Poetry Shortlist
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our poetry competition. Congratulations to you all.
Our judge Jessica Mookherjee was very impressed with the quality of submissions.
The final winners will be chosen from the shortlist and our colleagues at New Writing South will select the Sussex prize winner.
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Shortlisted poets
Dawn Rhodes-Shaw
Tim Barlow
​Maya Little
Shoshanna Rockman
Andy Breckenridge
Helen Wing
Longlisted poets
​Longlisted poets:​
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Jonathan Ukah
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Maya Little
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Shoshanna Rockman
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Tim Barlow
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Tim Relf
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Ryan Ormonde
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Helen Wing
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Dawn Rhodes-Shaw
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Judith Shaw
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Andy Breckenridge
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Juliet West
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Joshua Abrokwah
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Almost made the longlist:
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Jonathan Ukah - From a distant country / The sun on his ruin (2 poems)
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Kay Knighting - Butch Heart
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Riff Poynton - Wolf
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Ken Evans - The wise Forgerists
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Ananya Dutta - White Water
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Helen Wing - I, Zamira the sleeping girl
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Kelly Thompson - Beyond the divice
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Andy Breckenridge - Ornamental Pond Life
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Errol T - News of babylon
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Di Slaney - Self portrait with repeat prescriptions
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Laura Webb - After telling a young woman her fiance's heart stopped
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Thank you to everyone who entered.
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​Hastings Book Festival team
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