August Challenge: The House in the Forest

The August Cult Members-Only Challenge

Deadline For Entries: 27th August 2020 Winners Announced: 30th August 2020   The Challenge: There is a house in a forest, where something strange is happening. The birds are quiet, the animals avoid it and it is only spoken of by children in awed whispers, in torchlight around campfires. The 31st of October is the date when our wee anthology of spookily disturbing poems is released that tells the world just what it is that we think is going on behind the doors of The House in the Forest. The challenge for August is to write a single poem that lets your imagination run wild. The best of these will appear in our anthology. There is no limit on form or length, you decide. To be clear:

1. Write a poem that describes what is happening in our spooky house in the middle of nowhere
2. Email your entry to: COMPETITION@HEDGEHOGPRESS.CO.UK
3. I will choose the best of the poems to be included in our ‘The House in the Forest’ anthology
4. Obviously this is only open to members of the Cult of the Spiny Hog (If you aren’t a member, find out more HERE)

The Prize: The winners will see their poems included in an anthology to be published on 31/10/20 Each winner will receive copies of the anthology The Winners are:

1. Mick Yates
2. Oz Hardwick
3. Ceinwen E. Cariad Haydon
4. Elisabeth Kelly
5. Sue Ibrahim
6. Naomi Sterling
7. Andrew Stickland
8. Andy Eycott
9. Brian McManus
10. Phil Santus
11. Susan Darlington
12. Margaret Royall
13. Merril D. Smith
14. Patricia M. Osborne
15. Amina Alyal
16. Darren J Beaney
17. Kathryn Alderman
18. Kate Young
19. Rosie Barrett
20. Philippa Hatton-Lepine