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Guernsey Literary Festival

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Guernsey Arts

2017 Winners

Judged by Gwyneth Lewis

Open Poetry

  1. 1st

    Demeter’s Lament  Sally Douglas

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  2. 2nd

    Spiders  Gabriel Griffin

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  3. 3rd

    Monsoon  Sally Douglas

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  4. 3rd

    One Concession and Child  Fiona Ritchie Walker

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Channel Islands’ Poetry

  1. 1st

    Afterthoughts  Julia Meredith

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  2. 2nd

    Love Poem  Marlene Morris

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  3. 3rd

    La Fête Du Cidre  Wendy Falla

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Young People’s Poetry

  1. 1st

    The Timeless Waltz  Isaac Powers

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  2. 2nd

    Old Folk  Eilidh Lang

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  3. 3rd

    Where I Want to Go  Alex Soulsby

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Poems on the Buses Exhibition

  1. Bus

    Ambush  Elizabeth Lavers

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  2. Bus

    Anchoress  Ian McEwen

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  3. Bus

    Avocado  Sharon Black

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  4. Bus

    Buy Local  Lester Queripel

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  5. Bus

    Clear Night  Pat Borthwick

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  6. Bus

    The Cliff  Sally Douglas

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  7. Bus

    Coppicer  Pat Borthwick

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  8. Bus

    Disentangling  Donald S. Murray

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  9. Bus

    Drifted Down  Shauna Robertson

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  10. Bus

    Elsie  Judy O’Kane

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  11. Bus

    First Aid  Chris Kinsey

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  12. Bus

    Insurgence  Janet Lees

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  13. Bus

    Into  Abigail Parry

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  14. Bus

    Love Song in Old Age  Doreen Hinchliffe

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  15. Bus

    Memory Stone  Pamela Trudy Hodge

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  16. Bus

    Monkfish  Judy O’Kane

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  17. Bus

    My Ladybug  Pauline Boateng

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  18. Bus

    Pencil  Steve Voake

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  19. Bus

    The Perfect Pair  Guy Russell

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  20. Bus

    Pumpkins  Pauline Hawkesworth

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  21. Bus

    Sark Dark  James Willis

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  22. Bus

    Siamese Fighting Fish  Peter Kenny

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  23. Bus

    Skateboarding  Caine Langlois

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  24. Bus

    White Cotton Curtain, Outdoors  Sharon Black

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