2010 Open Competition results
Winning Open and West Sussex poems will be posted shortly.
1st Prize:- Pat Borthwick from Kirby Underdale
'Scene from my Hospital Bed' £150
2nd Prize:- Jennifer Copley from Barrow in Furness
'Charity Walker' £75
3rd Prize:- Nick Sargeant from Grantham
'The Current' £50
Highly Commended
Gill McEvoy - Chester - 'Hands-On'
Caroline M Davies - Wing - The Ear of a Raindrop'
Katrina Naomi -London - 'The Wurlitzer (Dreamland 1980)'
Commended
Pat Jourdan - Saxmundham - 'Gold-Beater's Skin'
Derek Adams - Hullbridge - The Devil Makes Work'
Sharon Black Gardoussel - At Andre de Valborgne, France
'Walking on Eggshells'
2010 West Sussex Competition
Results
Winner & recipient of the Chanctonbury Cup
Jean Harvey - Horsham - 'Night Crossing'
Highly Commended
Violet Dench - Worthing - 'Death of a Russian Emigre'
Shirley Elmokadem - Horsham - 'Hard to Swallow'
Juliet West - Billingshurst - 'Architectural Beauty'
Commended
Juliet West - Billingshurst - 'Custard'
Jean Harvey - Horsham - 'Buttons and Bows'
Leonie Mansell - Horsham - 'The Shoes'
Krystina Hollis - Horsham - 'Gorilla'
David Slade - Littlehampton - 'Another Sign'
2010 Ursula Kiernan Memorial Childrens Poetry Competition.
The first competition for local West Sussex Schoolchildren is now in place and invitations have been sent to 9 schools in the area in which Ursual lived inviting them to participate. Closing date is 31st March. Depending upon the response this time a decision will be take as to whether to extend the competition to more schools next year.
Showcase Afternoon
Presentation of the Chanctonbury Cup for the best West Sussex poem in the 2009/2010 competition, Schools Competition Presentation and Showcases of work by Slipstream Poets & Chanctonbury Writers, and music interludes will take place at Pulborough Village Hall on Saturday April 21st 2.30pm - 4.30pm .