Tudor Characters Competition
In August 2011 The Anne Boleyn Files held a special article competition inspired by Sandra Byrd’s novel, “To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn”, which told Anne Boleyn’s story through the eyes of her childhood friend and lady, Meg Wyatt.
Entrants had to write about a Tudor character, other than Anne Boleyn, who fascinated them. The brief was that the article should contain a brief bio plus an explanation of why the writer found the character so interesting. Our judges picked one overall winner who won a $50 Anne Boleyn Files voucher and a copy of “To Die For” and four runners-up who won copies of the novel.
The judges enjoyed reading every single article so a big thank you to all who entered.
Winner
- Lady Jane and Me – Nancy Smith
Runners-up
- Sir Henry Norris by Lana Norris
- Sir Thomas Cromwell by Linda M. Hart
- Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder: The Unfinished Story by Libby Schofield
- Katherine Howard by Arielle Kaplan
Other Entries
- George Boleyn by Lauren Duddell
- Eternally Lovesick: The Life of Thomas Wyatt by Maya Crowe-Barnes
- Cunning Master Cromwell by Laurie Ellinghausen Callan
- Mary Boleyn: The Unknown Sister by Sarah Bryson
- Lady Jane Grey: Queen for Nine Days by Julie Webster
- Elizabeth of York: The Destiny of a Princess by Alison Shiels
- Elizabeth Tudor by Christine Jason
- Anne of Cleves: Revenge of the Repulsed by Jackie Jones
- Queen Elizabeth I of England by Ashley Currier
- The Forgotten Queen and Woman: Lady Jane Grey by Jennifer Broderick
- Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford by Camille Green
- The Polarization of Henry Tudor’s Wives: Jane Seymour by Niki A. Incorvia
- The Rose without a Thorn: Catherine Howard by Courtnie Harrison
- Elizabeth Howard by Callum Metcalfe
- Elizabeth I by Morgan Ravenwood
- Elizabeth I by Kari Schrecengost
- To Deny a Queen In: Lady Jane Grey by Jamie Uy
- Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland by Jenny Nicholas
- Mary Boleyn by Karissa Baker
- Lady Jane Grey by Laura Reed
- Catherine Howard by Nanette Baker
- Papa Boleyn: Satan in Disguise by Maddy Mikinski
- The Heartbreaker: Henry Percy by Karol Freitas
- The Honorable and forgotten Queen Elizabeth of York by Ingrid Camargo da Motta
- The Lady Jane Grey: Queen for Nine Days by Deanna Candler
- The Favorite Mistress Unveiled: Mary Boleyn by Samridhi Khanna
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and mother of a Queen of England by Danielle Hendrickson
- Tom Butler, Elizabeth’s ‘Black Husband’, by Valerie Christie