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Bridport Prize 2011 - Poetry Prizewinner's. Judge : - Carol Ann Duffy

Judges poetry report

1st Prize £5000 Terry Jones, Carlisle "Endowments"

Terry Jones, originally from Bradford, now lives and works in Carlisle. A keen fell walker, he appreciates the proximity of the Lake District. Married with three grown-up children, he has recently left a career as lecturer in English Literature for independent work as a private tutor and freelance writer. Terry won first prize in the 2001 Ottakars/Observer national poetry competition and has twice been highly commended in the Mirehouse competition. His poems have been published in Poetry Review, Agenda, The Rialto, The London Magazine, Magma, Iota, Envoi and others. His first short collection, Furious Resonance, was published in 2011 by Poetry Salzburg at www.poetrysalzburg.com. For further information and queries about poetry readings go to http://terryjonespoetry.weebly.com/

2nd Prize £1000 Andrew Slattery, New South Wales, Australia "Caesarean"

Andrew Slattery's chapbook Canyon was published by the Australian Poetry Centre in 2008 and launched that year at the Sydney Writers' Festival. His first full collection will be published in 2012.

3rd Prize £500 Sean Borodale, Oakhill, Somerset "Queen"

Sean Borodale has been Northern Arts Fellow at the Wordsworth Trust, Guest Artist at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, and teaching fellow at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL. His first book, Notes for an Atlas, a long topographical poem written while walking around London, was recommended in the Guardian Summer Books 2005 and performed in 2007 at the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, directed by Mark Rylance as part of the first London Festival of Literature. Recent projects include a residency at the Miro Foundation, Mallorca and a documentary poem about livestock markets, extracts of which were performed at Bristol Old Vic in 2010. He lives in the West Country with his wife and two sons.

Highly Commended (alphabetical order) - £50 Each :-

Lindy Barbour, Carwath, Scotland "The Lanternfish"

Lindy Barbour lives in rural Lanarkshire and teaches counselling and psychotherapy at the University of Edinburgh. She began writing poetry at a writing workshop with Liz Lochhead which was part of a staff development programme at Glasgow School of Art where she was working as a student counsellor. Last year she attended a Faber Poetry Academy course in Edinburgh with John Burnside and Jacob Polley Published work: 'Small town summer evening' in Gliberagora. Glasgow School of Art, 2007, 'Small Town Christmas' in The Gift of Words, Sick Kids Friends Foundation, 2009. (winner of the competition for a Christmas poem in aid of this charity.)

Liz Bassett, Glasgow, Scotland "One Step at a Time"

Liz Bassett lives in Glasgow. Her pamphlet How to Wire a Life for Love is published by Knucker Press. Her poems have been published by The Red Wheelbarrow, White Leaf Review, Agenda Broadsheet, The Guardian Poetry Workshop, and in the anthologies My Mother Threw Knives (Second Light Publications), Solitaire (Templar Poetry) and New Poets from Britain and America (White Leaf Press). In 2010 she was mentored through the Clydebuilt scheme. More details on her writing can be found at: www.wordhappening.blogspot.com

Ronald Carey, Dublin, Ireland "The Letter"

Ron Carey was born in Limerick and lives in Dublin. He has had poems published in New Irish Writings, the Irish Times, The Stony Thursday Book and Revival as well as numerous magazines and journals. He was a runner up in the Fish International Poetry Prize 2010 and had two poems shortlisted in the Bridport Poetry Prize 2010. He has recently been Highly Commended in the Yeats Poetry Competition 2011 and shortlisted for The Lightship International Poetry Prize 2011. At the moment he is studying for a Masters of Philosophy in Writing at Glamorgan University with Philip Gross and working on his first poetry collection.

Julia Deakin, Flockton Moor, Yorkshire "Kingfisher on a Tram"

Julia Deakin was born in Nuneaton and worked her way north via Shropshire, the Potteries and Manchester to Yorkshire where she began writing poems on a poetry MA. Her pamphlet The Half-Mile-High Club was a Poetry Business Competition winner and her collection, Without a Dog, was praised by poets as diverse as Anne Stevenson and Simon Armitage. Widely published and broadcast, she has read on 'Poetry Please' and won several first prizes, including four this year. She teaches at Bradford University.

Birgit Elston, Hamilton, Canada "At the Traffic Lights by the Old Folks' Home"

Birgit Elston's writing has appeared in the Canadian Authors Association, The Saving Bannister, Poetry Anthology vols. 24 and 25, as well as on the CBC 'Sunday Edition' and in the Hamilton Spectator. She has won prizes in several Ontario writers' contests for both short fiction and poetry. Birgit started writing late in life but, recently retired, she is working fervently to make up for lost time.

Rebecca Perry, London "Giving Alms to the Birds"

Rebecca Perry was born in London in 1986. She graduated from the Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester in 2008 with a master's degree in Creative Writing, and now edits children's books in London. Rebecca has had work published, most recently, in New Welsh Review, Smiths Knoll and The Rialto. She recently contributed to This Line is Not for Turning: An Anthology of Contemporary British Prose Poetry (Cinnamon Press). Her pamphlet Archimedes' Principle is being published by Seren in February 2012.

Lesley Saunders, Slough, Berkshire "Lecture"

Lesley Saunders has written several books and pamphlets of poetry, and had work published in many magazines including, recently, Frogmore Papers, Magma, Mslexia, Poetry News and The Rialto. She has held residencies, received poetry commissions and won major awards. She enjoys creating collaborations with painters, sculptors, dancers and other artists. She has performed at many venues and literature festivals. She was a founder member of The Bloody Poets and is a member of the Brickwork Poets.

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Paul Stephenson, London "The Perforation Gauge"

Paul Stephenson grew up in Cambridge but now lives and works between north London and Maastricht in The Netherlands. He has previously lived in France, Spain and Belgium, and is a member of the poetry workshop group, Highgate Poets. Poems shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2009 and 2010 and published in magazines including The Interpreter’s House, Magma, Other Poetry, Poetry News, South, Seam, South Bank Poetry, Smiths Knoll, Tears in the Fence, Weyfarers. Most recent poems have appeared in 14 Magazine (issue 12), The North (48), Poetry London (70) and The Wolf (25).

Christian Ward, Kingston-upon Thames "The Egret"

Christian Ward is a 31-year-old Kingston-based poet. He recently completed an MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London and his work has been published in Iota, Poetry Wales and elsewhere. He hopes to release his first collection in 2012.

Anna Woodford, Newcastle upon Tyne "The Man"

Anna Woodford's poetry collection Birdhouse (Salt, 2010) won the Crashaw Prize and was included in a round-up of the Guardian's poetry books of the year. Her pamphlet Party Piece (Smith-Doorstop, 2009) was a winner of the Poetry Business Competition and her pamphlet Trailer (Five Leaves, 2007) was a Poetry Book Society Choice. She has received an Eric Gregory Award, an Arvon/Jerwood Apprenticeship and has recently completed a Leverhulme artist in residence post at Durham University's Law School. She has a PhD in creative writing from Newcastle.

Alan Chedzoy from Weymouth was the highest placed Dorset writer in the Bridport Prize this year with his poem Hare-maker and won the Dorset Award

Poetry Short List

(in no particular order)

Birgit Elston, Hamilton, Canada	Shan Bredenkamp, Vancouver, Canada
Arthur Leung, Hong Kong	Julie Collar, Keinton Mandeville,Somerset
Jane Chetwynd-Appleton, Brighton	Hilary Davies, London
Claire Collison, London	Elaine Beckett, Bridport, Dorset
Valerie Darville, Enfield, Middlesex	Stephen Payne, Penarth, Wales
Hayley Buckland, Norwich, Norfolk	Mark Holihan, Broadstairs, Kent
Ann Kelly, St Ives, Cornwall	Paul McMahon, Sligo Ireland
Anthea Simmons, Colyford, Devon	M. Lucas, London
Sue Hubbard, London	Sally Bayley, Oxford
Peter Duff, Blackrock, Ireland	Marianne MacRae, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire
Vanessa Gebbie, Ringmer, East Sussex	Alfa, Liverpool
Claudia Daventry, Fife, Scotland	Rachel Seiffert, London
Joshua Allen, Minster in Thanet, Kent	Damian Gardner, Kettering, Northamptonshire
Bridget Atkinson, London	Dante Micheaux, London
Jenifer Browne Lawrence, Nebraska, USA	John Murphy, Chessington, Surrey
David Roderick, Greensboro, NC USA	Colin Horseman, Colchester, Essex
Louise Warren, London	Caroline Goodwin, California, USA
Jo Lowry, Ringmer, East Sussex	Lesley Saunders,Slough, Berkshire
Anthony Hughes, Orchard Park, NY USA	Janet Kind, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Peter Kline, California, USA	Ryan Whatley, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex
Jane Aspinall, West Kirby, Wirral	Charly Peacock, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Elizabeth Treacher, Skelbo, By Dornoch, Scotland	Lindy Barbour, Carnwath, Lanarkshire
Suzanne Batty, Levenshulme, Manchester	Harriet Torr, Caithness, Scotland
Norbert Hirschhorn, London	John Freeman, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Gill Horitz, Wimborne, Dorset	Edward Barker, London
Abby Chew, Barnesville, Ohio, USA	Mark Cooper, Halesowen, West Midlands
Mary Jane Millington, Connecticut, USA	Katie Moudry, Exmouth, Devon
P. M. Jang, Vancouver, Canada	Mary Gilonne, Pourrieres, France
Anna Woodford, South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne	Angela Topping, Northwich, Cheshire
Elyse Fenton, Philadelphia, PA USA	Charles Evans, London
J S Robinson, Co Wicklow, Ireland	Kate White, London
Nancy Nye, Colorado, USA	Krystelle Bamford, Edinburgh, Scotland
Ross Donlon, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	Kathleen Balma, Connecticut, USA
Anna Lampen, Chichester, West Sussex	Kita Shantiris Curry, California, USA
Lisa Watkins, Featherstone, West Yorkshire	Natalie Holborow, Swansea, Wales
Matthew Gregory, Lowestoft, Suffolk	Patricia Ace, Crieff, Scotland
Robert Griffiths, Godalming, Surrey	James Peake,London
Christopher James, Haverhill, Suffolk	D.O.Mckimm, Taipei County, Taiwan
Vidyan Ravinthiran, Leeds, West Yorkshire	Ama Bolton, Wells, Somerset
Felicity Alma, Frome, Somerset	Jill McDonough, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
Helen Falconer, County Mayo, Ireland	John Wheway, Stanton Drew, Somerset
Marianne Burton, London	Lucy Howard-Taylor, North Bailey, Durham
Angus Wrenn, London	Peter Marshall, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Darren Umney, St Brelade, Jersey	Caroline Boreham, York
Alan Pearson, Bath	John Haynes, Cowplain, Hampshire
Thomasin Gillow, Bath	Louise Wilford, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Justin McCarthy, Co Sligo, Ireland	Jackie Davies, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Wales
Jennifer Barber, Massachusetts, USA	Norman Hindley, Hawaii, USA
Hannah Sweet, Lyme Regis, Dorset	Annemarie Mullan, Belfast, N. Ireland
Sarah Zillwood, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland	Evan Costigan, Dublin, Ireland
Peter Bendall, Cambridge	Melanie Swetz, Ankara, Turkey
Jane Draycott, Henley-on Thames, Berkshire	Deborah Trayhurn, Crieff, scotland
Mario Petrucci, Enfield, Middlesex	Ashley B. Holmes, Dunmurry, N. Ireland
Raphael Kellett, London	Kenneth Steven, Dunkeld, Scotland
Andrew Lambeth, Leeds, West Yorkshire	Gillian Rathbone, Oxford
Chris Robinson, Shepton Mallet, Somerset	Doreen King, Hornchurch, Essex
Sheila MacInnes, Heversham, Cumbria	Jo Meredith, Sheffield
Robert Berry, Midhurst, West Sussex	Lynda Steele, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Amanda Baker, Morpeth, Northumberland	Jackie Wills, Brighton
Carol Smith, Liverpool	Judith Allnatt, upperweedon, Northamptonshire
Rebecca Goss, Liverpool	David Keyworth, Scawby, North Lincolnshire
Penny Mason, Great Torrington, Devon	Jean Harrison, Settle, North Yorkshire
David Grubb, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon	Rowland Molony, Beer, Devon
Ian McEwen, Bedford, Buckinghamshire	Vernon Hale, Cardiff, Wales
J. L. Brooke, Bewdley, Worcestershire	John Jamison, Newtownabbey, N Ireland
Martin Fitzpatrick, London	Dorothy Yamamoto, Oxford
Miles Burrows, Cambridge	Tony Weston, Royston, Hertfordshire
Jim Dening, Ledbury, Herefordshire	Ian Seed, Carnforth, Lancashire
Emma Danes, Ely, Cambridgeshire	Bert Flitcroft, Litchfield, Staffordshire
Deirdre Shanahan, Harrow, Middlesex	Sue Butler, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire
Rosemary Wagner, Dorking, Surrey	Sarah Barr, Wimborne, Dorset
Susan Utting, Wokingham, Berkshire	Lydia Harris, York
Paul Mortimer, Tiverton, Devon	Will Kemp, Tadcaster, N Yorkshire
Alicia Stubbersfield, Frodsham, Cheshire	Jacqui Rochford, Aldwick, W Sussex
Gwen Williams, Llanfairfechan, Wales	Alan Buckley, Oxford
Andrew Mayne, Stockport, Manchester	Sue Wood, Halifax, W Yorkshire
Misha Carder, Bath, Somerset	Pam Nixon, Oxford
Angela Cleland, Egham, Surrey	Robert Ilson, London
Julia Deakin, Flockton Moor, Yorkshire	Clare Diprose, Bath, Somerset
John Gohorry, Letchworth, Hertfordshire	Marcus Smith, London
Sallie Durham, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex	Jean Long, London
Lynne Burnett, Vancouver, Canada

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