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Cult of the Spiny Hog: October Challenge – “A Christmas Carol”

Another wonderfilled Cult Challenge, with some gorgeous Bristol Blue glass as a prize, was our request for Christmas poems.

AND THE WINNERS ARE

I’m pleased to say that the winning poem, was by

CEINWEN E CARIAD HAYDON

for

“It’s a Wonderful Life, 13th December 1973”

Ceinwen will receive some proper lovely blue glassware, and join the rest of the shortlisted poets in a wee anthology to be published in 2023.

Congratulations to all!

The full shortlist, is:

        1. Iain Campbell
        2. Philippa Hatton-Lepine
        3. Karen Francis
        4. Caroline Gill
        5. Miriam Otto
        6. GP Hyde
        7. Alyson Smith
        8. Victoria Mort
        9. Annie Cowell
        10. Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon

 

Well, I’m pleased to introduce to you, the fourth and final of our year of seasonal, Cult of the Spiny Hog Members-only Challenges, which will have you reaching for your vague memories of goodwill to all  (??) men, and tell us a Winter’s Tale worthy of the name.

I mentioned a while ago, that I wanted to change the challenges a wee bit, and the plan is that this year we will have Four, Seasonal Competitions that will see each of the four winners across the year:

  1. Receive a Beautiful Piece of Bristol Blue Glassware. This is handmade in Bristol and is genuinely stunning.
  2. See their winning entry nominated as one of our entries for the Forward Prize (the first in 2022, the other three in 2023)
  3. Have their poem included in a special Stickleback edition to be published on the Winter Solstice – 21st December 2023, along with All of the Shortlisted Poems

The Challenge:

Write a Poem for Winter.

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

The Prize:

    1. The Winner will receive a beautiful Bristol Blue Candle Stick Holder Thing *, and have their poem entered on our behalf for the Forward prize
    2. The Winning and Shortlisted poets will be included in a Stickleback Anthology to be published 21st of December 2023

* As this is written these are made to order, if that isn’t the case an alternative of equal value and general awesomeness will be supplied instead. Hog’s honour.

The Rules:

    1. Poets must write a new poem for Autumn
    2. Poems to be received by Midnight on the 31st of October 2022
    3. Entry is restricted to members of the Hedgehog Poetry 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