This year’s competition was another great entry – well over 400 poems giving the judges a lot to ponder. It’s encouraging to see how many women over 60 are still going strong, and are so committed to poetry.
The proceeds as usual will go towards the next Grey Hen publication. Many thanks to everyone who entered, and many congratulations to the winners and runners-up
Joy Howard
Winners:
First Prize
Army Blanket
Kerry Darbishire (read poem)
Second Prize
Number 25
Chris Considine (read poem)
Third Prize
The Ticking Pulse
Mary Dingee Fillmore (read poem)
Short List (in alphabetical order)
Elsa Fischer – Man Striding
Cora Greenhill – Natural History
Judith Kellgren – Mountain
Judith Kellgren – Australia
Wendy Klein – Things Left Behind
Gill Learner – The Lovekin Pedigree
Maxine Linnell – Bat Night
Jo Peters – The Psalm of those who Tend the Fields
Margaret Wilmot – Not Like This
Sue Wilsea – Vespers