Red Shed Poetry Competition 2021
Generously sponsored by Mocca Moocho café, Cross Square, Wakefield
Sole adjudicator: Emma Purshouse
Closing date: Wednesday 31st March, 2021
Prizes: 1st— £100 2nd—£50
Short listed poems - £10
Wakefield Postcode prize—£25
Generously sponsored by Mocca Moocho café, Cross Square, Wakefield
Sole adjudicator: Emma Purshouse
Closing date: Wednesday 31st March, 2021
Prizes: 1st— £100 2nd—£50
Short listed poems - £10
Wakefield Postcode prize—£25
The Red Shed Poetry Competition 2021
RULES FOR ENTRY:
· The competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over.
· Poems should be in English, they must not have been previously published, nor be currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
· Poems must be the original work of the entrant, they must be typed on A4 paper and be no longer than 50 lines. Each poem must be on a separate sheet of paper which must not bear names or any other form of identification.
· Entries must be accompanied by a completed application form and a stamped addressed envelope. The results and the judge’s comments are sent out via this sae.
· Entries must be accompanied by an appropriate entry fee: £3 for first entry, £2 for each poem subsequently entered.
Cheques (sterling only) must be made payable to Currock Press. It is also possible to pay via PayPal.
(Small surcharge. Sorry.)
· We cannot accept poems via email except in the case of entries from overseas. Such entries should be sent to:
john.i.clarke@btinternet.com
· Entries eligible for the Wakefield postcode prize should be marked with a W in the top right-hand corner.
· We regret that we are unable to return poems or enter into any correspondence with entrants.
· The adjudicator’s decision is final.
· The closing date is Wednesday 31st March, 2021.
· Hopefully, depending on the national health situation, an awards event will be held at Mocca Moocho Café, Cross Square, Wakefield on
Sunday 30th May, 2021 at 2.00pm.
· Copyright remains with the authors but Red Shed Readings reserves the right to print winning and highly commended poems.
Entries should be sent to:
The Competition Organiser,
The Red Shed Open Poetry Competition,
3 Sandal Cliff,
Sandal,
Wakefield.
WF2 6AU
· The competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over.
· Poems should be in English, they must not have been previously published, nor be currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
· Poems must be the original work of the entrant, they must be typed on A4 paper and be no longer than 50 lines. Each poem must be on a separate sheet of paper which must not bear names or any other form of identification.
· Entries must be accompanied by a completed application form and a stamped addressed envelope. The results and the judge’s comments are sent out via this sae.
· Entries must be accompanied by an appropriate entry fee: £3 for first entry, £2 for each poem subsequently entered.
Cheques (sterling only) must be made payable to Currock Press. It is also possible to pay via PayPal.
(Small surcharge. Sorry.)
· We cannot accept poems via email except in the case of entries from overseas. Such entries should be sent to:
john.i.clarke@btinternet.com
· Entries eligible for the Wakefield postcode prize should be marked with a W in the top right-hand corner.
· We regret that we are unable to return poems or enter into any correspondence with entrants.
· The adjudicator’s decision is final.
· The closing date is Wednesday 31st March, 2021.
· Hopefully, depending on the national health situation, an awards event will be held at Mocca Moocho Café, Cross Square, Wakefield on
Sunday 30th May, 2021 at 2.00pm.
· Copyright remains with the authors but Red Shed Readings reserves the right to print winning and highly commended poems.
Entries should be sent to:
The Competition Organiser,
The Red Shed Open Poetry Competition,
3 Sandal Cliff,
Sandal,
Wakefield.
WF2 6AU
The Red Shed Open Poetry Competition 2021 Entry Form
Titles of Poems submitted:
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I enclose a cheque (payable to Currock Press) for the sum of £_________
Name: ______________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________
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email address: _________________________________________________
Red Shed Poetry Competition 2020 Results
Dear Poet,
The Red Shed Poetry Competition 2020
Thank you for entering, and thereby supporting, this year’s Red Shed Poetry Competition. The results are listed below.
Winner: Thompson Street, Gail Mosley, Leeds.
Runner up: Nine Pairs of Shoes and a Jacket, Viv Longley, Wakefield.
Highly Commended: Ashes, Margaret Whellams, Taunton
A Trick of The Trade, John Foggin, Wakefield
Mature Women, Coralie Ruston, Salisbury
Wakefield Postcode Poem: Muheera, Deborah Robinson
WPP Special mention: Pontefract Cake, Jo Brandon
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Keith Brindle
In total, 237 poems were entered and these are the comments of James Nash our judge for this year’s competition:
“This poetry competition was a complete joy to judge, from love poems, to poems rooted in place and time, to philosophical journeyings into life and mortality. I read them all at least twice, some more than that. I read them aloud so that I could hear how they worked with the human voice and I relished how so many of them resonated in the airy room where I was working, and then I put them in piles on arms of sofas, on the floor and across a coffee table.
It looked like a literary car boot sale.
During the course of the next few days I went into the sitting room and read the bulk of them again. Some were becoming close friends. They pulled at me, asking me to reconnect with them. I thought about them on dog walks and bike rides. They had become part of me the reader, as all good writing does.
So, a hugely talented entry, many poems of high quality, and most important in these challenging times, showing great humanity.”
James Nash, April 2020’
Once again, our thanks to James and all of the poets who applied their time and talents to support the competition. Sadly, we will not be able to hold our awards event this year, nor will we be publishing a winner's booklet although the winning poems will appear soon on this site.
John Clarke
Competition Organiser
The Red Shed Poetry Competition 2020
Thank you for entering, and thereby supporting, this year’s Red Shed Poetry Competition. The results are listed below.
Winner: Thompson Street, Gail Mosley, Leeds.
Runner up: Nine Pairs of Shoes and a Jacket, Viv Longley, Wakefield.
Highly Commended: Ashes, Margaret Whellams, Taunton
A Trick of The Trade, John Foggin, Wakefield
Mature Women, Coralie Ruston, Salisbury
Wakefield Postcode Poem: Muheera, Deborah Robinson
WPP Special mention: Pontefract Cake, Jo Brandon
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Keith Brindle
In total, 237 poems were entered and these are the comments of James Nash our judge for this year’s competition:
“This poetry competition was a complete joy to judge, from love poems, to poems rooted in place and time, to philosophical journeyings into life and mortality. I read them all at least twice, some more than that. I read them aloud so that I could hear how they worked with the human voice and I relished how so many of them resonated in the airy room where I was working, and then I put them in piles on arms of sofas, on the floor and across a coffee table.
It looked like a literary car boot sale.
During the course of the next few days I went into the sitting room and read the bulk of them again. Some were becoming close friends. They pulled at me, asking me to reconnect with them. I thought about them on dog walks and bike rides. They had become part of me the reader, as all good writing does.
So, a hugely talented entry, many poems of high quality, and most important in these challenging times, showing great humanity.”
James Nash, April 2020’
Once again, our thanks to James and all of the poets who applied their time and talents to support the competition. Sadly, we will not be able to hold our awards event this year, nor will we be publishing a winner's booklet although the winning poems will appear soon on this site.
John Clarke
Competition Organiser
The Red Shed Poetry Competition 2019 Results
After sterling work by this year’s adjudicator, Tom Weir, we can now announce the results for this year’s Red Shed Poetry Competition.
1st. Lynda Turbet, Scapa
2nd. Marion Oxley, Deluge
Highly Commended:
Lydia Harris, The Book of St Margaret, Forfar
Neil Clarkson, Raffles Nightclub
The Wakefield Postcode W prize
The shortlisted poets for this prize are listed below:
Alan Braddock, The Fisher Boats Came to Wakefield
Keith Brindle, Gone
June Hurst, Plaintive Land
Alice O’Donnell, Time Running Out for the Ballet Stars
Deborah Robinson, Light
Deborah Robinson, I Ask Your Name
The announcement of the overall winner of the Wakefield prize will be made at our awards event at Mocca Moocho café, Cross Square, Wakefield on Sunday 26th May at 2.00pm. Admission for this event is free and everyone is cordially invited to attend but please contact me via the contact page on the Currock Press website www.currockpress.com to let me know how many places you would like.
Finally, congratulations if your name appears on the above list. If your poem hasn’t been selected this time then please accept my thanks for taking part in the competition. Not only does your entry support the Red Shed Readings in Wakefield but also other arts activities in Yorkshire which Currock Press has been able to support. So, once again, thank you very much and I hope you are intent upon entering again next year.
Best wishes,
John Irving Clarke
The Red Shed Poetry Competition 2019 Results
After sterling work by this year’s adjudicator, Tom Weir, we can now announce the results for this year’s Red Shed Poetry Competition.
1st. Lynda Turbet, Scapa
2nd. Marion Oxley, Deluge
Highly Commended:
Lydia Harris, The Book of St Margaret, Forfar
Neil Clarkson, Raffles Nightclub
The Wakefield Postcode W prize
The shortlisted poets for this prize are listed below:
Alan Braddock, The Fisher Boats Came to Wakefield
Keith Brindle, Gone
June Hurst, Plaintive Land
Alice O’Donnell, Time Running Out for the Ballet Stars
Deborah Robinson, Light
Deborah Robinson, I Ask Your Name
The announcement of the overall winner of the Wakefield prize will be made at our awards event at Mocca Moocho café, Cross Square, Wakefield on Sunday 26th May at 2.00pm. Admission for this event is free and everyone is cordially invited to attend but please contact me via the contact page on the Currock Press website www.currockpress.com to let me know how many places you would like.
Finally, congratulations if your name appears on the above list. If your poem hasn’t been selected this time then please accept my thanks for taking part in the competition. Not only does your entry support the Red Shed Readings in Wakefield but also other arts activities in Yorkshire which Currock Press has been able to support. So, once again, thank you very much and I hope you are intent upon entering again next year.
Best wishes,
John Irving Clarke
The Red Shed Poetry Competition 2018 Results
Winner: A Loss of Eden, Graham Burchell, Devon.
Second place: On Dissecting the Pellet of an Owl, Jane Burn, County Durham
Commended Poets (in alphabetical order):
Alison Carter, Cockermouth, U: The Yorkshire Vowel Depth Championships
Ion Corcos, New South Wales, Self Portrait with Suitcase
Hilaire, London, The Sheffield Man
Nigel King, Huddersfield, The Octopus Dreams on its Skin
Sue Norton, York, Sitting in a Lebanese Café
Wakefield postcode poets (Winner to be declared at the Awards event)
Keith Brindle, Horbury, I’d Like a Brexit with my Mug of Tea
John Dart, Crofton, Things Can Change
John Dart, Crofton, All the Sounds They Cannot Hear
Angela de Courcy Bower, Wakefield, The Home
Rupert Martin, Sandal, A Path of Grit
Rupert Martin, Sandal, Perhaps Prayer
Laura Potts, Wakefield, The Picture in Ireland
