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Poetry Competition
​Results 2022

The 2022 Poetry Readings and Prize-giving will take place in the Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul
in Shepton Mallet on Saturday 19th February 2022.


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We are pleased to announce the results of the 2022 Poetry Competition -
'Hope In Nature'

Finalists 18 & Over category
 
Winner: ‘First Snowdrop’ Kathy Miles, Ceredigion
 
Special Mentions:
‘On Hawkburn Head, North Pennines, 30th December, 2021’, Jane Burn, County Durham
‘The Return’, Partridge Boswell, USA
 
Highly Commended (in no particular order):
‘Fabrication’, Lizzie Ballagher, Kent
‘Fig tree’, Alwyn Marriage, Surrey
‘Pigeons’, Elizabeth Barton, Surrey
‘Remembering trees’, Shirley Anne Cook, Buckinghamshire
‘River’, Eithne Lannon, Ireland
‘Saved by the Ring Ouzel’, John D Kelly, County Fermanagh
‘Toads During Lockdown’, Jane Smith, Cheshire
‘Vigil’, DW Evans, Channel Islands
 
 The Allen Prize for Best of Shepton:
‘The Nordic Daughter’, Jo Munroe, Shepton Mallet
 

 
Finalists 12 to 17 Category
 
Winner: ‘Sweet Solstice’, Lily Whitelock, Berkshire
 
Special Mentions:
‘There Is Hope Yet’, Domini Aldridge, Somerset
‘Walking the Dog in Italy’, Eleni Barrett, Greater London
 
Highly Commended (in no particular order):
‘Hope in Nature’, Freya de la Bédoyère, St Dunstan’s School, Glastonbury
‘In Winter Rains’, Aurora Blue, Cheshire
‘Seeing these woods’, Luu Vinh Khang, Vietnam
‘Silent Bells’, Madeline Phelps, Australia
‘The Robin’s Calling’, Alfie Cook, St Dunstan’s School, Glastonbury
‘The Tree of Life’, Jacinta-Maria Wajero, Liverpool
‘The World in Focus’, Rosie Ibberson, Derbyshire
 
 
 
Finalists 11 & Under category
 
Winner: ‘The Willow Tree’ , Belinda Gifford-Guy,
Wells Cathedral Junior School, Somerset
 
Special Mentions:
‘Holding my hand to give me hope’, Avishi Gurnani, Singapore
‘Sonnet to a hedgehog’, Jasmine Wales, Cambridgeshire
 
Highly Commended (in no particular order):
‘A Recipe for the Rise of Nature’, Heather Thompson, Somerset
‘Pause of Winter’, Esme Blue, Cheshire
‘Phoenix’, Esther Li, Australia
‘Snowdrops’, Rohan Thumba-Nail, Croscombe C of E Primary School, Somerset
‘The Little Seed’, Joseph Thompson, Somerset
‘The Swift’, Nancy Newman, London
‘Winter Walk’, Freya Williams, Wells Cathedral Junior School, Somerset


You can read all of the winners' poems by clicking on the links below
Other finalists to follow shortly


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​ Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Project CIC. 
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    • Competitions Prize Giving
    • Poetry Competition 2022 >
      • 2022 Poetry Competition Results
      • 18 & Over finalists' poetry
      • 12 to 17 finalists' poetry
      • 11 & Under finalists' poetry
    • Photography Competition 2022 >
      • 2022 Photography Competition Results
      • 18 & Over finalists' photography
      • 12 to 17 finalists' photography
      • 11 and under finalists' photography
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