Enillydd / Winner
Saesneg / English
Clear
Carys Davies
On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on the beach below the cliffs. The newcomer is John Ferguson, an impoverished church minister sent to evict Ivar and turn the island into grazing land for sheep. Unaware of the stranger’s intentions, Ivar takes him into his home, and in spite of the two men having no common language, a fragile bond begins to form between them. Meanwhile on the mainland, John’s wife Mary anxiously awaits news of his mission. Against the rugged backdrop of this faraway spot beyond Shetland, Carys Davies’s intimate drama unfolds with tension and tenderness: a touching and crystalline study of ordinary people buffeted by history and a powerful exploration of the distances and connections between us.
Enillydd / Winner
Cymraeg / Welsh Language
Camu
Iola Ynyr
A series of biographical essays that move swiftly through memory but also give rein to imagination to weave colour. The essays comprise stories from Iola’s childhood to the present day as she imagines what the future holds. The volume also faces sadness and challenges honestly and with conviction, that love can shine through darkness.
Enillydd / Winner
Barn y Bobl Nation.Cymru Peoples Choice
Girls Etc
Rhian Elizabeth
The language in Rhian Elizabeth’s poetry feels instinctual: the poems in girls etc pulse and ripple with energy, their rhythms are perfectly pitched. Elizabeth writes of personal experience with an intensity and sharpness that challenges you to look closely. girls etc showcases a defiance, alongside the beauty and vulnerability here, which resonates long after the last page is turned.
Enillydd / Winner
Barn y Bobl Golwg 360 Peoples Choice
V + Fo
Gwenno Gwilym
A unique rom-com novel that deals with the complications that develop as a young couple separate and try to raise children. This fiction breaks new ground offering a realistic picture of a family in a home full of linguistic wonders. A novel by a new author that offers an unfiltered insight into contemporary Wales! Not suitable for children.
Saesneg / English
Ffuglen / Fiction Rhys Davies Trust
Enillydd
Clear
Carys Davies
On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on the beach below the cliffs. The newcomer is John Ferguson, an impoverished church minister sent to evict Ivar and turn the island into grazing land for sheep. Unaware of the stranger’s intentions, Ivar takes him into his home, and in spite of the two men having no common language, a fragile bond begins to form between them. Meanwhile on the mainland, John’s wife Mary anxiously awaits news of his mission. Against the rugged backdrop of this faraway spot beyond Shetland, Carys Davies’s intimate drama unfolds with tension and tenderness: a touching and crystalline study of ordinary people buffeted by history and a powerful exploration of the distances and connections between us.
Barddoniaeth / Poetry
Enillydd / Winner
Girls etc
Rhian Elizabeth
The language in Rhian Elizabeth’s poetry feels instinctual: the poems in girls etc pulse and ripple with energy, their rhythms are perfectly pitched. Elizabeth writes of personal experience with an intensity and sharpness that challenges you to look closely. girls etc showcases a defiance, alongside the beauty and vulnerability here, which resonates long after the last page is turned.
Ffeithiol Greadigol / Creative Non Fiction
Enillydd
Nightshade Mother
Gwyneth Lewis
In this extraordinary memoir, Gwyneth Lewis, the inaugural National Poet of Wales, recounts her toxic upbringing at the hands of her controlling, coercive mother. It is a book that Gwyneth has been preparing to write all her life, in diaries that she’s kept since childhood. In these journals, she interrogates the emotionally abusive mother/daughter relationship, in great pain but determined to find a way through.
Plant a Phobl Ifanc / Children and Young Adult
Enillydd / Winner
A History of my Weird
Chloe Heuch
Mae dechrau ysgol uwchradd yn her i unrhyw blentyn, ond trwy lygaid Miri ceir mewnwelediad i’r sialensau ychwanegol gall wynebu plentyn niwrowahanol. Yn ystod gwersi, caiff nodweddion awtistaidd fel stimio a rhannu gwybodaeth am ei diddordeb arbennig eu dehongli fel camymddygiad gan rai o’i athrawon, sy’n dewis anfon Miri o’r ystafell ddosbarth yn hytrach na chynnig y gefnogaeth sydd ei hangen arni fel disgybl gydag awtistiaeth.
Barddoniaeth / Poetry Welsh Language
Enillydd / Winner
Rhuo ei Distawrwydd
Meleri Davies
Ffeithiol Greadigol
Enillydd
Camu
Iola Ynyr
A series of biographical essays that move swiftly through memory but also give rein to imagination to weave colour. The essays comprise stories from Iola’s childhood to the present day as she imagines what the future holds. The volume also faces sadness and challenges honestly and with conviction, that love can shine through darkness.
Ffuglen / Fiction
Enillydd / Winner
V + Fo
Gwenno Gwilym
A unique rom-com novel that deals with the complications that develop as a young couple separate and try to raise children. This fiction breaks new ground offering a realistic picture of a family in a home full of linguistic wonders. A novel by a new author that offers an unfiltered insight into contemporary Wales! Not suitable for children.
Plant a Phobl Ifanc / Children and young Adults
Enillydd / Winner
Arwana Swtan a’r Sgodyn Od
Angie Roberts a Dyfan Roberts
Dyma nofel fer a doniol dros ben gan awdur sy’n gwybod sut i ddiddori a phlesio plant. Mae pethau’n ddiflas iawn yng Nghaernarfon pan mae Arwana Swtan yn cyrraedd yno yng nghanol storm fawr i aros efo’i thaid, Taidi. Ond diolch i’r fôr-forwyn hynod honno, Swigi Dwgong, daw tro ar fyd i’r dre a’i phobol. Stori gyflym, glyfar a llawn hiwmor.