Previous years:
Dawn Gorman is a poet, short story writer and journalist. Her first poetry collection 'Looking for Gods', was published to great acclaim in 1998, and a further collection is imminent. She has won numerous competitions and awards, including the Wiltshire Libraries poetry competition in 1998. Her work has been widely published in poetry journals and anthologies, and broadcast on radio. Dawn has made several appearances at the Bath Literature Festival and is a member of the Dandelion Poets, a professional poetry performance group who have performed at many literature festivals in the south-west. She also runs Words and Ears, a popular poems and pints event held quarterly at the Dandy Lion pub, Bradford-on-Avon.
David Grubb, Henley-on-Thames. - Sheila Glen-Bishop, Warminster. - Robert Stephenson, Bruton. - Brian Young, Berkhamsted. - Margaret Cackett, Sturminster Newton. - Tamsin Forman, Brill. (2 entries) - Jenny Antell, Milborne Port. - Rose Docherty, Wells. - Joy Martin, Swanage. - Chris Robinson, Dicheat. - Paul Tipney, Stogursey. - K.V. Skene, Swanage. - Helen Corkin, Bath. - Valerie Calvert, Cossington. - Pauline Love-Cornwall, Mere. - Simon Wood, Pocklington. - Iris Owens, Abercynon. - Chris Madelin, Langport. - Andrew Smith, Cheam. - Jane Gibson, Shaftesbury. - Rosie Garner, Basford. - Alison Chisholm, Southport. - Peter Gillott, Mere. - Geraldine Lindley, Bath. (2 entries)
(Listed as per numerical identifying number):
David Grubb, Henley-on-Thames. - Tom Greenwood, Trowbridge. - Lucy Stewart, London.
- Robert Stephenson, Bruton. - John Doran, Chippenham. - Joy Martin, Swanage. -
Barbara Ellis, Pimperne. - R.D. Gardner, Barrow-on-Humber. - Valerie Bridge,
Child Okeford. - Mary Buchan, Marnhull. - Leslie Rocker, Warminster. - Dawn
Fraser Kawahara, Kapaa, Hawaii. - Pippa McCathie, St.Peter Port, Guernsey. -
Hugh Lipscombe, Gillingham, Dorset. - Barbara Daniels, Usk, Wales. - Iris Owens,
Abercynon, Wales. - Anthony Watts, Hatch Beauchamp. - Mark Conway, Tisbury. -
Rosie Garner, …Basford.
Entrants living within a ten mile radius of Mere are entered again for this separate competition kindly sponsored by the Mere Chamber of Trade and judged by Sebastian Hayes.
Sebastian Hayes is a previous major award winner in the festival’s poetry competition. He is also a published playwright including The Pomegranate Seeds, a play for children published by Samuel French in 2000.
Judged by Bryan Sheppard, a local thespian and poetry buff who delights in committing poems to memory. He has also been a volunteer helper in school reading programmes.
Sabrina Jade Kerley, Yeovil. - Charlotte Cousins, Edgehill College, Bideford. - Michelle Smith, Edgehill College, Bideford. - Isabel Ryan, West Amesbury. - Hannah Smith, Cheam. - Eleanor Thwaites, Mere.
Samantha Lea Cooper, Stubhampton. - Suzy Blackburn, Stoke-on-Trent. - Elizabeth Evans, Edgehill College, Bideford. - Rachel Cockburn – Edgehill College, Bideford. - Sarah Jennings – Edgehill College, Bideford. - Joseph Copestake, Bath Emily Courtney, Wincanton. - Talitha Burnett, Dilton Marsh. - Matthew O’Sullivan, Tisbury.
Judged by the audience