After our announcement yesterday of the winning poem in our competition, we are delighted to share the runners-up with you today. We’re sorry we can’t offer any prizes for our runners-up other than publication, but well done to all their authors.
Summer Reading
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by Kelli Simpson
The Novel Ends
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by David Lukens
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The Mother Bunch
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