Liana Joy Christensen

Commended: ‘Miss Lilly’ by Jenifer Hetherington

The judge’s report may be found here.

Poetry

First place: ‘silent flights’ by Josephine Clarke

Second place: ‘Ritual’ by Scott-Patrick Mitchell

Third place: ‘Lost Art of Pastels’ by Kevin Gillam

Highly Commended:

‘Chopin’s Water Fountain’ by Lucy Czerwiec

‘South Beach Moonah’ by Jenifer Hetherington

The judge’s report may be found here.

Short Fiction First Place Winner Taya Reid

Short Fiction Second Place winner Judd Exley

Short fiction winners Jennifer Hetherington (Commended) and Laurie Smith (Third Place) with judge Brook Dunnell.

Short Fiction Highly Commended winner Liana Joy Christensen

Poetry winners Kevin Gillam, Josephine Clarke, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Jennifer Hetherington and Lucy Czerwiec with judge Roland Leach.