Poetry Space Competition 2012 – The Results
The competition was judged by Cheryl Moskowitz who said that judging the competition was a “highly rewarding and challenging experience”.
First Prize: Karen Harvey
Second Prize: Julia O’Brien
Third Prize: David Mark Williams
After the Show by Chris Sims
Highly Commended:
A Voice From England – Peter Gillott
Gorilla – David C. Johnson
Encounter at the Tea Tent – Diane Jackman
Early Flowering – Julia McGuiness
Night Ride – Carolyn O’Connell
Ana’s View – Margaret Eddershaw
John – in Memoriam – Susan Latimer
Also for inclusion in the anthology:
Not Gilbert’s – Misha Carder
Criminal Record – George Stein
How You See – Julia O’Brien
Midnight Encounters – Mike Lee
Poker Man – Julia O’Brien
Ashes and Cries are Much the Same – Judy Dinnen
Dreams of Dead Woman’s Handbags – Johanna Boal
Skin of My Skin – Julia O’Brien
Butterfly Blood – Gwen Seabourne
Narcissus at the Window – Margaret Eddershaw
The above poems will be published in Words that Signify: Poems from Poetry Space Competition 2012 edited by Susan Jane Sims. Publication date: November 2012.
Many thanks to everyone who entered poems. We received 122 this year. Congratulations to all of the poets who won prizes and were selected for the anthology. All twenty poets will receive a free copy. The top three will receive prizes of £100, £50 and £25 respectively.
To read the reactions from the top three prizewinning poets, the judge’s report and the top three poems please go to:
Poetry Space Competition – the winning poems from 2012
