The 1st prize was awarded to Vivien McDermid with her story “Paint”. Described as a “vividly captured and tender story” that was a “touching portrayal of mother with a small toddler“. Vivien will receive a cheque for £1000 at the ceremony at the ICA at 2.30pm on Sunday 8th November.

(The 2009 winner of the Observer/Cape Short Graphic Story competition: Vivien McDermid’s “Paint”)

Second place and winner of a stack of graphic novels and a check for £250 was Joff Winterhart with “Days of the Bagnold Summer” which they described as a “hilarious and achingly realistic portrait of a mother and teenage son”

(Joff Winterhart’s “Days of the Bagnold Summer”, runner up in the 2009 Observer/Cape Short Graphic Story competition)

Congratulations to both winners and to all that entered – the article talks of the fantastic quality throughout the entries this year, something we’re beginning to see online with various cartoonists posting their entries on various sites and blogs already. More on those later in the week.

Guardian /Observer: Every Picture Tells A Story article.

Days of Bagnold Summer is available to read here: page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4.

Paint is available to read here: page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, or online here.