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POETRY COMPS 2024
Every month we have a writing competition that generally alternates between Flash Fiction and Poetry; although some months we have had plays and duologues.
Below is a selection of the Poetry Comps held in 2024; plus links to other years.
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Please click here for POETRY COMPS 2022
NOVEMBER 2024 - Theme: THE EDGE OF SLEEP
1st Place: Mike Lansdown - Ticking
2nd Place: Liz Shaw - Lullaby for a Little Punk
Joint 3rd Place: Andrea Neidle - Sleepover;
Joanna Bawa - 2am
AUGUST 2024 - Theme: THE LAST ONE
1st Place: Mike Lansdown - Astray
2nd Place: Liz Shaw - Bitter Sweet
3rd Place: Mike Lansdown - Damned
4th Place: Joanna Bawa - On The Death of a Weed
MAY 2024 - Theme: PORTRAIT
1st place: Joanna Bawa - In Trieste
Joint 2nd place: Lucy Houbart - The Photo of the Barefoot Child
Joint 2nd place: Mike Lansdown - The Channel Not Taken
Joint 4th place: Steve Clifford - The Portrait of Damien Hirst
Joint 4th place: Jan Rees - The Skivvy
JANUARY 2024 - Theme: CONNECTIONS
1st place: Mike Lansdown - View from a Window
2nd place: Mike Lansdown - Veni Creator Spiritu (Come, Creator Spirit)
Joint 3rd place: Helen Nicell - Meandering
Joint 3rd place: Jan Rees - Valparaiso 1906
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