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In 2013 the Islington Folk Club again held a competition across the World Wide Web for unaccompanied solo singers. Entry was free and videos had to be uploaded to YouTube by 31st October 2013.
The winners were announced at the club Christmas Party on Thursday 19th December 2013:
| 1st prize | Gemma Khawaja | Higher Germany | http://youtu.be/VQy9m9LJcvg |
| 2nd prize | Karina Knight | The Lover's Ghost | http://youtu.be/oorO3wU3rrw |
| 3rd prize | Sunnie Dae | Dandy Shandy | http://youtu.be/mMhp58ZnHFQ |
The judges chose the following short list (they are listed in YouTube URL -- ie random -- order).
| Singer | Song | YouTube URL |
|---|---|---|
| Gavin Atkin | Short Jacket and White Trousers | http://youtu.be/0Sei7nNknDg |
| Louise Jordan | Bedlam | http://youtu.be/6xvoABP-Rsk |
| Piers Haslam | Babes in the Wood | http://youtu.be/e9He4Vp_vo8 |
| Eleanor Penny | The Blacksmith | http://youtu.be/FQVMrttLe-k |
| Carol Burtt | Father's Song | http://youtu.be/GPLYUHElBzQ |
| Mandy Rowland | The Barmaid's Song | http://youtu.be/iCJmB57icAg |
| Sunnie Dae | Dandy Shandy | http://youtu.be/mMhp58ZnHFQ |
| Karina Knight | The Lover's Ghost | http://youtu.be/oorO3wU3rrw |
| Kim Lowings | The Bonny Labouring Boy | http://youtu.be/R-fZkf6wlBs |
| Gemma Khawaja | Higher Germany | http://youtu.be/VQy9m9LJcvg |
| Ffion Mair | Myn Mair | http://youtu.be/zBd8lOFmBIs |
The following 36 entries were received.
| Singer | Song | YouTube URL |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Worley | Lover Launderette | http://youtu.be/_zleTMSdzys |
| Alison Barnes | She moved through the fair | http://youtu.be/0A-tjCzlIsY |
| Daria Kulesh | Sadko Lullaby | http://youtu.be/0jAFbieupPQ |
| Gavin Atkin | Short Jacket and White Trousers | http://youtu.be/0Sei7nNknDg |
| Peg Aloi | Westlin Winds | http://youtu.be/4lgTnpVNhYA |
| Bill Pardon | Face On the Water | http://youtu.be/6jL5nHlnv4o |
| Louise Jordan | Bedlam | http://youtu.be/6xvoABP-Rsk |
| Patrick Rose | Murder At Westmill | http://youtu.be/7bU02wey0Fs |
| Mike Musgrove | The Window | http://youtu.be/7BUNmwDJGJk |
| John Foxen | Nine Times a Night | http://youtu.be/9kll8ma2GDs |
| Piers Haslam | Babes in the Wood | http://youtu.be/e9He4Vp_vo8 |
| Eleanor Penny | The Blacksmith | http://youtu.be/FQVMrttLe-k |
| Aisling Austin | Grand Junction | http://youtu.be/GkXsjJgmPjo |
| Carol Burtt | Father's Song | http://youtu.be/GPLYUHElBzQ |
| Mab Foxen | The Recruited Collier | http://youtu.be/hf_9e37ZCBA |
| Josh Cartwright | The Rose of York | http://youtu.be/hQCN4O_Tti4 |
| Mandy Rowland | The Barmaid's Song | http://youtu.be/iCJmB57icAg |
| Claire Mace | Outlandish Knight | http://youtu.be/kQMinX-35k4 |
| Ali Rose | Another Train | http://youtu.be/lr4zbcfAE8E |
| Kate Rouse | The Green Bed | http://youtu.be/Ls21c-rR0t8 |
| Sunnie Dae | Dandy Shandy | http://youtu.be/mMhp58ZnHFQ |
| Michelle Paris | Hills of Glenshee | http://youtu.be/MZ0mUAfWweo |
| Karina Knight | The Lover's Ghost | http://youtu.be/oorO3wU3rrw |
| Hannah Sanders | Sailor's Life | http://youtu.be/P162fZcmdM8 |
| John Cattini | Slieve Gallon Brae | http://youtu.be/pQbfOUNnt2k |
| Robin Timmis | Pretty Saro | http://youtu.be/QRTvB7v56JU |
| Kim Lowings | The Bonny Labouring Boy | http://youtu.be/R-fZkf6wlBs |
| Peter Jaines | Johnny McEldoo | http://youtu.be/rQaOWievYzQ |
| Martin Sellers | The Gardener and the Ploughman | http://youtu.be/sCDk5vUdGQY |
| Peter Walters | Wop, She 'ad It-IO | http://youtu.be/SfJVlQzGRic |
| Steve Donnelly | Sammy's Bar, | http://youtu.be/TaCgCQLM4Ac |
| Jim Hickson | Died for Love | http://youtu.be/unOOl9g5P-w |
| Gemma Khawaja | Higher Germany | http://youtu.be/VQy9m9LJcvg |
| Alison Raymond | The Four loom Weaver | http://youtu.be/Vt1KQBsBfH0 |
| Jane Thomson | Songs My Mother Taught Me | http://youtu.be/xn09GyEOGv0 |
| Ffion Mair | Myn Mair | http://youtu.be/zBd8lOFmBIs |
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