This is the first time we have run a ‘Slim Volume of One’s Own’ Pamphlet Competition, and I was really pleased to see that it was the most popular of any competition we have held to date.
Pamphlets are the absolute core to everything we do at Hedgehog, but I was conscious that we only really offered short collections to first time poets, which is daft as there was never a good reason.
The downside to popularity is that it takes a lot longer to judge all of the entries, but I am pleased to say that I got it down to a shortlist and ultimately a winner.
And what a winner.
It was a short collection, and in her own words ‘both wee and weird’, but I simply couldn’t ignore just how brilliant Dominique Hecq’s Songlines was and I am delighted to say that it will be published in 2021.
Congratulations to Dominique and many thanks to all who took the time to join in.
Winner: Dominique Hecq, Songlines
The full shortlist was:
- Janice Booth
- Kate Young
- Peter A Kelly
- Daphne Milne
- Emma Lord, and
- Dominique Hecq
Highly Commended:
Kate Young and Emma Lord