One of the things I really wanted us to do at Hedgehog this year, is to highlight some of the brilliant Women poets that perhaps haven’t received history’s recognition.
Our Heroine Eyes competition asked contemporary poets to celebrate a female poet and I have to say that some of the results were astonishingly good.
One poet stood out with her nod toward Edith Nesbit, and I am pleased to say that Marjorie Smith was ultimately selected as our overall winner.
As for the shortlisted poets, each of these will be invited to have their work included in our ‘Heroine Eyes’ anthology later this year.
The full shortlist, is:
- Marjorie Smith
- Alexander J Gifford
- Andrea Reisenauer
- Andrew Stickland
- Bethany Stuart
- Ceinwen E. Cariad Haydon
- Caroline Wheeler
- Desmond Childs
- Fiona Hallett
- Genya Johnson
- Hazel Hutchinson
- Isabella Bornholt
- Kathryn Timmons
- Renée Sigel
- Maryam Hessavi
- Mick Yates
- Phil Santus
- Sarah Wimbush
- Val Ormrod
- Verity High-Five
As ever, many thanks to everybody who took part in the competition, it is always a total joy to read your work.