Literary Medal 2019

Literary Medal 2019

Aug 7, 2019

Rhiannon Ifans has been awarded the Literary Medal at the 2019 National Eisteddfod for her novel, ‘Ingrid’.

Rhiannon Ifans has been awarded the Literary Medal at the 2019 National Eisteddfod for her novel, ‘Ingrid’.

This year’s medal is presented for a volume of creative prose of no more than 40,000 words, on the theme of ‘Cylchoedd ‘ (‘Circles’). The adjudicators were Mererid Hopwood, Alun Cob and Aled Islwyn.

Literary Medal 2019

Daniel Owen Memorial Prize 2019

Aug 6, 2019

The winner of the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize for 2018 is Guto Dafydd for his novel, Carafanio.

Guto Dafydd, a native of Drefor, has won the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize for 2019 at the National Eisteddfod at Llanrwst, for his novel Carafanio.

This literary prize is awarded for an unpublished novel with a strong story line, and this year’s adjudicators were Haf Llewelyn, Dyfed Edwards and Llwyd Owen.