Lauren receives her award from poet John Row, with chairman of the judges John Steer
Other winners were
| Category |
|
Name |
School or Town |
| 7 and Under |
1st |
Lauren Bailey |
Elm Green Prep School, Little Baddow, Chelmsford |
" |
2nd |
Joseph Hayhurst |
Mersea Island School, West Mersea |
" |
3rd |
Bethany French |
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School,
Canvey Island |
" |
Highly Commended |
Barnabas Norton |
Mersea Island School, West Mersea |
|
|
|
|
11 and Under |
1st |
Callum Sims |
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Canvey Island |
" |
2nd equal |
Charles Penfold |
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School,
Canvey Island |
" |
2nd equal |
Mitchell Willimott |
Mersea Island School, West Mersea |
" |
Highly Commended |
Lucy Curtis |
R. A. Butler Junior School, Saffron Walden |
" |
" |
Jamie Griffiths |
Feering Primary School |
" |
" |
Tegan Kitchen |
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School,
Canvey Island |
" |
" |
Connor Larkin / Elliott Whyman |
St. John’s C of E Primary School, Danbury |
" |
" |
Sophia Letchfield |
Writtle Junior School, Writtle, Chelmsford |
" |
" |
Mark Pickett |
Harold Hill |
" |
" |
Lucas Schofield-Poore |
Writtle Junior School, Writtle, Chelmsford |
" |
" |
Callum Sims |
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School,
Canvey Island |
" |
" |
George Thurgood |
Mersea Island School, West Mersea |
|
|
|
|
14 and Under |
1st |
Alex Broad |
The Sweyne Park School, Rayleigh |
" |
2nd |
Katie Smith |
Manningtree High School |
|
|
|
|
16 and Under |
1st |
Phoebe Wood |
Witham |
" |
2nd |
Daisy Jones |
Ardleigh, Colchester |
" |
3rd |
Bethany Manning |
Harwich |
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"This is
what a Poetry Festival should be -- lively and serious, with a variety
of events to exchange and celebrate poetry." Maurice Riordan
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