Natur Cymru’s £1,000 Writing Challenge

Inspired by Nature - Previous Competitions

 


Richard Birch winner
Richard Birch
Dave Iolo Owen Natur Cymru
David Wright Owen Bidder and Iolo Williams
Prizegiving 2010

In 2010 there were almost 60 entries and the outright winner of the £500 cash prize was Richard Birch who lives on Anglesey.

His engaging article titled Extract from a Victorian diary was written through the eyes of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.

In 2nd place was Chris Kinsey with The Art of Seeing Kingfishers 

In 2009 the competition was open only to students at universities in Wales.

The judges were unable to choose an outright winner and awarded the £500 prize money equally to Dave Wright from Bangor University and Owen Bidder from Swansea University.

 

The winning articles, published in Natur Cymru, were:

Click Here to view "Glowing ghosts of the sea" by David Wright

Click Here to view "The European polecat: unsung species"by Owen Bidder