Poetry competition 2008/2009

Our fifth annual poetry competition prize ceremony took place at Lewes Library on 8 July 2009. Councillor Bob Tidy and local poet Clare Best presented the winners with prizes including book vouchers and poetry books.

2008/09 winners

16 and over

• Winner : Karen Costello-McFeat, Night Shift
• 2nd place: Rosey Wilkin, The Wash-House Shed
• Highly commended: Nathan Oxley, Snow Day

11 – 15s

• Winner : Amelia Lampitt, Work and Play
• 2nd place: Ryan Flack, Teacher at Work
• Runner up: Ryan Baird, Raindrops from the Sky

Under 11s

• Winner : Bobby Collyer, Down on the Beach
• 2nd place: Lucy Crouch, Every Direction
• Runner up: Harriet Sanderson, Pink
• Runner up: Bethany Beesley, If There's Time for Everything
• Runner up: Alfie Savage, In the Box

Thanks to our sponsors

Prizes were kindly donated by:

• Libra Books in Mayfield
• Pen to Paper in Lewes
• Sky-Lark in Lewes
• Waterstone's Eastbourne
• Waterstone's Hastings.

Thanks to our judges

Many thanks to Councillor Tidy and this year's judges: Clare Best and Greta Patterson.