Competitions
cafe writers open poetry competition 2008
Many thanks to all entrants to our 2008 competition, and to
Penelope Shuttle for reading and adjudicating over 1250 entries.
Results:
1st Prize:
The chicken that saved my children:
Victoria Rose Poolman
2nd Prize:
Mud:
Anneka Williams
Joint 3rd Prize:
The radiologist and the consultant gynaecologist:
Charlotte Gann
The woman who washed her hair in the
orchard:
David Grubb
Jarrold Norfolk Prize: Cousins: Caroline Gilfillan
Shortlisted poems:
Herakles
Cameron Hawke Smith
It’s no good
Rosie Shepperd
Thessalonians
Christopher North
The man who spoke to owls
David Grubb
Flint
Andrea
Porter
Drowning Bittersweet
Mandy Coe
The Khalif Spring
Fiona Walker
An ostrich farm in New Zealand
Maitreya Bandhu
Seasonal (Norfolk)
Anne Reckin
The Death of Britney (Norfolk)
Megan Dunn
The Shilling (Norfolk)
Simon Proctor
Eclipse (Norfolk)
Simon Proctor
Island (Norfolk)
Dot
Cobley
Old Norfolk (Norfolk)
Jo Kjaer
Gathering Daylight
Lisa Hitchen
Penelope Shuttle 15/01/2009