LIVING WELL POETRY COMPETITION 2019
‘Sweet Memories’ and ‘New Day in Spain’ selected for inclusion in anthology, to be published in aid of Isabel Hospice.
MOMAYA PRESS ANNUAL REVIEW
‘Us’ and ‘The Undefeated’ chosen from competition to appear in Review
MOMAYA PRESS POETRY COMPETITION 2018
‘Us’ and ‘The Undefeated’ selected for anthology
NANTWICH FESTIVAL COMPETITION 2016
‘Daniel’s Shore’ commended.
FIRST WRITER COMPETITION 2016
‘Partying’ – commendation and publication.
ARTIFICIUM ‘IN BRIEF’ COMPETITION 2016
‘Yer Ides’ wins 1st prize
ARTIFICIUM COMPETITION 2015
‘Plastic Toys in Cereals: An Updating’ wins 2nd prize
FYLDE WRITERS’ COMPETITION 2014
‘Vivaldi and the Metro: Pride in Survival’ – in shortlist of ten
HAVANT LITERARY FESTIVAL COMPETITION 2014
‘Admission Times Five’ – shortlisted and displayed at the Festival
WIRRAL FESTIVAL OF FIRSTS COMPETITION 2013
‘One For The Road’ wins 2nd prize
FLASH 500 HUMOUR VERSE 2012 COMPETITION
‘A Dramatic Interlude’ wins 2nd prize
‘Pebbles on the Beach’ shortlisted
SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT 2012 BUILD AFRICA COMPETITION
‘Finding Edna’ is highly commended
NEW WRITER 2012 COMPETITION
‘Swimmer and Fisher‘ wins ‘honourable mention’ in judge’s report
2011 – I withdrew from poetry competitions, though some poetry was published in magazines. My thought at the time was to concentrate exclusively on short fiction for competition purposes, but I eventually decided that if there were two strings to the bow, I might as well play both of them!
POETRY MAGAZINES SITE
‘Poor People’s Houses’ and ‘Death of Mr Thorne’ selected to appear on compendium Poetry Magazines site for the magazine Fire!
JB WRITERS’ BUREAU 2010 COMPETITION
‘Rooms’ and ‘Doctor Dear’ both highly commended
FYLDE WRITERS’ 2010 COMPETITION
‘Urban Player’ shortlisted
GRACE DIEU WRITERS’ CIRCLE 2010 COMPETITION
‘Aliens Coming to Earth: Advice on Timing’ shortlisted
INDIGO DREAMS 2010 COMPETITION
‘Death of the Speed Camera’ commended
MILTON KEYNES’ SPEAKEASY WRITERS’ CIRCLE 2010 COMPETITION
‘Philip Dancing’ wins 2nd prize
‘Chaos’ is highly commended
SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT SWALE LIFE 2010 COMPETITION
‘Commuter Computer’ wins 2nd prize
About Bruce Harris
Bruce Harris is a Devon-based author and poet who has been consistently successful in short fiction and poetry competitions since 2003, after a long teaching and research career involving published journalism.
Bruce has published four collections of short fiction, Fallen Eagles (2021), The Guy Thing (2018), Odds Against (2017), and First Flame (2013), and three poetry collections, The Huntington Hydra (2019), Kaleidoscope (2017) and Raised Voices (2014). His first novel, Howell Grange, was published by the Book Guild in October 2019; his second, Gemini Day, was published by The Conrad Press in July 2021, and his third, The Densham Do was published by Book Guild publication on February 28th 2022.