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John Clare Poetry Prize 2011
The theme of the 2011 poetry competition was "Celebration". Many entries were received from which the finalists
in the three categories have been selected and are shown below.
The winners read their poems at the John Clare Literary
Festival on October 8th, the results were announced and the
prizes were presented by the John Clare Trust Vice Chairman,
Paul Chirico.
The winners for 2011 are
Junior Category (Age 7 - 11)
1.
Jonathan Alexander
Team
Spirit
2.
Charlene Cheung
Chinese New Year
3. Florence Read
Bonfire Bonfire
4. Alice Barner
A Birthday
Intermediate Category (Age 12-18)
1.
Tom Bevan
Joy of the Swallow
2. Emily Strand
Waiting for Water
3. Megan Naylor
Celebration
4. Hugh Oxlade
Celebration
Adult Category
1. Belinda Singleton
It
was a Day
2. Noel Williams
Heartbeat
3.
Geoff Lewis Catch
the Call
4.
Helen Yendell
Celebrate
The entries of previous winners can be found on the
following pages:
Poetry
Prize 2010
Poetry
Prize 2009
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