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A Hog Blogs: AND THE WINNER IS… – “The Crimson Spine Pocket Book 02”

Well, it was not a trivial thing to cut down our Longlist into a Shortlist, but thankfully I got there and I am extremely pleased to be able to announce that they are:

    1. Aila Schafer & Robert Paisley
    2. Andrea Mbarushimana
    3. Anthony Wade
    4. Beth Brooke (Highly Commended)
    5. Emma Woodford
    6. Gavin Bourke (Highly Commended)
    7. Greta Ross
    8. Lesley Curwen (Commended)
    9. Mick Yates
    10. Sam Kemp

But there can only be One  Two Winners, and I am so pleased to say that they are:

Andrea Mbarushimana

for

“Chatbot Poems”

and

Emma Woodford

for

“Wingless I watch”

Both collections will hopefully be published later this year.

So many Congratulations to Andrea and Emma, and many thanks to everybody that entered.