We have now received the results of the Nature and Place Poetry Competition back from Pascale Petit and are delighted to announce that the winners are:
1st Prize of £1000 – ‘Hermit Crab in a Doll’s Head’ by Cindy Botha
2nd Prize of £500 – ‘Insects’ by P Q R Anderson
3rd Prize of £250 – ‘Rain Wolf’ by Jim Lloyd
Additional Prize of a personal tour with Mark Cocker of his most cherished wildlife places in East Anglia – ‘Hericium’ by Ella Duffy
The four prize winning poems will be published in issue 94 of The Rialto.
Pascale also selected five highly commended poems:
‘Something to show for it’ by Luke Allan
‘Breakdown’ by Luke Yates
‘Natural History’ by Luke Yates
‘Round-leaved Crowfoot at Hopton Castle’ by Jo Peters
‘Verticality’ by Jemma Borg
It was a fantastic year for the competition with an amazing abundance of wonderful writing. It really is a special thing, making a difference to nature and poetry. Many thanks to Pascale and Mark Cocker for their generosity in working with us and indeed to all of you who entered.
We will shortly be announcing details of the online event that will feature a reading by Pascale Petit and our winners. This is planned for Thursday 24th September. Further details will be posted here in due course.
Long list
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Nature and Place Longlisted entries 2020 |
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Bewl Water |
Adam Goodyer |
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Aperture Dawn |
Adam Goodyer |
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As a mother, I must explain |
Aggie Rothon |
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The Garden Buffaloes |
Alasdair Reid |
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vvenus vs power (men) |
Alexandra Tiss |
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On Receiving A Text Message Containing a Bird Photo |
Alice Wickenden |
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Dove Shells |
Ann Kaiser |
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The Typical Univalve Mollusk |
Ann Kaiser |
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Alms |
Ann Kaiser |
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Moswetuset Hummock |
Anna Selby |
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Swimming at Muir Cheilteach |
Anna Selby |
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Creature |
Anna Selby |
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Macaws |
Anthony Lawrence |
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The Watchtower |
Anthony Lawrence |
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There are too many foxes in London |
Bernard Ferguson |
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Dear Horticultural Mother-in-law… |
Caleb Parkin |
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If the Earth is My Mother |
Caleb Parkin |
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Young animal |
Caleb Parkin |
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Red Tail |
Cecelia Ward |
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Baby Swimming |
Charlotte Eichler |
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Swimming between Islands |
Charlotte Eichler |
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Portrait of Covid-19 as a Greenland Shark |
Cheryl Pearson |
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The Crow |
Chris Boyland |
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Another Empty Room |
Chris Heath |
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Hermit Crab in a Doll’s Head |
Cindy Botha |
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Lambs |
Claudine Toutoungi |
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Lammas Land |
Claudine Toutoungi |
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Queensland Blue |
Diane Mulholland |
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Swift |
Elizabeth-Jane Burnett |
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Hericium |
Ella Duffy |
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I want to be a jellyfish with spots |
Fathima Zahra |
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Now the eyes are dim |
Graham Burchell |
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The Carving Around the Entrance |
Ian Dudley |
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To Look at Trees |
Ian McEwen |
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The Amazon Speaks on the Election of Bolsonaro |
Isabelle Thompson |
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Redlisted |
Jane Routh |
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Little rivers feed bigger rivers |
Jemma Borg |
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Verticality |
Jemma Borg |
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Even this is yours |
Jennifer McLean |
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Bud |
Jennifer McLean |
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Aire and Wharfe II |
Jennifer McLean |
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Koonaburra etc etc |
Jenny Pollak |
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Rain Wolf |
Jim Lloyd |
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Round-Leaved Crowfoot at Hopton Castle |
Jo Peters |
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The Emergency |
Joanna Guthrie |
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Florida Keys State Wildlife Refuge |
Joanna Guthrie |
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Skirk |
John White |
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Gironata |
John White |
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Sheep at Avebury Stones |
Josephine Corcoran |
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The Stables |
Joy Winkler |
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Allotment |
Kathleen Jones |
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A Wedding |
Kathryn Bevis |
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Plenty |
Keith Hutson |
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Ghosts |
Kirsten Irving |
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Small Human Settlements |
Kirsten Irving |
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In the land of Vampires |
Kirsten Irving |
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For Other Bees Do Not Visit This Flower |
Lesley Saunders |
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No flittin’ |
Linda Goulden |
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On never having seen a murmuration, then seeing two in two days |
Lindsay Waller-Wilkinson |
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Razorbill |
Liz Byrne |
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The Deer |
Lorna Scott |
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Badger |
Lorraine Mariner |
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Something to show for it |
Luke Allan |
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Natural History |
Luke Yates |
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Breakdown |
Luke Yates |
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Teaching Trees in Priory Park |
Marina Sanchez |
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Pottering |
Mark Haworth-Booth |
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Northam Churchyard |
Mark Haworth-Booth |
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Thirteen Birds |
Mark McGuinness |
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Chrysalis |
Mark McGuinness |
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San Ignacio Lagoon |
Mark Roper |
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Grayling |
Matthew Brown |
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The Obelisk |
Matthew Brown |
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A time of ending |
Meg Mooney |
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Cuttlefish |
Meredi Ortega |
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Bewdley 16th February 2020 |
Miriam Obrey |
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Fly |
Miriam Obrey |
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Hunting the Wren |
Miriam Obrey |
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Wrens |
Miriam Obrey |
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With The Chilean Climber in Puerto Tranquilo, Patagonia |
Monica Joy Fara |
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The Endangered Naturalist |
Morag Smith |
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Insects |
P. Q. R. Anderson |
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Things Happen in Caves |
Pat Winslow |
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The Point |
Patrick Errington |
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On the Wing |
Paul Green |
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Only Goldfinches |
Paul Howarth |
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Bluebell Season |
Polly Atkin |
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13 thoughts on the pasture grasses of Val Taleggio |
Rachael Mead |
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It won’t be a normal year |
Ramona Herdman |
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School reunion |
Rob Miles |
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Snakes have sex too |
Rod Whitworth |
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Fer-De-Lance Trafficker |
Samuel Prince |
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Reasons Why a young protester will resist until death |
Sarah Watkinson |
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When you left (2) |
Sharon Flynn |
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Half-rotten, half-new |
Simon Maddrell |
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An Owl to Emulate |
Sophie Herxheimer |
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Big and little Dippers |
Sophie Herxheimer |
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Siren Dahlias in the Park |
Sophie Herxheimer |
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Snow Queen |
Sue Burge |
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Rock Me |
Susie Wilson |
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Survival of the Fittest |
Susie Wilson |
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Still Life With Octopus |
Tania Hershman |
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Trying to Identify |
Thomasson Taylor |
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I Am the Silent Lamb They Left Behind |
Thomasson Taylor |
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Nile Perch |
Tom Kelly |
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Arms wide open letting go |
Virginia Astley |
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You smelt of woodsmoke |
Virginia Astley |
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Choosing the right moment to ask |
Zillah Bowes |
