Gavin, an adopted Yorkshireman, has a lovely wife, three daft mutts and a soon-to-be-wed daughter. After 35 years arranging words onto signs, vehicles and assorted designs, he is now trying to coax the tricky rascals into his first crime novel, The Kerning. A winner of Bradford Literature Festival 2018’s Northern Noir and a New Voices nominee at Capital Crime 2019, Gavin really must get that novel finished soon. Occasionally, on Tuesdays, he posts Rubbish Poems (content and quality) about his bincollectors at www.gavindimmock.com
Runner-up in the Twist Short Story Competition was Jennifer Moore, Ivybridge, Devon, whose story is published on www.writers-online.co.uk Also shortlisted were: Liz Andersen, Little Clacton, Essex; Sarah Boisvert, Austin, Texas; Michael Callaghan, Glasgow; Gary Cole, Watford, Hertfordshire; Andrew French, Redcar, Teesside; Sumana Khan, Readi ng, Berkshire; Jake Lewsey, Birmingham; Katherin Machon, St Clement, Jersey; AJ Reid, Heswall, Wirral; Kathy Schilbach, Lancing, West Sussex; Sarah Turner, Rayleigh, Essex.