The Awards Celebration for the Glen Phillips Poetry Prize was held on Saturday 7th November 2015.
Carolyn Abbs, our Judge Shane McCauley, Kevin Gillam, Jan Napier and our President, Susan Stevens
We were lucky enough to have some of our winners available to read their poems to the assembly.
The Winners were:
First Place was ‘The Hum of Being’ by Chris Konrad
Second Place was ‘Like a Diving Bell’ by Tim Collins
Third Place was ‘A Lover’s Guide to Musical Terms’ by Rita Tognini
Kevin Gillam reading his poetry
Carolyn Abbs reading her poetry
Highly Commended Certificates went to:
Gail Willems for ‘Double Symmetry’
Carolyn Abbs for ‘The Pain of Faces’
Kevin Gillam for ‘The Map Breathers’
Josephine Clarke for ‘Aftermath’
Jan Napier reading her poetryCommended Certificates went to:
Chris Konrad for ‘Canto LXXIV.6’
Jan Napier for ‘Blue’
Hessom Razavi for ‘Dreams’
Rita Tognini for ‘Hansel and Gretel in Australia’
Judge’s Report with President’s Comments 2015 Glen Phillips Poetry Prize Judge’s Report with President’s Comments 2