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Our eminent judge Michael Longley has made his decisions and The Winners are\u2026..<\/p>\n
1st Prize \u00a31000 Rae Howells for \u2018The Winter-King\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n 2nd Prize \u00a3500 Mark Roper for \u2018Owl\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n 3rd Prize Ty Newydd Course Jane Wheeler for \u2018Lark\u2019s Song for a Deserted Farmhouse\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Additional Prize A Walk with Mark Cocker, Susan Mobbs for \u2018Mirabelles\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Additional Prize a Walk with Nick Davies, Alexandra Davis for \u2018Old Lady Moth\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n The Five Prize Winning Poems will be published in Issue 91 of The Rialto<\/em><\/p>\n Our grateful thanks to Ty Newydd, Mark Cocker and Nick Davies for the hugely generous contributions to the list of prizes. And thanks also to our partners RSPB, Birdlife International, and Cambridge Conservation Initiative, and of course special thanks to Michael Longley.<\/p>\n Michael\u2019s list of Highly Commended poets and poems follows<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Mother of the Sea\u2019 by Eveline Pye<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Second Law of Thermodynamics\u2019 by Petra Regent<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Portrait of a Poem with a Painting in it\u2019 by Maitreyabandhu<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Mainis\u2019 by Katherine Duffy<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018The Bittern\u2019 by Sarah Wimbush<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Teasel\u2019 by Linda France<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019re pleased that once again we have raised a decent sum of money for conservation.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.0.106″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_color=”#f2eada” custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n There will be a reading at CCI on June 14 with Michael Longley and the winning poets.<\/p>\n For full details and to buy tickets please click the button on the right.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_button _builder_version=”3.0.106″ button_text=”BUY TICKETS HERE” url_new_window=”on” background_layout=”light” custom_button=”off” button_icon_placement=”right” button_url=”https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/poetry-reading-michael-longley-and-the-rialto-nature-and-place-competition-winners-tickets-45521687593″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”3.0.106″ \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_color=”#eaeaea” custom_padding=”10px|10px|10px|10px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n To view the long list please click the tab below.<\/strong><\/p>\n Please note the long list is not a list of all entrants.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle _builder_version=”3.0.106″ title=”Long listed entrants.” open=”off”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our eminent judge Michael Longley has made his decisions and The Winners are\u2026..<\/p> 1st Prize \u00a31000 Rae Howells for \u2018The Winter-King\u2019<\/strong><\/p> 2nd Prize \u00a3500 Mark Roper for \u2018Owl\u2019<\/strong><\/p> 3rd Prize Ty Newydd Course Jane Wheeler for \u2018Lark\u2019s Song for a Deserted Farmhouse\u2019<\/strong><\/p> Additional Prize A Walk with Mark Cocker, Susan Mobbs for \u2018Mirabelles\u2019<\/strong><\/p> Additional Prize a Walk with Nick Davies, Alexandra Davis for \u2018Old Lady Moth\u2019<\/strong><\/p> The Five Prize Winning Poems will be published in Issue 91 of The Rialto<\/em><\/p> Our grateful thanks to Ty Newydd, Mark Cocker and Nick Davies for the hugely generous contributions to the list of prizes. And thanks also to our partners RSPB, Birdlife International, and Cambridge Conservation Initiative, and of course special thanks to Michael Longley.<\/p> Michael\u2019s list of Highly Commended poets and poems follows<\/strong><\/p> \u2018Mother of the Sea\u2019 by Eveline Pye<\/strong><\/p> \u2018Second Law of Thermodynamics\u2019 by Petra Regent<\/strong><\/p> \u2018Portrait of a Poem with a Painting in it\u2019 by Maitreyabandhu<\/strong><\/p> \u2018Mainis\u2019 by Katherine Duffy<\/strong><\/p> \u2018The Bittern\u2019 by Sarah Wimbrush<\/strong><\/p> \u2018Teasel\u2019 by Linda France<\/strong><\/p> We\u2019re pleased that once again we have raised a decent sum of money for conservation.<\/p> There will be a reading at CCI on June 14 with Michael Longley and the winning poets. Full details and a link to buy tickets is below:<\/p>READING<\/h4>\n
Long Listed entrants<\/h3>\n
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\n Rowan<\/td>\n Alesha Racine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Old Lady Moth<\/td>\n Alexandra Davis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Harvest<\/td>\n Andrew Forster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bombus Bombus<\/td>\n Angela Beese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n What Happens to your Heart<\/td>\n Anna Selby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Sea Cucumbers<\/td>\n Anna Selby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Broiler, Male<\/td>\n Anna Selby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Goshawk<\/td>\n Anthony Lawrence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Intimacy<\/td>\n Anthony Lawrence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Seven Sisters<\/td>\n Anthony Watts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Skylark on Stackpole Head<\/td>\n Chris Rice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3.5 miles, slight ascent<\/td>\n Christine Webb<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Sleeping Birds<\/td>\n Damon Moore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Apparition<\/td>\n David Clarke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n You didn’t tell me<\/td>\n David Gilbert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Emperor’s Clothes<\/td>\n Doina Percival<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Deer<\/td>\n Dom Bury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n What if birds only sang when listened to<\/td>\n Elizabeth Zetlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mother of the Sea<\/td>\n Eveline Pye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n the hare we found<\/td>\n Frith Taylor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Montbretia<\/td>\n Gabriella Attems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n A River Ought To Be<\/td>\n Gail Anderson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Haul<\/td>\n Garry MacKenzie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Belving<\/td>\n Giles Goodland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Herb of the Sun<\/td>\n Gill Learner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Understory<\/td>\n Ginny Saunders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mollscroll<\/td>\n Hannah Linden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Grey Seal Speaks<\/td>\n Helen Pletts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Feather<\/td>\n Ian Royce Chamberlain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Thread the Copse<\/td>\n Jane Burn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Cockthorpe samhain<\/td>\n Jane Wheeler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Larks’ song for a deserted farmhouse<\/td>\n Jane Wheeler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Swifts<\/td>\n Jim C Wilson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Gulls<\/td>\n John Hancock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Birds of a feather<\/td>\n John Maguire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Turnstones<\/td>\n Judith Shaw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Life of Trees and the Childless<\/td>\n Julie Maclean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ma\u00ednis<\/td>\n Katherine Duffy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bugs<\/td>\n Katie Hale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Teasel<\/td>\n Linda France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Paterfamilias, Grey<\/td>\n Louise G Cole<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Returning to Paumanok<\/td>\n Lydia Kennaway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Green World<\/td>\n M E Muir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Portrait of a Poem with a Painting in it<\/td>\n Maitreyabandhu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Feather<\/td>\n Majella Cullinane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Fox Studies<\/td>\n Mariah Whelan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Red Admiral in Thirteen Movements<\/td>\n Marilyn Hammick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Spring ready<\/td>\n Mark Haworth-Booth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Owl<\/td>\n Mark Roper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Night Thoughts<\/td>\n Mary Cresswell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Moa’s Advice to the Kakapo<\/td>\n Mary Cresswell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Tests<\/td>\n Mary Woodward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n In Green Ink<\/td>\n Meredith Hadaway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Two Trees<\/td>\n Michael Sharp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Comma<\/td>\n Ms S Riley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Blue Damselfly<\/td>\n Nicola Warwick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n My Welsh Hilll<\/td>\n Pat Edwards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Writing with Emily Dickinson<\/td>\n Patricia Helen Wooldridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Future Tense<\/td>\n Patricia Helen Wooldridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Iron Anniversary<\/td>\n Paul Jeffcutt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Zebra Foal in Tesco Car Park<\/td>\n Paul Stephenson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bird Photographer<\/td>\n Paul Stephenson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Second Law of Thermodynamics<\/td>\n Petra Regent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n How we Changed the Rivers<\/td>\n Pippa Little<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Catastrophic fire danger level 6<\/td>\n Rachael Mead<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n river dove<\/td>\n Rachel J Fenton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n River Aire<\/td>\n Rae Howells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The winter-king<\/td>\n Rae Howells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n No Better Than She Should Be Red<\/td>\n Ramona Herdman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n That fourth morning of autumnal sun \u2026.<\/td>\n Roger Elkin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n When My Wife is a Hazel Tree<\/td>\n Rosamund Taylor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n The Bittern<\/td>\n Sarah Wimbush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Kookaburra-shooting, Dwellingup WA<\/td>\n Sharada Keats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mindscape with Asiatic Hornet’s Nest<\/td>\n Sue Kindon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mirabelles<\/td>\n Susan Mobbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Anemones<\/td>\n Vasiliki Albedo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n What Emily Remembers About Her First Trip To The Zoo<\/td>\n Veronica Aaronson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n To Kill a Spider<\/td>\n Wendy Klein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n NATURE POETRY COMPETITION 2018<\/h4>
RESULTS<\/h3>