Writing Award 2022

Liam McKenzie, a vampire, introduces us to a world with dark appetites, but also of love, mystery, and the deadly secrets that will strive to redefine who he is forever.

Intergenerational members of the Finch family love one another. But their world is tough. Too often, their experiences fall short. Rape. Addiction. Abuse. They buckle and fall prey to sabotaging each other’s happiness. Yet their will to do good is strong. When the time comes, they sacrifice hard.

Upon returning home after a long Christmas night, Santa decides his red and white suit is too old, torn and tattered, and behind the times, but with the help of a bit of Christmas Magic, he makes a discovery about “the real me.”

The Goldweaver tells the story of a young woman seeking a cure for an affliction, not realising she possesses a power to open portals to mysterious places, who becomes embroiled in the political pageantry that grips her country in its search for a new leader.

As Lana struggles with survivorship and Alam mismanages his past and workload, unexpected love breathes new life into their dreams until the wake of Lana's illness threatens to break them for good.

An angel prince recruits a demon thug from the capital's ghetto as a personal bodyguard, and while the nobility calls this the typical spoiled, scandalous indulgence of the royal family, they secretly work together to remove the King of Heaven from the throne and change the world order.

What if circumstances in Elvis Presley's young life before he was famous had been different? What if Elvis had turned down Col. Tom Parker's offer to manage his career? Would Elvis still be a worldwide phenomenon or just another nameless face in the crowd? What if...

The wine blessed at the Last Supper with the divine power to cure any illness was secretly used for almost 2,000 years and then lost… until now. To save humanity, the world’s top wine expert, with an uncanny ability to smell truth or lies, must use the most powerful weapon of all: her nose.

The Black Tulip: A time slip who-done-it which dives deep into the dirty politics, power struggles and ambition of those who seek to create a New Scotland. How far will principled Elizabeth Armstrong go to win the prize of an independent Scotland? [House of Cards meets Lady of Hay]

Two smugglers, two pirates, two highborns. A dangerous expedition that will change their lives. Unless their secrets tear them apart. Game of Thrones meets Murder on the Orient Express.

A story of passion and fury. It tells a tale of feuding families of powerful beings, lovers found dead in each other’s arms through mysterious means, two emissaries sent to investigate, evil afoot, family secrets, and enemies turned lovers. What else could possibly go wrong?

As Old America emerges out of the ashes of the Second Civil War, John Goodman III loses all he loves to a corrupt prison system. With nothing left to lose, his mind is fixed on destroying his family's killer, yet an unlikely friend invites him to a greater purpose.