At DWC, we’ve introduced a monthly internal writing competition for our members. Poetry or prose, 150 word limit.
The winner each month gets to set the topic and judge the next month’s entries.
Septembers winner was Cheryl. Congratulations! You can read her entry here.

August’s challenge is…
‘All because of a lampshade.”
Closing date is 26th August.
July’s Winner!
Huge congratulations to our member Vicky Bagley for this winning entry in our monthly internal writing competition. The theme – you guessed it – was dinosaurs, and we love this poem!

Junes writing pro

Junes’ prompt was ‘Rock’ and the winner was Ed. Congratulations!
See here for his entry.
Image by Mateus Andre@Magnific
Mays writing prompt

Congratulations to member Val Ormrod for winning this month’s internal writing competition.
The prompt was this image. See here for Val’s beautiful winning poem.
April Writing Challenge

Our April 2026 theme was ‘Dragons‘.
Check here to read the winning entry.
Previous Competitions
March theme was ……. and was won by Claudia Robertson with this lovely piece.
