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Shortlist 2025

We would like to recognise the achievements of the writers shortlisted for the 2025 Northern Writers’ Awards. Our judges and readers were highly impressed with the diverse range of talent across all the awards. We wish you every success with your writing.

Northern Writers’ Award for Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction Shortlist

Rachel Bower
Gaynor Jones
Tawseef Khan
Pamela Plumb

Northern Debut Award for Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction Shortlist

Kate Baudelaire
Delaina Haslam
Hafsah Kelly
Mie Murasa

Northern Debut Award for Young Adult Fiction Shortlist

Alison Adkins
Dawn Amesbury
Rachel Baron
Nathanael Wheatcroft-Brown

Northern Writers’ Award for Poetry Shortlist

Claire Askew
Kimberly Campanello
Ben Wilkinson

Northern Debut Award for Poetry Shortlist

Amaleena Damlé
Elaine Ewart
Jeremy Nelson
Luke Worthy

Hachette Children’s Novel Award Shortlist

Kim Donovan
Sarah Stamford
Mae Tang

Northumbria University Student and Alumni Award Shortlist

Cameron Inglis
Adam Lock
Emily Milburn
Thomas Smith

Tempest Prize Shortlist

Ali Choudhary
Cory Mackenzie-Gray
Megan Robertson
Mika Royd

Sid Chaplin Award Shortlist

Matt Abbott
Martha Bird
Lewis Johnson
Barry Marshall
Julie Noble
Chloe Sexton

Finchale Award Shortlist

Inés Gregori Labarta
Louise Marr

Northern Promise TLC Award Shortlist

Laura Buckley
Phoebe Hallett
Sharon Thomas

Arvon Award Shortlist

Tammie Meera Ash
Hana Fazal
Katie Hale
Eloise Poole
Ciel Stynes

Young Northern Writers’ Award (11-14) Shortlist

Maia Harrington

Young Northern Writers’ Award (15-18) Shortlist

Grace Day
Grace Elsdon
Molly Graham
Alina Kumaran

Matthew Hale Award Shortlist

Timothy Crampton
Laila Hooley
Darcie Peters
Cienna Draper

Eva Ibbotson Award Shortlist

Khudeeja Begum