We will not be running a poetry competition in 2008.
Winner of 2007 Poetry Competition
The winner of the Blinking Eye 2007 Poetry Competition is Dorothy Yamamoto from Oxford.
There are eight commended poets:
D J Andrew (Leeds)
Roger Elkin (Biddulph Moor)
Alan Franks (Richmond, Surrey)
Gabriel Griffin (Isola San Giulio, Italy)
David Hart (Birmingham)
J C Sinson (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
Ruth Terrington (Middlesex)
Christopher Whitby (Leicestershire)
Poems chosen for the anthology are written by:
Tim Adams Lis Lee
Bruce Barnes Penny Lloyd
Martin Beaver Robin Maunsell
Liz Cashdan Celia McCulloch
Tina Cole Eric Morgan
Derek Collins Lesley Mountain
Pamela Coren Christine McNeill
Tricia Corob Denise McSheehy
Katherine Crocker Pauline Plummer
Judith Dimond Andrea Porter
Charles Evans M A Rosario
Penny Feinstein Sue Rylance
Margaret Eddershaw Margaret Stallman
Sue Forrester Susan Stern
Caroline Gilfillan Elizabeth Tate
Helena Goddard Maggie Tate
Anne Grimes Harriet Torr
Louise Hislop David Underdown
Gordon Hodgeon Gerald Vinestock
Mike Horwood Fiona Ritchie Walker
Marianne Hellwig John Janet Wiltshire
Joan Johnston Lyn White
Pauline Keith Patricia Wooldridge
Pru Kitching
The acclaimed poet Don Paterson judged of this year's Blinking Eye poetry competition for writers of 50 years of age and over, which closed on 14 August.
Dundee-born Paterson has published several collections of poetry. Landing Light was awarded the 2003 Whitbread Poetry Award and the T S Eliot Prize, which he is the first poet to have won twice. He has won many other literary awards including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award, a Forward Prize and three Scottish Arts Council Book Awards. He received a Creative Scotland Award in 2002. He has published a book of aphorisms The Book of Shadows, and edited 101 Sonnets, a selected Robert Buns and Last Words (with Jo Shapcott - last year's Blinking Eye competition judge). Don's most recent publication is Orpheus, his version of Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus.
First Prize: 100 copies of the winner's collection of poems.
Commended entries: one copy of the anthology of commended poems (which will include the winning poem).
The first launch of the winner's collection will be held in Newcastle upon Tyne on 5 December 2007. The choice of venue for the second launch will be made by the winner.
Winner of 2006 Poetry Competition
The winner of the Blinking Eye 2006 Poetry Competition was Josephine Abbott from Chellaston, Derby. There were five highly commended poets:
Alan Franks (Richmond, Surrey)
Mike Horwood (Tampere, Finland)
Andrea Porter (St Ives, Cambridgeshire)
Victoria Pugh (Reading, Berkshire)
J C Sinson (Whitby, North Yorkshire)
Click here 2006 Winners for full details.
Page last updated: 15.01.2008
