Congratulations to the winners of this years Dermot Healy International Poetry Competition at the Five Glen Arts Festival which took place in Manorhamilton recently.
1st/Gold:
Tom French for ‘West’
Joint 2nd/Silver:
John D Kelly for ‘Hyphened’ and Joel Smith for ‘A Failure I’m Is’
Highly Commended:
Gerladine Clarkson for ‘Biography’ and Niamh Prior for ‘Surf Sestina’
Besides the prize money there’s a beautiful perpetual trophy — a Barnacle Goose by Jackie McKenna — simply gorgeous.
