A full list of our stories and poems, organised by category:
Commended Poems from our ‘Community’ competition (2024):
- Portuguese Man O’War by Christina Moran (poem).
- Fig – Ficus Carica by Liz Kendall (poem).
- Where the Mallards Laugh by Denise Bennett (poem).
- After The Plagues by Fiona Dignan (poem).
Life Under the Surface (2022):
- Majestic by Rio Bivens (story).
- Fluke Prints by Helen Salsbury (story).
- Beige Barry by Sue Shipp (story).
- I Want to Swim in the Sea by Christine Lawrence (story).
- Agent for Change by Sue Spiers (poem).
- Coming Up for Air by SC (story).
- Granny, Harry and the Sea by Barbara Claridge (poem).
Read the article which inspired these stories here.
Making Places for People (2022):
- The Crocodile Has Many Teeth by Sue Spiers (poem).
- Walking Home by Tina MacNaughton (story).
- Strange Places by Tina MacNaughton (poem).
- In the Pine Forest by Julian Bishop (poem).
- The Musings of a Grey Cloud by Soumya Jasthi (poem).
- Litter Pick Surprises by Christina Moran (poem).
- The Song of the Queen Bee by Irene Strange (poem).
- Eastney – A Crossing Place by Rachel Birchley (non-fiction).
- Web of My Life by Judith Thompson (poem).
- A Gentle Flowering by Jane Andreoli (story).
- A Legacy of Greening by Marguerite Doyle (poem).
- Danecroft Otter by Judith Thompson (non-fiction).
Read the article which inspired these stories here.
Small Differences Add Up (2021):
- All Thanks to What Albert Might or Might Not Have Said by Sue Shipp (story).
- The Bug Hotel by Sue Harper (non-fiction).
- No. 44 by Tina Cathleen MacNaughton (story).
- Small Thing by Barbara Claridge (poem).
- We Should Be Ghosts by Annie Kirby (non-fiction).
- Guard them gardenz by Sue Spiers (poem).
- How We Used To Live by Nicola Humphreys (poem).
- Weeds by Jane Andreoli (poem).
- An Ordinary Day by SC (story).
- Window of Opportunity by Mark Cassidy (poem).
- Empathy Rains by Irene Strange (poem).
- U Cignale by Maggie Sawkins (poem).
- An Acceptable Alternative by Jane Andreoli (story).
- The Mother Duck and the Drake by Linda Hilborne (story).
- Blow Gently on its Wings by Joan Horton (poem).
- The Future Child by Margaret Jennings (poem).
- Mrs Peters by Tina MacNaughton (story).
- Studland Bay Eco-Buoy by Sue Spiers (poem).
Read the article which inspired these stories here.
Seeking the 2020 Rainbow (2020):
- A Borrowed Arboretum by Wendy Metcalfe (non-fiction).
- Stream by Andrew Larder (non-fiction).
- Summer Magic by Joan Farnell (story).
- Southsea Green Community Garden by Irene Strange (non-fiction and poem).
- Your Beautiful Eyes by Christine Lawrence (story).
- Nigra Bamboo by Maggie Sawkins (poem).
- In Search of Portsmouth’s Marginal Spaces by John Callaway (non-fiction).
- The Unlock Dress Code by Sue Spiers (poem).
- Compost Heap by Sue Harper (story).
- VE Day by Liz Kay (poem).
- Bun Penny by Margaret Jennings (story).
- Lockdown Journey by Sue Cornell (poem).
- Prolific by FC Malby (story).
- It Started With a Timid Message by Charlotte Comley (non-fiction).
- Crisis by Diana Ashman (poem).
- Common Things by Barbara Claridge (poem).
- The Rainbow on the Wall by Linda Hilborne (poem).
- Dowdy Street by Sue Shipp (story).
- Two Gardens by Richard Williams (poem).
- In the Shadow of the Oak by Wendy Metcalfe (non-fiction).
- Sky Train / Possessions by Bruce and Emlyn Parry (poem).
- On Southampton Sports Centre During Lockdown by Cathryn McCarthy (poem).
- The Year of Silent Healing by Christine Lawrence (poem).
- Earth Poem by Helen Salsbury (poem).
- The Empty Road by Margaret Jennings (story).
Read the article which inspired these stories here.
Planting Portsmouth (2020):
- A Sliver of Life by Sue Shipp (story)
- After the Storm by SC (story)
- Better Shape by Richard Salsbury (story)
- Conker Time by Bruce Parry (poem)
- Fire and Blood by Wendy Metcalfe (story)
- The Plane Tree by Patricia Arnold (poem)
- Planting Nature by Bruce Parry (non-fiction)
- Sky Food by Sue Harper (story)
- Socks by Helen Salsbury (story)
- The Weeping Ash Tree by Irene Strange (non-fiction / poem)
- Let’s Plant Trees for Birds to Sing On by Bruce Parry (non-fiction)
Read the articles which inspired these stories here:
Plastic Free Portsmouth (2019):
- Every Little Helps by Sue Shipp (story)
- Fish of the Sea by Eileen Phyall (story)
- Drowning, Not Waving by SC (story)
- Southsea but Plastic-Free by Alison Habens (poem)
Read the article which inspired these stories here.
Streets for People (2019):
- The Street Party by Christine Lawrence (story)
- Walk of Shame by Helen Salsbury (story)
- A Celebration by Richard Salsbury (story)
- A Year of Lily’s Sunflowers by Annie Kirby (story)
Read the articles which inspired these stories here and here.
Portsmouth 2030 – A City Transformed (2019):
- Ten Years Gone by Richard Salsbury (story)
- Authentic Success by Wendy Metcalfe (story)
- 2028 Conversation by Clare Seek (story)
- The Future of Fashion by Linda Hilborne (story)
- Portsmouth 2030 by Chris Walsh (story)
Read the article which inspired these stories here.
More (unthemed work):
- When I Heard the Learn’d Inuit by Maggie Sawkins (poem)
- The Return by Emlyn Parry (poem)