Our competition theme this year was Community. We received a good number of entries, and the judges enjoyed reading all of them.
Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry.
Each entry was anonymised, and given a reference number – so the judges could not know who had written a given entry, nor did they know who had entered.
Judging took place on the 4th of March, and – following robust discussion – our three winners, and three highly commended poems were picked out.
Congratulations to all our winners, and to those whose poems were highly commended.
Highly Commended
When Starlings Sleep, Robin Houghton
We are not Alone, Jefh Davies
As I Write to You, Catherine Sweeney
Winners
Third Prize:
The Democracy of the Dead, Sally Spiers
Second Prize:
Homesteaders, Robin Houghton
First Prize:
The Ghost of An Gorta Mor, Catherine Sweeney
