Winners announced
Place |
Name |
Name of Poem |
From |
Writers Group |
1st |
Jennifer Creedon |
Dawn on the N63 |
Ballyleague |
|
2nd |
Susan Graham |
St Colman’s Abbey, Inishbofin |
Foxford, Co. Mayo |
Ballaghaderreen |
3rd |
Frankie Simon |
So What |
Boyle |
|
HC |
Pippa Black |
Keeping Watch |
Ballymote, Co. Sligo |
Ballaghaderreen |
HC |
John Mullan |
The Inventor |
Roosky |
|
HC |
Bernadette Tansey |
Last Words |
Elphin |
Roscommon poet's shortlist
Name |
Name of Poem |
From |
Writers Group |
Pippa Black |
Keeping Watch |
Ballymote |
Ballaghaderreen |
Jennifer Creedon |
Dawn on the N63 |
Ballyleague |
|
Susan Graham |
St Colman’s Abbey, Inishbofin |
Foxford |
Ballaghaderreen |
John Mullan |
The Inventor |
Roosky |
|
Frankie Simon |
So What |
Boyle |
|
Bernadette Tansey |
Last Words |
Elphin |
2018 Competition
Roscommon Poets Prize 2018
Prize €150
Six shortlisted poets
The Roscommon Poets Prize
This category is for a poem in English of not more than 70 lines submitted by a resident of County Roscommon or a member of a County Roscommon Writers Group. Shortlisted poets in the Roscommon Poets Competition who read their poem at the competition receive a €50 reading fee.
Details
The competition will be open for entries on 8th January 2018. The Closing date is Friday 9th February 2018. The judge is Mary Turley McGrath
Mary Turley-McGrath lives in Letterkenny. She holds an M Phil. in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin. Her three poetry collections are: New Grass under Snow (Summer Palace Press, 2003); Forget the Lake (2014), and Other Routes (2016), both published by Arlen House. Mary was the winner of the Poetry Ireland /Trócaire Competition 2014. Her poems have appeared in the Irish Times and in literary magazines and anthologies