Wigtown Poetry Competition Winners 2007

Congratulations to the winners of the 2007 Wigtown Poetry Competition, judged by Jackie Kay and Rody Gorman (Gaelic judge). Look out for the judges' reports being posted on the competition website shortly.

Ist Prize
My Darling, My Cliché - Kathryn Simmonds

2nd Prize
Pride - Judy Brown

3rd Prize
Odysseus and the Sou’Wester - Jen Hadfield

Gaelic Prize
An fhior bheinn - Aonghas MacNeacail


Commended Poems
Pigeon’s Egg - Isla Duncan
Lead, Kindly Light - Jennifer Copley
Tabernacles - Atar Hadari
Aftermath of Love - Chloe Morrish
Parasites - Christie Williamson
Night Train from Parma - Anna Wigley
The Dead - David Winston Lee
The Hardest Lines - Ronald Kerr
In a Small and Private Room - Anne Stewart
Agoraphobic in Love - Kathryn Simmonds