Poetry competition 2010-11

The theme of our 7th annual poetry competition was 'home' and what that means to you – whether it's where you live, a place you connect with, people in your life or simply a feeling you have.

The competition closed on Friday 15 April.

We had a tremendous response – over 450 entries. Thank you to everyone who took part.

Results

16 years and over

• Winner – Akan Drum by Scott Kristoffer Ripley
• Second prize – Your Face is Home by Lucy A E Ward
• Runner up – The Come Back by Richard Evans

11 to 15 years

• Joint winner – What's it like at home? by Tristan Bassett
• Joint winner – Other homes by Pearl Ahrens
• Runner up – Home by Ellie Parker
• Runner up – Home Life by Alex Anderson

Under 11 years

• Winner – Sense Home by Stani Miles
• Second prize – Home is Special by Scott Griffin
• Runner up – My home by Holly Lambe
• Runner up – I am just the spare room by Poppy Coelho
• Runner up – My Poem about Home by Bailey Martin
• Runner up – That's my house by Shauna Page

Contact the authors

If you enjoyed these poems and would like to send a message to any of the authors, please select 'Comment on this page' and we will forward your message to them.

Thanks to our judges

Many thanks to our judges:

• Clare Best – local poet
• Chris Desmond – Reader Development Manager.