The Final 2023 Competition Accouncement
The Winners
Here at Hexham Poetry HQ, we’re utterly delighted to announce the esteemed winners of our inaugural 2023 competition. Thank you once again to everyone who entered and supported the beginning of our endeavour.
A special thanks go out, of course, to our judge Caitlin Kendall but also to Jenny and Kathryn at Northumberland Libraries, Scoon at the Queens Hall Arts Centre, Jane Burn, Tahmina Ali, Sophia Murray, Elizabeth McGeown, The Tees Women Poets, Lucie at The Beaumont Hotel, Peter at HexhamTV, Rebecca Curry at The Hexham Courant, and Michael Corbett for his unending unquestioning steadfast support.
5-14 Category
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Commended
Nature is worth it! Rhodie Thomas
If I were King of England, Lily (Acomb School)
The Garden, Alexis Lowden
The Silver Winglet, Serena Williams
Island Dream, Chirag Hemanth
Highly Commended
2020 Suffragettes, Amelia Richardson and Lana Bowater
My Wet Sock, Richard Franksen
The Cake, Molly Robson
THIRD PRIZE Poetry, Finlay Court
SECOND PRIZE If I were the King of England, Ella (Acomb School)
FIRST PRIZE Greggs, Faye Henderson
14-18 Category
Commended
No God’s Pawn Am I, Renee Cesana
Systems, Betty Fentiman
Ikpati, Samai Belac
A line across my face, Kristen Clements
Trapped, Renee Cesana
Highly Commended
There Goes That Girl, Emily Carney
Eulogy to Womanly Lawyers, Saarah Hussain
FROM THIS HUMAN WELL, Peculiar Olujobi
THIRD PRIZE Passage, Joe Wright
SECOND PRIZE Cartographers, Joe Wright
FIRST PRIZE Layla, Charlie Jolley
Over 18s Category
Commended
Forsythia’s Blooming, Ellen Zhang
Binding Breaths Daniel Moreschi
Stag, Amsterdam, Glen Wilson
Colossal Wreck, Claire Lynn
Highly Commended
Mercy, Jennifer McGowan
Saint Etheldreda, Maggie Davison
Controlled Explosion, Carole Bromley
THIRD PRIZE Rock, paper, scissors, Ilisha Thiru Purcell
SECOND PRIZE Year of the rabbit, Ruth Lexton
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FIRST PRIZE goes to Mam on Demand, Ali Rowland.
Hexham Poetry 2023 Winner:
Mam on Demand,
Ali Rowland
