2011 Competition
Competition Judge Peter Sansom with Second prize winner Jo Senior
We enjoyed reading the entries, and were very impressed by the numerous ways that the poets chose to interpret the theme, Fire.
Everything from Johnny Cash to celebratory candles and curries , recent political events to Hell itself. The standard was very high, and the poems we struggled to place in winning order were all serious contenders for first prize.
”Ann and Peter Sansom, competition judges
The winners of the Buxton Poetry Competition 2011 were announced at a special awards evening held at the Devonshire Dome in Buxton on 7 July 2011.
Competition organisers, Buxton Festival and the University of Derby Buxton, were delighted to receive almost 800 poems from poets of all ages, from across the UK and abroad.
The winners were:
Open Category
- First prize: Gill Learner Flashpoint
- Second prize: Jo Senior Kindle
- Third prize: Julie Mellor Spontaneous Combustion
- Highly commended: Sheila Wilkins Burn After Reading
Children and Young People
In total over 400 under the age of 19 entered the 2011 competition free of charge.
Young People's Category
- First prize: Hannah Rogers And the Fire put a Heat in their Hearts
- Second prize: Jelena Vukovic Brilliant Beam
- Third prize: Jamie King Smoke and Embers
- Highly commended: Corey Potter Fire
- Commended: Jessica Frost Burned by Water
Children's Category
- First prize: Lucy Waltham The Fire of London
- Second prize: Surekha Punshon - Hestia's Flame
- Third prize: Jessica Wilson An Unexpected Poem
- Highly commended: Emerald Grimshaw Fire:A Red Glow Flickering
- Commended: Avarni Bassi World War Two Incendiary Bomb
Barnardo's Category
- First prize: Laurence Inman Through Smoke Towards Cloud Nine
Thanks to all who entered the 2011 competition, we look forward to seeing your poems for 2012.
Read the winning poems:
