2009 Competition
Photographs by Creative Media, University of Derby
Judging the children's and young people's entries for the 2009 Buxton Poetry Competition was by no means an easy task. The generally high standard of the poetry made it exceptionally difficult to choose individual winners and runners up in each category. We read and enjoyed poems representing a wide range of forms and styles, each with the central focus of 'stone' and what impressed us the most was the power of the imagination of the entrants and their ability to amuse, fascinate and captivate us with their words. We were left inspired by the creative talents of the entrants and particularly of the local children and young people, whose poems did exceptionally well in the competition.
”Competition judge Dr Teresa Barnard
Awards in the Open Category were as follows:
- First: Quarry - Mandy Coe
- Second: Dear Mr Asquith - Nina Boyd
- Third: How We Survived the Years of Stone - CJ Allen
- Highly Commended: Moulin du Chaos- Hilary Menos
- Highly Commended: Stone - Caroline Cook
- Highly Commended: The Geologist's Funeral - Michael McKimm
Children's and Youth categories
Young poets from the High Peak top the charts in both categories. First prize in the Children's section was won by 10 year old Benjamin Ross from New Mills with Because I'm A Boy. First prize in the Youth Category was awarded to Sian Hughes from Chinley with .Tryfan.
Second prize in the Youth Category was awarded to Louise Wang with Erosion and third prize was was awarded to Ailsa Atkinson with A Stone's Lament.
Second in the Children's Category was Lauren Dowling with The Curious Case of Benjamin Stone and third was Helena Coggan with Stone.
