Martin Huws

Martin Huws is a Welsh journalist, novelist and poet, who writes mainly in the Welsh language. In August 2026, he won the Crown at the 2026 Pembrokeshire National Eisteddfod.[1] He entered the competition under the name "Fan-go", with a pryddest (free-verse poem) on the subject "Adnabod" ("Recognition").[2] The competition aroused controversy when it was revealed that Huw Edwards had submitted an entry.[3]

Huws attended Cathays High School in Cardiff before studying at Cardiff University, and now lives in Taff's Well. As a journalist, he worked on publications such as Golwg and the Western Mail before joining ITV Wales. In 1994 he joined BBC Cymru. He was an official of the National Union of Journalists at BBC Wales.[4] With Huw Edwards and others, he produced a pamphlet for the UK's Low Pay Unit in 1998,[5]

His novel, Mae Heddwch yn Brifo came second in the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize competition (Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen) at the 2007 National Eisteddfod.[2] [6]

Publications

  • Dim Niwed Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2003.
  • Mae Heddwch yn Brifo (Peace Hurts) Y Lolfa, [7]
  • Sgrech Rhyfel (short stories) Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2002.[8]
  • Yr Awyr yn Troi'n Inc. (short stories) Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2018.
  • Dyn ar Dân (poetry). 2024[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Coron Eisteddfod y Garreg Las i Martin Huws". Golwg360 (in Welsh). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Martin Huws is the winner of the Crown at this year's Eisteddfod y Garreg Las". Eisteddfod. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Huw Edwards criticised for entering festival poetry competition". BBC News. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "There ought to be a law against it". The Journalist. National Union of Journalists: 13. 2003.
  5. ↑ "Low Pay in South Wales". Low Pay Review (33–38). Low Pay Unit. 1988.
  6. ↑ Wales and War: Society, Politics and Religion in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. University of Wales Press. 2007. p. 226. ISBN 9780708319017.
  7. ↑ "Mae Heddwch yn Brifo". Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  8. ↑ Alun Lenny. "Rhyfel nad yw'n darfod". BBC (in Welsh). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Book Review: Dyn ar Dân by Martin Huws". Nation Cymru. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
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