The Schools’ Competitions Prize 2018

Prize:	Name:	School:	Class:	Teacher:	Poem:
1^st	Clodagh Gill	Clooncagh NS Strokestown	6^th class	Ms. Feena Beirne	Making Us Strange
2^nd	Meadhbh McElgunn	Cloontuskert NS	5^th class	Mr Connerton	With Eyes as Big as Teacups
3^rd	Shannon Moylan	Carrick NS	5^th	Mr Eoin Davey	The Journey
HC	Eddie Cauneen Devlin	St. Patrick’s BNS	6^th	Mrs Carmel Tighe	The Weather
HC	Seán Wallace	Carrick NS	5th	Mr Eoin Davey	Mistreated Dogs
HC	Isabel Glover	St. Mary’s NS	5^th class	Mrs Anna Feely	Ploughing Days
HC	Brian Mannion	Tisrara NS	6^th class	Mr Larry Mannion	Hurling
HC	Sam Tynan	Carrick NS Ballinlough	5^th class	Mr Eoin Davey	Fantastic Emotions

Prize:	Name:	School:	Year:	Teacher:	Poem:
1^st	Alannah Healy	Convent of Mercy Ros.	5^th year	Ms McTiernan	Long Trip for the Milk
2^nd	Sean Egan	Roscommon Community College	TY	Maura Connelly	It’s Fragile, Like Glass
3^rd	Molly Kelly	Scoil Mhuire Strokestown	5^th year	Ms Reynolds	The Painter
HC	Niamh Escosio	Convent of Mercy Ros.	1^st year	Ms Plunkett	Eavesdropping
HC	Eoghan Murphy	Scoil Mhuire Strokestown	5^th year	Ms Reynolds	Flag of Peace
HC	Shauna Rogan	Scoil Mhuire Strokestown	5^th year	Ms Reynolds	Gaelic, an Old Game
HC	Lokesh Satish	CBS Roscommon	TY	Ms Rosie Reale	As I get warmer in this never-ending summer
HC	Eva Greene	Convent of Mercy Ros.	1^st year	Ms M Kelly	Storm Ophelia

1st Prize € 100

2nd Prize € 50

3rd Prize € 30

All winners will also receive book prizes

3 shortlisted prizes in each category €20 each.

Closing date: Feburary 9th 2018

Judge:

Pete Mullineaux image: Boyd Challenger

Pete Mullineaux lives in Galway and works in Development Education.
His poetry has been described by reviewers as 'tender & lyrical' and
'gorgeously resonant'. His collection Session was described by Irish
Music Magazine as 'a gem'. He has been published widely in Ireland,
UK, USA and as far afield as India and Japan. His four collections
are: Zen Traffic Lights (Lapwing 2005) A Father's Day (Salmon 2008)

Session (2011) and How to Bake a Planet (Salmon 2016). Pete has also
written several plays for the stage and RTE radio.

* This competition is open to all students and pupils attending a primary or secondary school
in County Roscommon. The poems will be judged in two categories: Primary and
Secondary. There is an entry fee of €2 per poem and students and pupils may write on any
theme or subject.
* Winners and shortlistees will be invited to attend a prize-giving event at Strokestown
International Poetry Festival on Friday 4 th May 2018.
* The judges’ decision is final.
* Poems should be printed on A4 paper and students’/pupils’ names should not appear on
the poems, only on the application form. Poems are judged anonymously.
* You may enter by post or online at www.strokestownpoetry.org
* Post entries to: Schools Poetry Competition, SCDA, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
* All queries: Strokestown Poetry Festival Office: 071 9633759 10am – 1.00pm or gemma.flanagan@strokestownpoetry.org