Teignmouth Poetry Festival 2017 

COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Shortlists
 Teignmouth Poetry Festival is delighted to announce that the following have
been shortlisted for our 2017 Poetry Competition.  Names are in alphabetical order.
 
Open Competition
 
Brenda Bannister              -              Thoughts on Robert Frost’s  ‘Mending Wall’
Annie Bennett                   -              The Pocket Mirror
David Crann                      -              Poem (Lahore Children’s Playground: Easter 2016)
Liz Diamond                      -              Pikey Funeral
Julian Flanagan                 -              Aid From the Developing World
Patricia Millner                  -              Kingfisher
Ann Pilling                         -              Marble Boy
Sue Proffitt                       -              The Woman of Whitehorse Hill
Emma Rich                        -              Swift Repentance
John Wheeler                    -              Nettles
 
 
Local Competition
 
Sheila Aldous                    -              Trapped
Liz Diamond                      -              Pikey Funeral
Don Pearson                     -              Winding Wool
 
First, second and third prizes  in each competition will be announced by judges Mario Petrucci and Rebecca Gethin, at Teignmouth Poetry Festival 2017,  when all shortlisted poets are invited to read their poems at the awards ceremony.
 
Teignmouth Poetry Festival 2017 Competition Results  - Saturday March 18 at 6.30, Pavilions Teignmouth.
 
Full Festival details including map here (link to brochure)
 

 
Festival Open Poetry Competition
Prizes:      1st - £500        2nd - £250        3rd - £100
Judge:  Mario Petrucci
 
Local Competition (Post codes TQ12, TQ14, EX7 only)
Prizes:      1st - £100        2nd - £50          3rd - £25
Judge:  Rebecca Gethin
  
OUR JUDGES:

JUDGE -  OPEN COMPETITION -  MARIO PETRUCCI
Mario Petrucci is an award-winning poet, freelance educator, film-maker and eco- physicist.  Shortlisted for the 2012 Ted Hughes Award, his 3D poetry soundscape Tales from the Bridge was a centrepiece of London’s Cultural Olympiad.  His many prizes include the Daily Telegraph/ Arvon Prize (for Heavy Water: a poem for Chernobyl, 2004) and four outright wins in the London Writers Competition.  He is the only poet to have held residency at the Imperial War Museum. His 18 poetry volumes include Eugenio Montale's Xenia, winner of a coveted PEN Translates Award (October 2016).  A tireless innovator and tutor, he is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.  www.mariopetrucci.com

JUDGE -  LOCAL COMPETITION – REBECCA GETHIN
Rebecca Gethin lives on Dartmoor which inspires some of her work. She has had two poetry collections published, the latest being A Handful of Water (Cinnamon Press, 2013) and she has two pamphlets about to be released.
www.rebeccagethin.wordPress.com

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