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Hastings International Poetry Competition 2007
The Winners of this year's competition are:

First Prize My Grandad Keith Shaw
Templecombe, Somerset
Second Prize Diversion in Islington Clare Girvan
Exeter, Devon
Third Prize Heartache Carolyn King
Ventnor, I.O.W.
Fourth Prize Ice Palace Andy Humphrey
York


Highly Commended:

The Muse Mala Mason London, W.1
"101" Mike Gwynne London E.13
Just for a While R.A. Labram Hampshire
Shifting Sand Ingrid Riley Canterbury
Feral Pigeon Roger Elkin Stoke
Silhouettes on a bus Simon Jackson Edinburgh
Please pick up this poem James Findlay Grantham
When the Moon Turns Eileen Carney Hulme Forres, Scotland
Hurt Again Steve Gunning Herts
Nature's Whisper Karen Jones Hants
Virginia's Afternooon Cherry Barham Yorks
I am (still) not a pigeon Martin J. Woodfine St. Leonards
Yellow Pauline Hawkesworth Hants
A Fobbed Watch Peter Asher N. Lincs
Wasteland Butterfly Alison Craig London SE
Seagulls Stacey Lane St. Leonards
Metaphorphosis John Feakin Eastbourne


Commended:

Cancer's Season Nola McSweeney Hastings
Smuggler Nigel Tubb Hastings



The competition is adjudicated by Josephine Austin L.G.S.M. Editor of "First Time" and recipient of the Dorothy Tutin Award for Services to Poetry 1986.

Cash Prizes of £150. £75. and £50.

The winners will be published in 'First Time' Spring Issue 2009.

RULES

1, Entrants must be Aged 18 or over.
2, Competitors may enter as many poems as they wish.
3, No poem must exceed 50 lines in length.
4, Previously published poems are ineligible.
5, Poems will be neither acknowledged nor returned unless a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed.
6, Poems must not bear the name of the author which should appear on the entry form.
7, Each poem must be accompanied by an entry fee of £2 .00. Cheques / Postal Orders should be made payable to J. Austin.
8, This form may be photocopied.
9, The closing date for entries is 28th October 2008.

Entry Form

To download an entry form, please "right-click" on the link below and select "Save Target As". You can then print it out and post it.

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