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2024 Crabbe Memorial Competition Awards Ceremony

The 2024 Crabbe Memorial Competition Awards Ceremony was held on Saturday, 5 October at Diss Methodist Church Hall.
Competition Results
- 1st – XR – Esther Morgan
- 2nd – On Nostalgia For The Twilight of Cigarette Advertising in Print – Samuel Prince
- 3rd – Finally Taking His Used Meds Back to The Chemist – Susan Garratt
Highly Commended
- Church Shit – Stephanie Feeney
- Matins – Helen Deal
Commended
- Worn Once, Still Hanging In The Wardrobe – Susan Garratt
- A Lay Preacher’s Sermon – Richard Whiting
- The Degas Tree – Richard Whiting
- Where Ballet Goes To Die – Stephanie Feeney
- Invalid – Rosemary Appleton
- The Lark Trap – Fiona Clark
- A Gap in The Roof – Anne Boileau
- Road With Pollards – Esther Morgan
- Evensong – Peter Wallis
- Telling Tales – Aruna Stannard
- Creosote Pete – Sarah Sibley
- Under the Bridge – Jen Overett
Competition anthologies are available in the shop.

Alistair Bamford and Milly playing before the event began.
Alistair Bamford and Milly playing before the event began.

Luke Wright giving his adjudication of Jen Overett’s poem
Luke Wright giving his adjudication of Jen Overett’s poem

Luke Wright giving his adjudication of Jen Overett’s poem
Luke Wright giving his adjudication of Jen Overett’s poem

Luke Wright giving his adjudication of Helen Deal’s poem
Luke Wright giving his adjudication of Helen Deal’s poem

Luke Wright reading his adjudication of Samuel Prince’s poem
Luke Wright reading his adjudication of Samuel Prince’s poem

Luke Wright reading his adjudication of Samuel Prince’s poem
Luke Wright reading his adjudication of Samuel Prince’s poem

Esther Morgan reading the 1st prize winning poem ‘XR’
Esther Morgan reading the 1st prize winning poem ‘XR’

Esther Morgan reading the 1st prize winning poem ‘XR’
Esther Morgan reading the 1st prize winning poem ‘XR’

Esther Morgan reading the 1st prize winning poem ‘XR’
Esther Morgan reading the 1st prize winning poem ‘XR’

Esther Morgan reading the 1st prize winning poem ‘XR’
Esther Morgan reading the 1st prize winning poem ‘XR’

Luke Wright reading his adjudication of the winning poem ‘XR’
Luke Wright reading his adjudication of the winning poem ‘XR’

Luke Wright reading his adjudication of the winning poem ‘XR’
Luke Wright reading his adjudication of the winning poem ‘XR’

Luke Wright presenting the Crabbe Rose Bowl to Esther Morgan
Luke Wright presenting the Crabbe Rose Bowl to Esther Morgan

Luke Wright and the 1st prize winner Esther Morgan
Luke Wright and the 1st prize winner Esther Morgan

Luke Wright and the 1st prize winner Esther Morgan
Luke Wright and the 1st prize winner Esther Morgan

Luke Wright and the 1st prize winner Esther Morgan
Luke Wright and the 1st prize winner Esther Morgan

Fran Reader presenting a gift to Luke Wright for his work as a patron of Suffolk Poetry Society
Fran Reader presenting a gift to Luke Wright for his work as a patron of Suffolk Poetry Society
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