My story ‘The Salamander of London’ came third in this year’s Ann Pattinson memorial prize, a contest run by the good people at Sutton Writers.

Sutton Writers has renamed its annual competition after Ann Pattison, a stalwart of the group who passed away recently. This year there had to be a link with St Mary’s church in Beddington, and they introduced separate categories for poetry and prose. I won the poetry (but not the overall trophy)! Maybe I should give poetry more of a try…