Latitude Festival 2009
Penpusher Magazine and Latitude Festival present: Poems By Postcode

PP's 'Poems by Postcode' competition – The Winner!

Many thanks to all the poets who entered our ‘Poems by Postcode’ competition. We received submissions from as far afield as Russia, India, Africa, and Hawaii, and our poetry map was crammed with great poems about locations around the world. It was great to read about where people live, and how they feel about the places they are or have been.

Pen Pusher drew up a shortlist of ten poems:
(in alphabetical order, by poet’s name)

‘Flatdeath’ – Anne Brechin

‘Lovers, Liars, Conjurers and Thieves (An Ode to Southwark)’ – Inua Ellams

‘53 North 48’ – Danny Hardisty

‘Looking at our Drawings Back at Home’ – Debbie Jellings

‘The Walk to School, Darnick’ – Bridget Khursheed

‘I showed her my hometown’ – Carly Lightfoot

‘Neighbours’ – Joan Michelson

‘Because I Heard About the Harp’ – Barbara Smith

‘Archway Menace’ – Jennifer Thompson

‘In your shadow’ – Richard Tyrone Jones


(For a full list of poems please click here)


Well done to everyone who made it on to our shortlist. However, there can only be one winner, and Tania Harrison of Festival Republic, the organisers of Latitude, chose our ‘Poems by Postcode’ poetry champ:

Inua Ellams for his poem, ‘Lovers, Liars, Conjurers and Thieves (An Ode to Southwark)’.

Inua’s poem will be published in issue 13 of Pen Pusher, due out on July 23rd; he will read on the ‘New Voices’ stage at the Latitude Festival on Sunday 19th July at 11.40am; and will also be presented with a T-shirt with the winning postcode on it, provided by our friends at I love my postcode.

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Competition Rules

Deadline for submissions:
July 3rd 2009

Rules:
Submit one original poem about where you live. The poem can be of any length and in any style, but must not have been published anywhere else before in print or online.

Copyright:
The copyright of each poem remains with the author.

Terms & conditions:

1.  Only one poem accepted per person
2.  Winner chosen by Latitude Festival and Pen Pusher Magazine. The judges’ decision is final.
3.  Pen Pusher Magazine and Latitude Festival have rights to publish or broadcast the winning entry and runners-up.

Prize:

–  a reading on the prestigious New Voices stage in the Poetry Arena at Latitude Festival 2009 on Saturday 18th July*
–  a pair of weekend tickets to the Latitude Festival 2009
–  the winning entry will be published in issue 13 of Pen Pusher Magazine (published July 23rd 2009).

*If the winner is unable to attend the Latitude Festival, a runner-up will be chosen to perform, and the winning poem will be read by one of the poets performing on the New Voices stage.

 

 

Background Illustration: Michael Constantine