The winner of the Strokestown International Poetry Prize was announced last night – Majella Kelly from Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland with her poem Virginia Creeper, Second place, Rebecca Farmer from London and in third, Keith Payne, Dublin, Ireland.
- Majella Kelly, winner of Strokestown International prize 2019 with Lawrence & Janet Kessenich, Boston, MA, sponsors of the prize
- Lawrence & Janet Kessenich (Sponsors), Majella Kelly (1st), Keith Payne (2nd), Rebecca Farmer (3rd), Jo Shapcott & Gerard Smyth (Judges) (L-R)
- Majella Kelly, Tuam reading her winning poem 'Virginia Creeper'