POETRY COMPS 2025

June's writing competition was Poetry, but with a difference!

(Thanks to our Sumi for this excellent challenge)

Poets were given the following four broad topics: 

Nature 

Family

Holidays

Food

Poets then had to choose one of the topics above for an entry (maximum of two entries per poet).

The challenge was to write three poems as one "collection" but written in three styles: 

Haiku, Cinquain, and Limerick. 

The competition proved very popular indeed! 25 Entries were received and can now be read (below).

It's congratulations to:

1st place: Louise Welland - Eau de Toilette

2nd place: Kay Hall - Airborne

Joint 3rd place: Chris McDermott - Finding Peace in the Woods; 

and, Joanna Bawa - You Get What You're Given.

Many thanks to all who entered.  

In February 2025, we celebrated our twentieth birthday; and held a flash fiction and poetry double competition, on the theme of "Twenty."

Our poetry competition attracted 10 entries, which can be read below.

Results were announced on 24 February, and it's congratulations to:

1st Place: Joanna Bawa - Made It

2nd Place: Andrea Neidle - Twenty Promises to Keep

3rd Place: Mike Lansdown - A Writer's Pean

4th Place: John Ward - A Poet's Prayer