COMPETITIONS
Below are details of all this site's current competitions. In each, instructions for entry form part of the rules. Further terms and conditions can be found at the bottom of the page. New competitions are added regularly so best of luck and see you back here soon.
WIN A COPY OF 'OF CATS AND WOMEN' ON DVD
I have a copy of Jonas Govaert's excellent adaptation of my short story on DVD. To win it, answer the following question:1. Which actress plays the central character in the film? CLUE
ENTER Closing Date - 1 May 2009
WIN A COPY OF CAROLINE SMAILES' 'BLACK BOXES'
The Friday Project have kindly offered a copy of Caroline Smailes' novel, 'Black Boxes' as a prize. To win it, answer the following question:1. What was the name of Smailes' first novel? CLUE
ENTER Closing Date - 1 May 2009
WIN A COPY OF THE ANTHOLOGY 'LET'S BE ALONE TOGETHER'
Thanks to Stinging Fly Press for offering a copy of Declan Meade's excellent anthology as a prize. To win it, answer the following question:1. Which story in the anthology explores a sort of psychotic form of revenge in the deconstruction of a house? CLUE
ENTER Closing Date - 1 May 2009
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Ishmael Kadare�s �Chronicle in Stone�
Susie Arowsmith, Alsager
Iler
Miranda July�s �No-one Belongs Here More Than You�
Simon Maisey, Swindon
Me And You And Everyone We Know
Kevin Williamson�s �In a Room Darkened�
Neil Johnson, Stourbridge
The Scottish Patient
The Moving Coffin � ed. Ed Gorman
Elisabeth Ries, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
Surrogate
A limited and numbered signed hard cover edition of 'In A Town Called Mundomuerto' By Randall Silvis
Mr. Paul Tucker, Peterborough
Mundosauve
Issues 1 and 2 of Murdaland
Yvonne Jarman, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
The Professional Man
'The Strange Affair Of Madeleine Smith' by Douglas Macgowan
Elwyn Currier, Henllys, Cwmbran
John Inglis
Mike Boyle�s �Dollhouse�
Morna Blake, North Muirton, Perth
170 pages
Kate Holden�s �In My Skin�
Stephen Marshall, Milton Keynes
Frances Johnson, Wimbish, Saffron Walden stead
Lucy
Cynthia Rogerson�s �Love Letters from My Death-Bed�
Mrs Jane Marchant, Hemel Hempstead
Robbie and Carlton Spelling
Joel Rose�s �The Blackest Bird�
Janet Caygill, Hull
Susan Anderson, Craigellachie, Banffshire
Tommy Coleman
Dan Rhodes' 'Gold'
Joyce Williams, Aldridge
Jamie Galllant, Dundee
Scar Culture
Tony O'Neill's 'Songs from the Shooting Gallery'
Mike Treagust, Birmingham
Digging the Vein
June and Laura Hird's 'Dear Laura: Letters from a Mother to Her Daughter'
Mrs Dorothy Marshall, Leyland, Lancashire
The Cloths of Heaven
Ballads of the Book cd
Billy Savage, Dundee
The Rebel is On His Own Tonight
Toni Davidson�s �The Gradual Gathering of Lust�
Joyce Williams, Aldridge
Jamie Galllant, Dundee
Scar Culture
'The Last King of Scotland' dvd
Matthew Denton, Birmingham
Loch Lomond
Niven Govinden�s �Graffiti My Soul�
Andrea Longman, Cardiff
Josie Coltman, Woking, Surrey
Moon
Comma Press anthology, �Phobic�
Greg Salt, Gillingham, Kent
Tight Wrappers
The Paris Review Volume 1
Leigh Keirnan, Edinburgh
Luke Hamer, Kenilworth, Warwickshire
�a nauseating process�
Trans Am's album 'Sex Change'
James Andrews, Brighton
First Words
Copy of Kevin Barry's 'There Are Little Kingdoms'
Johan Slotte, Stanwell, Middx
Nights At the Gin Palace
1 Year subscription to Sein Und Werden magazine
I. Cheyne, Aberdeen
�14.00
Copy of Alan Guthrie's novel, 'Hard Man'
Rebecca Townsend, Worlingham, Beccles, Suffolk
Dandi Dinmont terrier
Subscription to Forgotten Worlds magazine
E White, Royston, Herts
M.J. Danville
'Decapolis: Tales from 10 Cities' edited Maria Crossan
James Garner, Langford, Bristol
Empar Moliner
George Lakoff�s �Don�t Think It�s an Elephant�
Ian Yates, Clitheroe, Lancashire
Democrats and republicans
One of 2 copies of Laura Hird�s collection, �Hope and Other Urban Tales�
Mary Strong, Portsmouth
Mrs J A Phillips, Bishops Stortford, Herts
Hope
4 magazine subscription to PostScripts magazine
Sarah Collins, Harlow, Essex
The Empty Pool
Stinging Fly anthology, �These Are Our Lives�
Mrs Jennifer Rhymer; Burnham on Sea, Somerset
The Complicated Architect
'Magnetic North' Anthology
Mrs Jennifer Rhymer, Burnham on Sea, Somerset
He is being haunted by Ludovician, a 'conceptual shark' that feeds on human memories
Steven Hall's 'The Raw Shark Texts'
Andrzej Szymanski, London
I. Cheyne, Aberdeen
Joyfull Lagers of the World
Tom McCarthy�s �Remainder�
Josie Coltman, Woking, Surrey
Ludwig Feuerbach
Marilynne Robinson�s �Gilead�
Maria Kenny, Sixmilecross, Omagh
Nazrul
Storie�s �10 Minute Scots�
Miss Ghazala Khan, Kings Heath, Birmingham
Iain Bahlaj
Eddie Summerton�s �Bird of the Devil�
Yvonne Dimbleby, Morice Town, Plymouth
Blood-sucking Dunny Gull
The Edgier Waters: New Writing From Literary Upstarts
Mr D Timothy, Balsall Common, Coventry
London / Paris
Triquorum One anthology
Harold Jones, Conisbrough, Doncaster
Simon McLafferty
Nazi Anti-Semitism, From Prejudice To The Holocaust by Philippe Burrin
Jane D'Arcy, Hull
Collaboration and Compromise
Alice Munro�s �The View From Castle Rock�
Helen Talboys, Barton under Needwood, Burton on Trent
Blackwood's Magazine
Liza Granville�s �Crack of Doom�
Christine Rodgers, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Pierre
Margaret Atwood's 'The Penelopiad'
Mr D Timothy, Balsall Common, Coventry
The Anthropology Lecture
Clare Sambrook�s �Hide and Seek�
Malcolm Wood, Sheffield
Dominic
Michael Gardiner�s �Escalator�
Kay Hutchinson, London
Venezuela
Banipal anthology �Unbuttoning the Violin�
Barbara Shaw, Buspham Blackpool
Abed Ismael
David Swann�s �The Last Days of Johnny North�
George Williamson, Polmont
North-West of England, particularly Manchester and Lancashire
�Parenthesis: The Next in Text�
Danielle Pearce, Edenbridge, Kent
The Big Drift
Valerie Mason-John�s �Borrowed Body�
Greg Salt, Gillingham, Kent
Dr Barnardo's
Alan Warner�s �The Worms Can Carry Me to Heaven�
Mrs. K. Hibberd, Ilfracombe, Devon
Manolo Follana
'The Proposition' on dvd
David Easterbrook, Manchester
Blood Meridian
Copy of William S. Burroughs' 'The Yage Letters Redux'
Mr D. Timothy, Coventry
Junkie
5 copies of Louise Welsh�s �The Bullet Trick�Layne
Helen Talboys, Burton on Trent
Jim McGrath, Clitheroe
Mark Finch, Bisley, Surrey
Kay Hutchinson, London
Sue Wontroba, Sutton Coldfield
Uncle Dix
�The Nine Muses� edited by Forrest Aguirre and Deborah Layne
Sandra Foreman, Wallasey, Wirral
Oregon
Paul Rusesabagina's 'An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda'
Diane Smith, Wyberton, Boston
"Not on my watch."
Al Alverez�s �The Writer�s Life�
Natalie Henderson, Northfleet, Gravesend
1929
Sinead O'Connor's cd 'Throw Down Your Arms'
Alyson McArthur, Welwyn Garden City
Marcus Garvey
Barry McCormack's cd 'Last Night as I Was Wandering'
Jeremy Fielding, Birkenhead
Kilmuckridge
4 Issue Subscription to Aesthetica Magazine
Andy Craig, Freshfield, Merseyside
�16.20
Signed copy of Laura Hird's 'Hope and Other Urban Tales'
Emily Burns, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Sean Walsh
Signed copy of Hilary Mantel�s novel �Beyond Black�
Deborah Fox, Grimsby
The Fiends
Signed copy of Laura Hird's 'Born Free'
Eric Walton, Melton Mowbray
Daniel
Winner of John Pierson�s �Weasels in a Box�
Alan Harland, Scarborough
Driving through Texas
Winner of Mykel Board�s �I a Me-Ist�
Pete Sneddon, Wisbech, Cambs
Bruce LaBruce
Winner of Karin Alvtegen�s �Betrayal�
Miss Kirsteen Black, Portmahomack, Ross-Shire
Axel
Winner of copy of Banipal 24
Annette Thomas, Lakenham, Norwich
Memories of a Meltdown
Winner of Richard Ford�s �A Multitude of Sins�
Jordan-Lee Johnstone, Falkirk
Abyss
Winner of David Cronenberg's 'A History of Violence'
Richard Halcombe, Dundee
Ed Harris
Winner of signed copy of Cleveland W. Gibson's 'Moondust'
Mrs Patricia Walker, Chesterfield
Faringdon
Winner of 'A Room for Romeo Brass' on dvd
Francis Holmes, Wolverhampton
Nottingham
Winner of copy of Robert J. Lennon's 'Pieces for the Left Hand'
Emily Hutchinson, Harrogate
Mailman
Winner of copy of Geoffrey Beattie's 'Protestant Boy'
Mrs Jennifer Rhymer, Burnham on Sea
Because she doesn�t get out much either
Winner of copy of 'Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore' by Bettany Hughes
Maisie Purser, Stoke Bruerne, Towcester
�The Memoirs of Helen of Troy�
Winner of copy of Outercast Magazine
Stephen Purser, Leicester
The Absence of Carrots
Winner of copy of Samuel Shimon's 'An Iraqi in Paris'
Mrs J Higgins, Southport
The Street Boy and the Cinema
Winner of copy of Tony O'Neill's novel, 'Digging the Vein'
Andy Craig, Freshfield, Merseyside
Kirk Alberts and Russell Dickerson
Winner of subscription to Midnight Street magazine
Agnes Matthew, Aberdeen
Kirk Alberts and Russell Dickerson
Winner of subscription to Absinthe New European Writing Journal
Sue Bowden, Clydach, Swansea
Answer: Twice a year
Winner of copy of Evan Cohen's 'I Was A Murder Junkie: The Last Days Of GG Allin'
Andy Craig, Freshfield, Merseyside
Answer: 1993
Winner of copy of Issue 4 of Trunk Stories
No winner - no correct answers recieved
Answer: Neil Ayres
Winner of a copy of Aliya Whiteley's 'Mean Mode Median'
Sandra Bell, Maldon, Essex
Answer: 3 Things About Me
Winner of subscription to The Stinging Fly
Jane Purser, Leicester
Answer: 28 Euros
Winner of copy of �Poems for the Retired Nihilist� anthology
Helen Carson, Thames Ditton, Surrey
Answer: Richard Hell
Winner of Arctic Monkeys� �Whatever People Say I Am, That�s What I�m Not� cd
Jeremy Whittington, Birmingham
Answer: Riot Van
Winner of copy of Banipal 23
John Greenwood, Banstead, Surrey
Answer: 3
Winner of Alasdair Gray and Adam Tomkins �How We Should Rule Ourselves�
Dion Burgess, Gillinham
Answer: The Making of Britain
Winner of Melissa P's '100 Strokes Of The Brush Before Bed'
Svetlana Stecher, Seaford, East Sussex
Answer: 30 languages
Winner of copy of Night Train magazine
Miss Kirsteen Black, Portmahomack, Ross-Shire
Answer: Men Don't Apologise
Winner of Arielle Eckstut's 'Pride and Promiscuity'
Mr D. Timothy, Coventry
Answer: Levine Greenberg Literary Agency
Winner of subscription to QWF Magazine
Denise Watts, Penryn, Cornwall
Answer: 1994
Winners of copies of 'Ellipsis 1: Comma Modern Shorts'
Kevin Ryan, Barking, Essex
Catharine McMullan, Bangor, Co. Down
Answer: Pray For Us Sinners
Winner of copy of Neill Strauss's 'The Game'
Kirsteen Black, Portmahomack, Ross-shire
Answer: Courtney Love
Winner of copy of Lionel Shriver's 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'
John Gregory, Hagley, Stourbridge
Answer: The Orange Prize
Winner of copy of Lisa Dierbeck's 'One Pill Makes You Smaller'
Adrian Bold, Manchester
Answer: The Balthus Institute
Winner of copy of Michel Faber's 'The Fahrenheit Twins'
Lydia Joseph, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Answer: Flesh Made Flesh
Winner of copy of Naomi Mitchison's 'Travel Light'
Sian Kerr, Great Yarmouth
Answer: 1952
Winner of copy of Banipal anthology 'Sardines and Oranges'
Nada Wilson, Dundee
Answer: �20
Winner of signed copy of my Delphine LeCompte's 'Kittens in the Boiler'
Lesley Millar, Talywain, Pontypool
Answer: Milk bottle stacker, barmaid and hooker
Winner of signed copy of my novel 'Born Free'
Karen Spender, Morpeth
Answer: ...almost as comprehensive and entertaining as the writer herself, a must for admirers of contemporary literature and writers at any point in their career
Winner of international 1 year subscription to the Orphan Leaf Review
D Golding, Chicago, Illinois
Answer: Cosmological Cookbook
Winner of subscription to Open Wide magazine
Annie Taylor, Wisbech, Cambs
Answer: A.D. Winans
Winner of subscription to Glimmer Train magazine
Brian C. Douglas, North Weald, Epping
Answer: $36
Winner of Alasdair Gray's '1982 Janine'
George Williamson, Polmont, Falkirk
Answer: Mad Hislop
Winner of Helen Cross's 'The Secrets She Keeps'
Tania Harvey, Manchester
Answer: The Bolshoi
Winner of Maria Grech Ganado's poetry collection 'Cracked Canvas'
John Collinge, Buspham, Blackpool
Answer: Ribcage
Winner of subscription to Storie magazine
Carol Jackson, Barnoldswick, Lancs
Answer: 83 Euros
Winner of copy of 'Under African Skies: Modern African Short Stories'
Diane Smith, Wyberton, Boston
Answer: A Prayer for the Living
Winner of copy of Interpol's 'Antics' cd
Mark Love, Falkirk
Answer: A girl scout meeting
Winner of copy of Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald's 'Phoenix in a Bottle'
Christine Rodger, Sunderland
Answer: Dr Arthut H. Cain
Winner of copy of Brina Svit's 'Death of a Prima Donna'
Harry Drabble, Malborough
Answer: The Silence of Fish
Winner of copy of Versal Magazine
Agnes Matthews, Aberdeen
Answer: Megan M. Garr
Winners of Ironstone Literary Magazine
Sue Wontroba, Sutton Caufield
Tristan Copsey, Ingleton, Lancs
Sue Omand, Dalgety Bay
Answer: Magi Gibson
Winner of copy of Gator Springs Gazette
David Bruton, Cheadle
Answer: $34
Winner of signed copy of Laura Hird's 'Nail and Other Stories'
Neil O'Grady, Rotherham
Answer: Rutherford
Winner of Prakas Kona�s �Pearls of an Unstrung Necklace�
Patrick A. Lewis, Birmingham
Answer: �Salt, Sunlight, Pendulum�, �The Analysis of Sleep� and �Reciprocities�
Winner of Courtney Angela Brkick's 'Stillness'
Davinder Kaur, Ely Bridge, Cardiff
Answer: Canis Lupis
Winner of Andrew Wilson's 'Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith'
Helen Harris, Leeds
Answer: Kathleen Senn
Winner of Sylvester Stein's 'Who Killed Mr Drum'
Dawn Quadling, Thetford, Norfolk
Answer: Sylvester Stein and Fraser Grace
Winners of copies of MG Vassanji's 'The In-Between World of Vikram Lall'
Kate Ruloff, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
Rossane Hamilton, Swindon
Rita Patel, Birmingham
Answer: Seema Chatterjee
Winner of PEN Sierra Leone 'Book of Voices'
Melvyn Flack, Ely, Cambs
Answer: Royal Festival Hall, London
Winner of Heather Lewis's 'Notice'
Kathy Bowles, Balvicar, Oban
Answer: OxyContin
Winner of Roger McGough's 'The State of Poetry'
Leanne Dempsey, Southampton
Answer: Laura Hird's site is almost and comprehensive and entertaining as the writer herself, a must for admirers of contemporary literature and writers at any point in their career
Winner of Alasdair Gray and Adam Tomkins' 'How We Should Rule Ourselves'
Sharon Emmott, Hounslow
Answer: Wilma Paterson
Winners of copies of Jean Paul Sartre's 'The Wall'
Carol Jackson, Barnoldswick, Lancs
Alan Harland, Scarborough
Jill Marshall, Milton Keynes
Mary Strong, Portsmouth
Jamie Gallant, DundeeAnswer: The White Garden
Winner of signed copy of 'Divine Filth: Lost Writings by Georges Bataille'
John Greenwood, Banstead, Surrey
Answer: Exquisite Corpse
Winners of copies of James Meek's 'The People's Act of Love'
Alan Johnson, MontroseAngi Nicholson, Birmingham
Peter Leicester, Sale, Cheshire
Answer: The Wall
Winner of Ali Smith's 'Supersonic 70's'
Agnes Matthew, Aberdeen
Answer: Sebastian Barry
Winner of Will Self's 'Design Faults in the 740 Turbo'
Natalie Newham, Nuthall, Nottinghamshire
Answer: Ben Trainin
Winner of Hunter S. Thompson's 'Happy Birthday Jack Nicholson'
Jane Willis, Fleet, Hampshire
Answer: Sala
Winner of The Writer's Handbook 2005'
George Rody, Southport
Answer: Counter-Cultural minefield
Winner of signed copy of Michael Paul Ladanyi's 'Chicken Bones'
Agnes Matthews, Aberdeen
Answer: Simple Truths and Coughing Things
Winner of Matthew Hollis's 'Ground Water'
Jane George, Birmingham
Answer: Hollis's father
Winner of Taras Grescoe's 'The End of Elsewhere: Travels Among the Tourists'
Syd Morgan, Brighton
Answer: Sacre Blue: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec
Winner of The Shamen's 'Hystericool' cd
Susan McInnes, Dunoon
Answer: Terrence McKenna
Winner of Stephen Moran's 'The London Silence'
Margaret Potter, Chelmsford
Answer: Guardian 1st Book Award
Winner of 'We're a Happy Family' Ramones tribute cd
Miss Sheena MacLellan, Paisley
Answer: Dee Dee Ramone
Winner of copy of Anna Funder's 'Stasiland'
Jason Mortlock, Orpington, Kent
Answer: Six
Winner of copy of Elfriede Jelinek's novel 'The Piano Teacher'
William Howe, Dobcross, Oldham
Answer: Walter Klemmer
Winner of signed copy of 'Children of Albion Rovers'
Annette Thomas, Lakenham, Norwich
Answer: Maria Grech Ganado
Winner of 'The Elastic Book of Numbers'
John Stecher, Seaford, East Sussex
Answer: Otis
Winner of Alice Munro's 'Runaway'
Samantha Price, Totton, Southampton
Answer: Otis
Winner of 'Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer' on DVD
David Jones, Glasgow
Answer: Otis
Winner of Friedrich Nietsche's 'Why I Am So Wise'
Ron Watson, Londonderry
Answer: Cosima Wagner
Winner of Kenji Misumi's 'Shogun Assassin' on dvd
Andrew Todd, Belfast
Answer: Sophie
Winner of Antonio Carlos Jobim's 'A Certain Mr. Jobim' cd
Diane Patterson, Newtownabbey, C. Antrim
Answer: Inutil paisagem
Winner of 'Girl on a Motorcycle' dvd
John Greenwood, Banstead, Surrey
Answer: Damon Albarn
Winner of Bloodaxe Books anthology, 'Being Alive'
Janet Stansfield, Kirkby
Answer: Meryl Streep
Winner of Richard Kelly's 'Donnie Darko' on dvd
Mark Binns, Poynton, Stockport
Answer: Grandma Death
Winner of Todd Solondz's 'Happiness' on DVD
Ian Yates, Clitheroe
Answer: Welcome to the Dollhouse
Winner of signed copy of Aliya Whiteley's novel, 'Mean Mode Meridian'
Lesley Davis, Hastings
Answer: Spitting Wasps
Winner of Franz Ferdinand's debut album, 'Franz Ferdinand'
Sheila Mountjoy, Sheffield
Answer: ��given the amazing reaction that �Take Me Out� got, it might be a good idea to keep it for the encore.�
Winner of the Art of Noise's 'Into Vision: The Compleat Compendium' on dvd
Mike Protheroe, Tilehurst, Reading
Answer: Nothing
Winner of inscribed copy of Steve Redwood's 'Fisher of Devils'
George Williamson, Polmont
Answer: Nearly 4 decades
Winner of Tom Waits' 'Asylum Years' on cd
John Crone, Neilston, East Renfrewshire
Answer: Sarah
Winner of Ron Butlin's 'Vivaldi and the Number 3'
Zahra Lucman, Leagrave
Answer: Maxie-the-Taxi
Winner of Dan Fante's novel, 'Spitting off Tall Buildings'
Martin Lee, Bradford
Answer: Danny De Vito
Winner of 3 magazine subscription to Open Wide magazine
Helen Woodhall, Whittington
Answer: 2004
Winner of signed copy of my collection, 'Nail and Other Stories'
Alan Johnson, Montrose
Answer: Trev Taylor
Winner of signed Elastic Press 'Alsiso Project' Anthology
Kate Bissell, Preston
Answer: Norwich
Winner of Bruce Robinson's 'The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman'
Marie Elvin, Roydon, Diss
Answer: Benvolio
Winner of Victoria Mary Clarke and Shane MacGowan's book, 'A Drink With Shane MacGowan'
John A Brown, Coventry
Answer: Jimmy Johnson
Winner of signed copy of T.C. Boyle's novel, 'The Tortilla Curtain'
Jayne Dynes, Camborne, Cornwall
Answer: This Monkey, My Back
Winner of signed copy of Tara Hanks book, 'Wicked Baby'
Sarah Cornelius, Egham
Answer: 'The Mmm Girl'
Winner of Luis Cuahtemoc Berriozabal's poetry collection, 'Raw Materials'
Harry Drabble, Malborough
Answer: Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Winner of Paul McDonald's novel, 'Kiss Me Softly, Amy Turtle'
Fleur Thomas, Petworth, Sussex
Answer: In the Second City
Winner of Antony Mann's 'Milo and I'
Elaine Norrie, Hull
Answer: Valcourt
Winner of Hubert Selby Jr's 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
Ms V O'Brien, London
Answer: �She has the best � as in the most honestly and evocatively described, not necessarily the highest quality � sex of any contemporary fictitious sex I�ve read.�
Winner of The Ruts 'Bustin' Out' cd
Jan Wroblewski, Deptford
Answer: Something That They Said
Winner of signed copy of Ralph Lopez's book, 'American Dream'
Tony Houghton, Sutton Heath, Merseyside
Answer: Noam Chomsky
Winner of personally inscribed copy of KM Dersley's 'Between the Alleyways at the World Fair'
Alan Johnson, Montrose
Answer: Mondays
Winner of signed copy of 'Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop' video
Roger Walter, Bedford
Answer: Deep Purple
Winner of signed copy of Dee Rimbaud's 'The Bad Seed'
Brenda Simms, Belfast
Answer: 'When it comes to the smacked-out paper poem, it's usually best to Just Say No'
Winner of first 2 issues of Versal Literary Magazine
Mary Teresa Franklin, Ottowa, Ontario
Answer: Words in Here
Winner of Gordon Legge's short story collection, 'Near Neighbours'
Lesley Millar, Abercarn, Newport
Answer: Earthquake Weather
Winner of signed copy of Neil Ayres' novel, 'Nicolo's Gift'
Iain Coull, Forfar, Angus
Answer: A six pack of Guinness and half a bottle of whisky
Winner of signed copy of Jackie Kay's novel, 'Trumpet'
M.N. Love, Hove
Answer: Helen Walsh, Kevin Sampson and Niall Griffiths
Winner of Radiohead 'Meeting People is Easy' Video
Nick Morley, Petersfield, Hants
Answer: 16
Winner of Canadian Lit Mag - NFG: Writing with Attitude
Neil Lewis, Townhill, Swansea
Answer: Toronto
Winner of the Harry Ritchie anthology, 'Acid Plaid'
Lesley Collins, Grays, Essex
Answer: Ken Russell
Winner of Dan Rhodes' novel, 'Timoleon Vieta Come Home'
Wendy Walker, Hillingdon
Answer: Toby and Lucy
Winner of Elizabeth Lewis's novel, 'Sunbathing in Siberia'
Lisa Stevenson, London
Answer: "A threat to the health of our children - degrade our town - transmit diseases"
Winner of Keith Haring Notelets and Envelopes
Jacqueline Malins, Huntingdon
Answer: Inizjamed
Winner of Helen Walsh's novel, 'Brass'
Sue Rees, Treorchy, Rhondda
Answer: Queer theory, masculinities and pornography
Winner of 'Donnie Darko' dvd
Mr David Hides, Dronfield
Answer: "Counter-cultural minefield and the official website of writer, Laura Hird"
Winner of copy of Jim Dodge's novel, 'Fup'
Alan Johnson, Montrose
Answer: 'The Swimmer'
Winner of signed copy of David Veronese's novel, 'Jana'
Vicky Haddock, Bolton
Answer: 'I thought it was great.'
Winner of Blur's 'No Distance Left to Run (The Making of)' DVD
Miss Egle Simkunaite, London
Answer: 'Johnny Cash, Whisky and Me Under a Table Without Shoes'
Winner of signed David Gardiner novel, 'The Rainbow Man'
Rosemary Peet, Ince, Wigan
Answer: Sirat
Winner of AA Independent Press Guide on cd-rom
Geraldine Gibson, Whitley Bay
Answer: Over 1500
Winner of signed, 'Going the Distance' anthology
Mags Norton, Scarborough
Answer: 'Taking Doreen Out of the Sky'
Winner of 'Salaam Bombay' on DVD
Su Agar, St Annes, Lancs
Answer: South Asian Diaspora Literature and Arts Archive (SALIDAA)
Winner of Wolfson and Grenadier's 'The Last Martini' CD competition
George Williamson, Polmont
Answer: Terrible Beauty
Winner of 'We Could Be Kings' DVD competition
Andrea Aspell, Onchan, Isle of Man
Answer: N*E*R*D with Justin Timberlake, S. Paul, Black-Eyed Peas
Winners of Northwords Literary Magazine
Sue Wontroba, Sutton Coldfield
Damien Oliver, Kingston-upon-Thames
Answer: Robert Davidson
Winner of signed, 'War in the Playground' by David Floyd
Andy Hardy, Bridlington
Answer: ABC Tales
Winner of signed, 'Mush' by Kathleen Kiirik Bryson
Sarah Thomas, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan
Answer: Scrambled Egg
Winner of signed, 'Children of Albion Rovers' anthology
Alan Johnson, Montrose
Answer: The Raging Face
Winner of Maria Grech Ganado's poetry collection, 'Ribcage'
Mary Crowley, Stafford
Answer: Demosthenes
Winner of 'The Night of the Living Dead' DVD
Cristina McDowall, Teignmouth
Answer: The Tenant
Winner of John Fante's novel, 'The Road to Los Angeles'
Jane Roberts, Doncaster
Answer: Verbal
Winner of 'Blue Velvet' dvd
Mr Yasuhiro Shimanuki, Barnet
Answer: Bexy
Winner of signed copy of 'Nail and Other Stories' dvd
Iain Hamilton, Swindon
Answer: A wireless laptop
Winner of 'Green Lights Blue Skies' dvd
Iain Coull, Letham, Angus
Answer: Dexy's Midnight Runners
Winner of Kevin Sampson's novel, 'Clubland'
Emma Szegner, Wigston
Answer: Space Invaders
Winner of Marion Arnott's short story collection, 'Sleepwalkers'
Lesley Davis, Hastings
Answer: A Strange Place
Winner of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Symmetry of Man' mousemat
Annette Hunt, Stretford, Manchester
Answer: Maurizio Cattelan
Winner of Stuart Thorogood's novel, 'Outside In'
James Andrews, Brighton
Answer: Outcast
Winner of Kenyon Review - Culture and Place issue
Will Troche, Cambridge
Answer: David Lynn
Winner of 'World Shut Your Mouth' DVD
Andrew Morris, Dundee
Answers:
1. Brass
2. www.thegayread.com
3. Michael Palin
4. Lisa Lashes
4. Daniel Clowes
Winner of Dundee Rep Arts Advocacy Project's anthology, 'Life is Not An Easy Matter...But Still'
William Morton, Partick
Answer: Delia Gallagher
Winners of Pulp's 'Hits' CD competition
Harry Drabble, Marlborough
Roger Walter, Bedford
Answer: Mr Melvyn's Roundway
Winner of Jim Ferguson's, 'Happiness TM' competition
Victoria Savill, Ashby de la ZouchAnswer: Wild Swans
Winners of Jim C Wilson's 'Spalebone Days' competition
Jane Willis, Fleet
Mr G Grieve, Liverpool
Penny Stephens, West Bromwich
Answer: 'Rock is Water' and 'The Unseen Hospital'
Winner of Alan Warner, 'The Man Who Walks' competition
Jill Marshall, Milton Keynes
Answer: Lynn Ramsay
Winner of Anon Poetry Magazine competition
Helen Marshall, Stockport
Answer: Blue Dog
Winner of Alice Sebold - 'The Lovely Bones' book competition
Jo Drake, Clevedon, Somerset
Answers:
1. Dexy's Midnight Runners
2. Electric six
3. Whisky
4. David Veronese
5. He thinks he adds a certain tone to what otherwise would be a drunken rabble
6. Hushabye Mountain
7. Blue Spark Sisters
8. "Get off the stage, you talentless dog!"
Winner of Matthew Firth - 'Fresh Meat' competition
Ian Wareing, Liverpool
Answer: Can You Take Me There, Now
Winner of Todd Solondz 'Happiness' competition
Eamonn Wright, Fleetwood
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