Top 20 Poetry (60 lines max.) Entries
(titles listed in no particular order)

Shango
Son of the Morning
The Cabbage Dance
One Love
Tate Britain
Aviators
On Building a House
The Bungalow’s Dream
Papa Osaba
More Than I Bargained For
Poinsettia
Eating Seafood in Margate
Easy Rider
2 + 6
Waiting For You With a Clementine in Monmartre
The Plague Doctor’s Mistress
In an Experiment With Rabbits Buried at 35cm
Esmerine
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A Banana in Berlin

Congratulations to those who made the long list. The standard of entries was high. There were 346 entries in total (including Bursary and 50% Discounted categories). Sorry if you didn’t get through to the final 20 this time. Why not enter our NEW Poetry (40 lines max.) judged by Pascale Petit. Top prize: £1,000. Deadline: 31st May, 2023.

The announcement of the Poetry (60 lines max.) shortlist of 10 will happen on the News Page same time next week. So, pop back to see which poems make the final 10.