The Adas 2024
ADA CAMBRIDGE WRITING PRIZES
FIRST PRIZE
Catherine Padmore – ‘Can You Hear Me?’
RUNNER-UP
Catherine Bateson – ‘Not Even Specks’
Peter Kenneally – ‘St Patrick’s Day’
HIGHLY COMMENDED (in alphabetical order)
Cynthia Troup – ‘Language and Fire’
Poppea White – ‘Water Baby’
COMMENDED (in alphabetical order)
Hermina Burns – ‘There Isn’t Time’
Carmel Riordan – ‘Leg of Lamb’
SHORTLISTED (in alphabetical order)
Catherine Bell – ‘If You Don’t, I Can’t’
Pauline Cleary – ‘Sing Me Home’
Jean Flynn – ‘Coffee with Martina’
Nicky Zhang – ‘How to Be a Good Asian’
See the judges report here.
FIRST PRIZE
Stephanie Powell – ‘Fig’
RUNNER UP
Gareth Morgan – ‘love hate sex death’
HIGHLY COMMENDED (in alphabetical order)
E.A. Gleeson – ‘Companion Planting’
Alexander Homoc – ‘A Mug from Goodwill’
Richenda Rudman – ‘Good Gifts from Above’
COMMENDED (in alphabetical order)
Catherine Bateson – ‘Under the Clothesline’
Hermina Burns – ‘Williamstown Road’
Anne M. Carson – ‘First kiss, 12 or 13’
Jemma van Loenen – ‘fall’
Kim Waters – ‘Five O’Clock Practice’
See the judges report here.
FIRST PRIZE
Gihara Jayaneththi– ‘Vivace’
RUNNER-UP
Sowmya Ghimire – ‘Menarche’
HIGHLY COMMENDED (in alphabetical order)
Avani Malali – ‘Verity’
Ashmi Sarkar – ‘Perfect to Me’
COMMENDED (in alphabetical order)
Angelica Pham – ‘Running Out of Time’
Mahnoor Talpur – ‘Daisy and the Oak Tree’
SHORTLISTED (in alphabetical order)
Anjali Bijukumar – ‘A Loving Universe’
Gurleen Jhajj – ‘The Secrets in the Stars’
Momina Khan – ‘The Field We Lay In’
Muskan Pant – ‘Free Mandalay’
See the judges report here.