2015 Competition Winners and Anthology Contents

We are pleased to announce that the prizes in the various categories for the 2015 Pendle War Poetry Competition are as follows:

UNDER 18 ENTRIES
First Prize: On the Beach - Gavin Foster, Age 14 - Frankfort, Kentucky USA
Elliott Jackson Prize: Here Lies Tom - Sammie Lam, age 14, Hong Kong

UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND ENTRIES

First Prize: Picardy Meeting - Barry Dady, Devon
Caroline Wood Prize: War Will Take Its Hold On Us - Lesley Spray, Crewe

OVERSEAS ENTRIES

First Prize: The Arms Race - James Tierney, Milan, Italy 
Gill Yule Prize: Childhood Memories from War Times - Valma Nieminen, Finland

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

Winner: Woodland Scene – Cecilia Mallon, Ontario, Canada

All prize winners will receive a certificate and free copy of the 2015 anthology. All winners will be contacted individually.


Here are the shortlisted entries for each of the three competition categories.

Each of these excellent poems is included in the 2015 Selected Poems anthology.

UNDER 18 SHORTLISTED ENTRIES

On the Beach - Gavin Foster, Age 14 - Frankfort, Kentucky USA

Here Lies Tom - Sammie Lam, age 14, Hong Kong

UNITED KINGDOM & IRELAND SHORTLISTED ENTRIES

Here Stands A Soldier - Tracey Lee, Castleford, West Yorkshire

POPPY GARLAND FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR - Jim Newcombe, Derby
Poppy Field Brothers etc  - Steve Douglas, Bolton, Lancs
Picardy Meeting - Barry Dady, Devon
Poppies - Ken Durkin, Pocklington, Yorkshire
The Knock on the Door - Paul Rowclife, Swindon
MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD - Tina Morris, Bilsborrow, Lancashire
CONFLICT - Sue Gerrard, St Helens
Open Gates - RJ Tomlin, Wollaton, Nottingham
THE RETURN - Glenn Merilees, Falkirk
A Message from No Man's Land - Clare Whittam, Marple, Cheshire
‘Conflict’ of War - Tony Meres, Fleetwood
Broken Promises - Stephen Pennell, Crewe
War Will Take Its Hold On Us - Lesley Spray, Crewe
Failed To Return - Andrew Harper, Huddersfield

OVERSEAS SHORTLISTED ENTRIES

Children In War - Ange T Kenos, Australia

VIETNAM: THE FINAL SALUTE - Nia Nguyễn Rodé, Burbank, California, USA
Childhood Memories from War Times - Valma Nieminen, Finland
From Gaza - Fabiyas MV, Kerala, India
My Joker Is Dead - Randolf Velasco,Carlingford, NSW , Australia
A Sailors Dream - Clint Hirschfield, Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, USA
MEDIC - Lynda Lesny, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Aboriginal Sniper, Francis Pegahmagabow - B. Chris (tine) Nash, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
WAR-WIDOW - Roger Nash, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
In Requiem - Ken Ferguson, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
The Arms Race - James Tierney, Milan, Italy