Thursday, 4 April 2024

Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2023

 Delighted to be commended in the Troubadour International Poetry Prize, 2023.





The following prizewinning poems were chosen by our 2023 judges, Mona Arshi & Tom Sleigh (see judges’ reports & poems below):
       

  • First Prize, £2,000TraceriesJennifer Harrison, Windsor, Victoria, Australia
  • Second Prize, £1000A child’s Christmas in alcoholSimon Walsh, Brattleboro VT, USA
  • Third Prize, £500Zebra haworthiaJane Wilkinson, Norwich

       

Commended poems:

  • The King’s RavenAfra Kingdon, Northam, Devon
  • The Influencer’s PrayerAnne Casey, Northbridge NSW, Australia
  • Generational TraumaBronagh Mallon, Belfast
  • ZuluCatherine Edmunds, Bishop Auckland, Durham
  • This is also trueCharlotte Salkind, London
  • The Second Law of ThermodynamicsDeb O’Rourke, Toronto, Canada
  • Sometimes LifeDeveraux Baker, Mendocino CA, USA
  • The IliumDiana Valk, Surbiton, Surrey
  • Landscape with inner childJane Lovell, Lynton, Devon
  • DustJane Williams, South Launceston, Tasmania
  • hostage situationKate Kruimink, Cygnet, Tasmania
  • Five Sleep Potions for Troubled NightsLeah Larwood, Plumstead, Norfolk
  • my mother, wearing a pencil skirt, in a meadowLiz McSkeane, Dublin
  • Olly and Pepper are safeMartyn Crucefix, London
  • Calling on the New HouseMick Wood, London
  • Sharing a Koch with YouNicky Melville, Edinburgh
  • No More WindPeter Ross, Honiton, Devon
  • The House Where Benjamin Zephaniah Didn’t LiveSallie Durham, Lewes, East Sussex
  • Mary Shelley’s BabiesStephanie Green, Edinburgh

2023 judges’ reports

Mona Arshi writes…

Judging an international poetry competition is both a joyful and fretful task – fretful as it’s always filled with some level…

Read full judges' reports, & 2023 prize–winning & commended poems

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