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
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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