Congratulations to the winner of the Anthology Personal Memoir Competition

First prize

Cecilia Maddison, England – ‘The Vanishing Years’

Congratulations to Cecilia whose winning entry will feature in a forthcoming issue of Anthology


Second prize

Tricia Bowen, Australia – ‘The Circle of Light’


Third prize

Alice McVeigh, England – ‘The Silver Cup’


Highly commended

The judges would also like to highlight the work of the following entrants. (In alphabetical order by last name):

Irem Alici Silk, England – ‘Mudbrick Houses’
Lynn Bushell, England – ‘Dover’
Jane Greig, Scotland – ‘The Gift’
Judy Judge, Australia – ‘Profiteroles and Fried Rice’
Eleanor Leith, Malta – ‘Angry Prawns: A Memoir of Grief’
Lisa Rebert, The Netherlands – ‘Tangent Properties, Angles of Love’
Ricardo Zegri, United States – ‘The Mountain’


Congratulations to our winners and highly commended entrants and thank you to all who participated in the competition to help make it a success.

Thank you also to our panel of judges who carefully assessed each entry to select the shortlist, highly commended entries and overall winner.


Entries are now invited for the Anthology Creative Awards 2026