WINNERS OF THE 2019 WINTER KINGS HEATH POETRY COMPETITION
The competition received 83 entries, which in turn were reduced to a shortlist of 12 poems for the ‘public vote’.
We would like to thank Di de Woolfson from Cannon Poets who was the judge in this competition.
The winners are as follows:
Kings Heath Poetry Competition ‘Public vote’
Iona Mandal for ‘Girl from Kings Heath’
Winner receives £75
Kings Heath Poetry Competition Judge’s selected winner
Phil Banting for ‘Two Parks’
Winner receives £75
Winner in the up to 11-year old category
Earl Martin-Shepherd for ‘The Homeless Man of Kings Heath’
Winner receives £20
Winner in the 12 to 14-year old category
Iona Mandal for ‘Girl from Kings Heath’
Winner receives £20
Winner in the 15 to 17-year old category
There were no entries in this category
Winner from entries from Queensbridge School
Skye Stone for ‘Kings Heath’
Winner receives £20
Winner from entries from Bishop Challoner School
Josephine Potter for ‘Sounds of Kings Heath’
Winner receives £20
Winner from entries from King Edwards Camp Hill School for Girls
Iona Mandal for ‘Girl from Kings Heath’
Winner receives £20