Selected poems from Flintshire Library and Information Service’s Poetry Power competition will tour the county’s libraries over the coming months, starting at Mold Library & Museum.
The prize giving ceremony for this year’s poetry writing competition took place at Mold Library & Museum on Thursday 7 October. From 120 entries twenty English and five Welsh poems were selected. The poems were chosen by poets Joy Winkler and Eirug Salisbury, who also gave readings of their own work. The shortlisted and winning poets read their work and were presented with certificates, with the top six poems earning their authors a cash prize. Councillor Nigel Steele-Mortimer, Flintshire County Council Executive Member for Education and Youth, presented the prizes.
The winners were:
English:
- 1st The Heron Maureen Coppack
- 2nd An Area the Size of Wales Christine York
- 3rd Footpath Maureen Coppack
Cymraeg:
- 1af Dirgelwch Eluned Edwards
- 2il Drysau Eluned Edwards
- 3ydd Y Darlun Eirys Buckland-Evers
