George Crabbe Poetry Competition Anthology 2009

The 2009 competition was adjudicated by Clive Scott.

First Prize

• The Second Scrivener – Mike Bannister

Second Prize

• Memory of Debach, 1955 – Keith Rose

Third Prize

• Flip-Flops – Andrew Frolish

Highly Commended Poems

• Airfield, Castle Camps – Cameron Hawke Smith
• Apocalypse – Angela Pickering

Commended Poems

• Siren Voices – John Pelling
• The Road to Sevagram – Theresa Turk

• Interior Evening – Diana Speakman
• The House Guest – Rebecca Camu
• Well and Truly Landed – Richard Chilvers
• The Harvest Wife – Robin Maunsell
• Pete’s Forge – Anne Boileau
• Barricades – Florence Cox
• The Reddleman – Kay Hathway
• Hawk-eye – Rebecca Watts

Adjudicators’ Comments

This PDF includes the adjudicator’s notes by Clive Scott. These did not appear in the original anthology, so are included here as a bonus.

Clive’s notes begin with a general discussion about the entries, then details his thoughts on the winning poems.