We are delighted to be able to announce the shortlist of The Bournemouth Writing Prize Poetry competition 2021. Congratulations to all of you listed here!
As, with the short story competition, it was an absolute pleasure to read the entries that were submitted to the BWP from all around the world, although trying to reduce the numbers down to a shortlist was very hard. Please don’t feel discouraged if you didn’t make it this time. We will open for entries again in the Autumn.
The Bournemouth Writing Prize (Poetry) Shortlist
A Poem in which I’m No Longer Afraid by Ana Reisens
Bogota by Lyz Pfister
Brave by Georgia Cowley
Calming by Victoria Helen Loftus
Custom Crescendo by Whitney Glover
Dancing with Ghosts by kodiak
For Poets and Friends by Manuela Vitelaru
Fountains in Paris by Beth Steiner
From Russia Without Beth Steiner
Frozen Feathers by Joseph Snowden
Heritage by Emma Ormond
Jag Alskar Dig, Auntie by Hanna Jarvback
Leaf Storm by Dara Kavanagh
Lost Intimacy by Eleanor Jones
Missed Chances by Charlotte Rudman
My Father’s Hands by Alison Nuorto
My Gam Speaks in Remnants by Elizabeth M Castillo
Night Watch by Manuela Vitelaru
On Earth by Richard Helfer
On the banks of the Cann by Peter Harding
Our Last Summer by Sarah Leavesley
Poetry, n by CT Mills
Reggae love by Chijioke John Ojukwu
Sometimes a Girl by Ginna Wilkerson
Survivor by Bee Parkinson-Cameron
The Bramblelands by Gracie Jack
The Chaining of the Dead by Manuela Vitelaru
The House of the Living by Elena Croitoru
The Then and the Now by Les Clarke
There was Never any Poetry, Just Blood by Elizabeth M Castillo
Time to go Home by Nancy Ward
Undelivered by Nichola Rivers
Unexpected Meeting in 2020 by Judi Moore
Voices on a Bus by Yvette Appleby
Weathered Sketches by Jess Fallon-Ford
Winchester in my pocket by Manuela Vitelaru