Congratulations Maggie Harris, Roy McFarlane and John Davies!
We are delighted to announce the three winners of Wales Poetry Award 2020. Maggie Harris, Roy McFarlane and John Davies were awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize respectively. The winners were announced live on Zoom by judge Pascale Petit at our online prizegiving ceremony.
Wales Poetry Award 2020’s highly commended poets were also announced: Oliver Jones, Anna Forbes, Rowland Bagnall, Kathy Miles, Helen Kay, Dominic Fisher and Natalie Crick. Anna Forbes and Rowland Bagnall both had two poems commended.
A recording of the event, including readings from the highly commended poets, will be uploaded to YouTube in the next few days.
The three award winners will be published in a future issue of Poetry Wales. Our 2020 competition was sponsored by Literature Wales and judged by prize-winning poet Pascale Petit. Download the shortlist PDF below.
1st Prize Award Winner
Maggie Harris with ‘and the thing is’
2nd Prize Award Winner
Roy McFarlane with ‘The House that Lilith Made’
3rd Prize Award Winner
John Davies with ‘Caliban’
Highly Commended Prizes
Oliver Jones with ‘My Love for You’
Anna Forbes with ‘Blackbirds and Wolves’ and ‘From Above’
Rowland Bagnall with ‘Feeling and Painting’ and ‘The Hare’
Kathy Miles with ‘Recipe for Rook’
Helen Kay with ‘It was never about the kingfisher’
Dominic Fisher with ‘Foam Trails’
Natalie Crick with ‘Sisters’
