Essex Poetry festival
 
   
Open Poetry Competition Winners

here are the winners of the Essex Poetry Festival's 10th Open Poetry Competition, chosen by adjudicator Kathryn Simmonds.

1st The Windows by David Grubb
2nd For Frank O’Hara Who Could Be Still Alive by Sheila Hamilton
3rd Elementary by Gemma Green

and the three highly commended
Cornered by Edward Doegar
Holograms by Louise Wilford
An Eye for Detail by Barry Taylor


 
 
 
 
Adjudicator
   

Kathryn Simmonds' collection Sunday at the Skin Laundrette, won the Forward prize for best first collection 2008, she has an MA in writing from the University of East Anglia, she received an Eric Gregory Award in 2002.
Kathryn lives in London and is a tutor at Morley College & The Poetry School