We received such a large number of entries in under 18 category this year – they were of such a high quality - that it was decided to split the competition into two sections, one for UK & Ireland entries and one for the rest of the world.
We are pleased to announce the results are as follows:
UK & Ireland Under 18
Second Prize: “I Went I Did I Saw” by Alice Couch, Reedley
Third Prize; “My Navy Whites” by Aleigh Allred, London
Special Merit: “Life Is Too Short” by Kiana Gollan, Kent
Overseas Under 18
Second Prize: “Final Breath” by Ashleigh Loo, New Zealand
Third Prize: “Wind Blew At His Hair” by Sammy Keys, India
Pendle Adult
First Prize: “The Mocker” by David Walker, Barrowford
Second Prize; “Father’s Day Thoughts Of Dad In 236L in Austria” by Ann Redmayne Stephenson, Read
Third Prize: “One Of The Few” by John Williams, Colne
Special Merit: “A Syrian Father 2013” by Kathy Reade, Burnley
National
First Prize: “Dear Lord” by Cpl Ben Davies, 1st Btn Princess of Wales Royal Regt
Second Prize: “War Journey” by Jenny Holliday, Bromborough
Third Prize: “Not A Great War” by Katherine Wroe, Rochdale
Special Merit: “I Am Autumn” by Simone Estridge, Birmingham
Special Merit: “The Poster On The Wall” by Richard Foster, Manchester
Special Merit: “No Longer Your Job” by Alex Elkington, Blackpool
Overseas
First Prize: “The Terror Of Peace” by Daniel Schaefer, Wisconsin, USA
Second Prize: “The Soldier’s Gift” by Christine Poropat, Ontario, Canada
Third Prize: “After The Last Tommy Died” by Stephen J Cribari, Minnesota, USA
Special Merit: “Butare Market Rwanda” by Andreas Morgner, Virginia, USA
Special Merit: “War” by Celina Chew, Malaysia
Special Merit: “My War Diary” by Sammy Musungu, Venezuela
Poems That Appear in the Pendle War Poetry Competition “Selected Poems 2013” Anthology Book:
Entrants Aged Under 18
I Went I Did I Saw - Alice Couch, ReedleyLife Is Too Short For War - Kiana Gollan, Kent
Wind Blew At His Hair - Sammy Keys, India
A Single Poppy - Abi Rose Langton, Nottingham
A Piece of the Future - Megan Farrimond, Westhoughton
Final Breath - Ashleigh Loo, New Zealand
If Only... - Silmi Sayam, London
Eyes Never Dry - Zeki Madjid, Bulgaria
W.W.1 Is Here - Cody Horan, New Zealand
My Navy Whites - Aleigh Allred, London
The Sadness Of War - Georgia Collier, Bolton
Time To Fight - Pearle Morha, London
The Last Letter - Katie McKenna, Northern Ireland
Pendle Entries
Facing The Heat - Paul R Culverwell, NelsonThe Mocker - David Walker, Barrowford
The First Of July 1916 - Joe Waterworth, Padiham
Liberian Limerick - Shane Rice, Nelson
In An Instant - Paul Kirkup, Wheatley Lane, Pendle
One Of The Few - John Williams, Colne
Father's Day Thoughts of Dad in 236L in Austria - Ann Redmayne Stevenson, Read
A Syrian Father 2013 - Kathy Reade, Burnley
To Each What He Deserves - Nick O’Neil, Nelson
Here And There - Jenny Palmer, Twiston
UK & Ireland Entries
All Warmth Is Fleeing - Peter Mortimer, Cullercoats, North ShieldsYpres - Steve Kirby, Stoke Newington
A Waste Of Life - Zoe Dalton, Southport
The Hero A Nation Forgot - Anthony R M Andrews, Settle, North Yorkshire
Salient - Colin Curtis, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
The God of War - Marjorie Nye, Blackpool
Don't Be Scared, Soldier - Ewa Luczynska, Purley
Although The Country Was At War,,, - Joanne Elliott, Slough, Berkshire
Sniper - Phil Pead, Rainham, Kent
Another Poppy - Keith Likeman, Tewksebury
No Longer Your Job - Alex Elkington, Blackpool
To Our Veterans - Tez Watson, Nairn, Scotland
Fireflies of War - Shannon Perry, Walsall, West Midlands
A Lancaster Pilot’s Log Book - Derek Wilcock, Cheadle Hulme
S Y R I A - Richard Muirhead, Macclesfield
Scarlet Snow - Glenn Merrilees, Falkirk, Scotland
Why? - Sharon Lightwood, Tamworth, Staffordshire
Minute Silence - Benjamin Swanton, Leeds
Echoes of War - Edna Palmer, Southport, Merseyside
A Soldier’s Last Thoughts - Winifred Hughes, Birkdale, Southport
the fairytale - Paul de Aragon uk
The Silent Soldier - Ollie Cat, Wallingford, England
Lost But Not Forgotten - Andrew Harper, Huddersfield
He Never Said - Mike Jenkins, Merthyr Tydfil
Veterans Remember - Robert Guy Wilson. Portsmouth.
Young Soldier Fights It All - Kirsten L Sands, Keighley
Where Poppies Bloom - Trudy Simpson, Carshalton, Surrey
Freedom – Dignity - Minal Shah, London
I Am Autumn - Simone Estridge, Birmingham
Soldiers Only Cry In The Dark - Dougie Durrant, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Unsung Heroes - Mick Connelley
War - Mrs. P.M.Angier, Garve. Rossshire
Sweet Service - Kevin Bovey, Edinburgh
The Poster On The Wall – 1916 - Richard Foster, Manchester
Unsung Hero - Paul Howard, Dover
A Handsome Soldier Ran Up The Hill - Molly Boon
Innocent Target - Guy Hayward, Hythe, Kent
Remembrance Day - Colin Bancroft, Lanchester, Durham
Not A Great War - Katherine Wroe, Rochdale.
Mud, Wet and Fears - Vivien McCord, Rochdale
War Journey - Jenny Holliday, Wirral
The War Horse - Pearl Bramble, Leigh on Sea, Essex
Mary’s Lament - Manus Eyry, Northern Ireland
The Colours of War - Tina Morris, Garstang
Dear Lord - Corporal Ben Davies, 1st Btn Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
A Cry For Help - David Lilburn MBE, Deal, Kent
War Memorial - Bill Cooke, Liverpool
Planesong - John Bidwell, Sutherland, Scotland
Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam 1969 - George Sweetnam, County Dublin, Ireland
Elevated Place - Christopher Louis Zalewski, Pill, Bristol
Overseas Entries
Orders - Lynda Lesny, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada I Screamed At The World - Peter G Parsley, Antwerp, Belgium
A World Changed Forever - Cecilia Mallon, Massey, Ontario, Canada
The Soldier's Gift - Christine Poropat, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Karithandan - Fabiyas M V, Kerala, India
Military Peace Keeping - Roger Nash, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
My War Diary - Sammy Musungu, Caracas,Venezuela
Memories from a WWII Memorial - B. Christine Nash, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
After The Last Tommy Died - Stephen J. Cribari, Minnesota, USA
Honour And Freedom - Samuel Ansah Asare
Mortars Scream - Joan Leotta, Calabash, North Carolina USA
Fourteen And A Wake Up - Clint Hirschfield, Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, USA
Urgent Care - Lena Ghamrawi, San Jose, California USA
A Soldier Reflects - John Wiggett, Geelong, Australia
Closing a Door - Jack Guzman, Madison, Wisconsin USA
Issac’s Nod - Edward Riehle, Arizona USA
Butare Market, Rwanda - Andreas Morgner , Virginia USA
War - Celia Chew, Penang, Malaysia
The Terror of Peace - Daniel Schaefer, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Will You Still Be Our Heroes - Claire E Morhouser, California, USA
To Henry Gunther - Barbara Jerome Wood, Paxton, Illinois USA
Looking Back - Mark Hayden, Pontiac. Michigan USA
The Child Soldier - Emmanuel Ugokwe, Nigeria
My Walk - Vi Nguyen, Oregon, USA
Live from Baghdad - Safaa Sheikh Hamad, Baghdad, Iraq
Fine Wine - Neil Milliner, Queensland, Australia
This Journey Through Time - Michelle Rawhiti-Boswell, New Zealand
At War’s End - Christopher J.S. Addè, Sierra Madre, California, USA
Limericks by:
Bruce Graham, CamberleyCelia Chew, Malaysia
DJ Shaefer, USA
Guy Hayward, Hythe
Anna Woods, Bristol
Peter G Parsley, Antwerp, Belgium.
Fabiyas M V, Kerala, India
David Lewis , Jeffersonville, Indiana. USA
Quartus
Shane Rice, Nelson
David Lightbown, Padiham
