We're pleased to announce the winners of our resoundingly successful Short Poetry competition. It was judged by renowned poet Sheenagh Pugh, who read all 525 entries submitted and commented on the impressive standard:
For a small competition the standard was high - far higher, certainly, than in the last big-money competition I judged. A lot of the poems felt very fresh and individual; though technically accomplished, they were not mere technical exercises. - Sheenagh Pugh, judge.
The winning entry was 'Tundra' by Alice Allen, a poem that, Pugh says, 'leaves the reader's mind a little marked, altered from what it was... that is what, as poets, we are all trying to do'.
Highly Commended were 'Clear Night' by Pat Borthwick, 'Razzamatazz' by Rosi Beech, 'Owl-Night' by Marc Harris and 'Love' by Charles Evans.
Commended were 'Gulls' by Christine Lowes, 'Boxes' by Emily Gale, 'Stepmother' by Simone Mansell Broome, 'Thought While Driving Home From Swansea' by Rona Laycock, 'Ophelia' by Kate Noakes, 'Office Block' by Michael Price, 'Mountaineer' by Rosy Wilson, 'Alien on a Train' by Marguerite Colgan, 'Reflections' by Carol Boland, 'Afghan Dream' by Caroline Clark, 'New Age' by Rosi Beech, 'The Accomplished Lover' by Rosi Beech, 'Doorstop' by Katherine Stansfield, 'Family Reunion' by Paul Cuddihy, 'On the Doorstep' by Clive Gilson, 'The Winning Score' by Marc Harris, 'Whale Watch' by Pat Borthwick, 'Vodka Kicks + Teardrops' by Charles E. Baylis, 'Early Childhood' by Tom Dowling, 'Matthew' by Sue Anderson, 'Her Sons' by Frances-Anne King, 'Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre' by Juliette Hart, 'Orang-utan' by Merryn Williams, 'Cuttlefish' by E.V. Brooks, 'War of Attrition' by Geraldine Mills, 'Five Rhythms' by Rosemary McLeish, 'Fuel' by Jo Verity, 'Commandment No. 5' by Ben Barton, 'The Trampoline' by Dawn Schuck' and 'Durer's Mother' by Lynette Craig.
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