2019 Poetry Competition Results

Poetry Competition Results 2019 (2019-09-02 14:40:53)

The assembled writers with judge Pete Cox, Harvey Martin (third place), winner Linda Hurdwell and judge Declan Grant.

Linda Hurdwell who won both the poetry competition and the writer of the year award.

(Second place winner Lee Taylor was not present at the awards.)

• First and the SW Poetry Competition Trophy: Empty Shoes by Linda Hurdwell

• Second place: The Only Thing Necessary by Lee Taylor

• 3rd place: When The Birds Stopped Singing by Harvey Martin

Two of our judges, Declan Grant and Pete Cox.

Harvey Martin reads his poem.

Slough writer Linda Hurdwell enjoyed a successful evening at the Slough Writers Group AGM on Monday 22 July when she won both the Writer of the Year award and the Performance Poetry competition with her poem Empty Shoes.

The competition was judged by Slough Innerverse performance poets Pete Cox, Declan Grant and Donna Gerrish.

Speaking at the prize giving, Pete and Declan said that judging the competition had given them "real pleasure" and had taken them on a "roller coaster of emotions". They said that Linda's winning poem was "a powerful piece of writing filled with exceptional similes and metaphors".