A postcard from Tŷ Newydd
I stayed in room No. 11, Y Lôn Goed. Named after the path in R. Williams Parry’s poem. The one that leads to the coast, towards Llanystumdwy and the white house with the verdigris front door. A way through, then. To the long table downstairs, 11 writers surrounding it. To Catherine’s morning workshops; Tony’s bara brith. To the half-moon
of the library window, hot from the sun. To one word after another. To the giant’s chair in the garden. Cows knee deep in bluebells. To more writing. To other people’s stories about families, ghosts, alternate planets. To readings on the last night. Thank you Canolfan Ty Newydd for creating such a beautiful place to spend time in, I can’t wait to find a way back.
Sybilla Harvey completed a creative residency at Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre as part of her prize as a runner-up in The Rheidol Prize for Prose with a Welsh Theme or Setting in the 10th edition of the New Welsh Writing Awards. Her short story, 'The Flattening' is now published in New Welsh Review Issue 138. Available here.
With thanks to Tŷ Newydd and Literature Wales for the sponsorship of this prize and to the generous support from philanthropic sponsor RS Powell.
Sybilla grew up in Abergavenny and later completed an MA in Creative & Life Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London. Now a creative director for a production company in New York, she returns home often. Her fiction has been recognised in competitions such as the Berlin Writing Prize and the Mslexia Women’s Fiction competition. Her short story ‘Activity Week’ was shortlisted for the 2025 Rhys Davies Short Story Award Anthology. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband Chris and dachshund Cooper. 
