Swiss Creative Writing Prize Results Revealed

Members of the Advanced Creative Writing class at KSWE submitted their short stories and poems to the Swiss Creative Writing Prize competition with great success.

Poetry prize: we’re especially proud of Imè Esenam (G2A), who not only won 1st Prize for her poem »Black coffee or To all the girls with hard to swallow names« but also claimed the 2nd Prize with »To be black, to be woman«. This has never happened before at the competition, and as all the poems and short stories were judged anonymously, it came to light only after the judge returned her selection. The following students were also shortlisted (in no particular order): Carla Honold (G4A) for two of her poems, »Lying« and »Rite of passage — a sonnet«, and Lilly-May Stutz (G4A) for her poem »The Pilot«.
The following student were short listed for the short story prize (in no particular order): Salome Bachmann (G4A), »Christmas Crisis«, Enya Fritschy (G4A), »My Memory Update«, Jil Hug (G2C), »Trapeze Act«.

One of the prize judges wrote the following when returning her results:
»One of the hardest things about writing, for me, is showing other people my work. It’s exposing and daunting to open yourself up to the criticism (and even the praise) that may follow. So first of all I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who entered this competition. It’s brave of you to write, brave to put yourself out there and be willing to be judged by others.«

We congratulate all the students who continually submit their work and strive to improve their writing.