Sunday, October 6, 2019

Bailieborough Poetry Competition 2019 Results

The results of the Bailieborough Poetry Festival Competition 2019. 
The judge was Cavan Writer-in-Residence, Anthony J Quinn.
Winner: Christopher M James - ‘Janus’.
Runners Up: Giles Newington - ‘Dynamic Me’
                      John D Kelly - ‘The Missing Piece’
Congratulations to the winner and runners up and to the following who made the shortlist:
Orla Fay - ‘The Member of the Wedding.
Ruth Quinlan - ‘Eczema Herpeticum in The Limerick Regional’.
Eugene Platt - ‘Thank You Note to my New Wife’s Late Husband’.
Anne Tannam - ‘I’ll admit to’.
Kate Ennals - ‘Drafting a Poem in my Mother’s Old Diary’.
The announcement and presentation in Bailieborough Library on Saturday was a most enjoyable event. 

Thanks to those shortlisted poets who attended and read. Thanks also to the winner Christopher James who, though in Thailand, was able to read his poem for us through the wonders of modern technology.

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