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Cult of the Spiny Hog: September Challenge – “Fancy a Bit of a Chat?”

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

I am pleased and proud to be able to say, that  the winning entry for our rather spiffing Conversational Challenge is:

 

“Splashing Pink : A Poetry Conversation”

by

Annie Cowell & Sam Szanto

So mighty congratulations to Annie and Sam, who will see their wee book published in 2023 and thank you to everybody else that took the time.

You may have heard, but I am genuinely, properly partial to a Poetry Conversation, and as I’m planning what Hedgehog will be publishing in 2023 at the moment, I thought it might be nice to squeeze just-one-more-in for the new year.

Not sure what one is?

Well, where have you been?

In simple terms it is two poets, choosing a topic and exchanging poems in a call-and-response kind of way, until the topic is done and they can settle back for tea and scones, or whatever they prefer.

AT least ONE Poet must be a member of the Cult of the Spiny Hog – i.e. You can partner with somebody who isn’t a member

 

The Challenge:

Find a partner, and between you both create upto TWENTY poems, in the form of a conversation, where each poem is influenced by what came before.

There are no limits to style, length, form or anything else

The Prize:

    1. The winning Conversation will be published by the Hog in 2023

 

The Rules:

    1. Two poets must write a new series of poems in the form of a conversation
    2. Poems to be received by Midnight on the 30th of September 2022
    3. At least one of the participants in the Conversation must be a member of the Cult of the Spiny Hog
    4. Send your poem to: competition@hedgehogpress.co.uk

 

If you aren’t a member of our wonderful Cult and are all kinds of curious, you can find out more HERE