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We are delighted to announce the results of the 2025 Wirral Poetry Festival Open Poetry Competition:

Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s competition (full results below). We are grateful to all those who entered our competition this year, trusting us with their beautiful words, ideas and imaginations. Thank you every one of you. The adjudicators’ reports and texts of winning poems will be available here shortly.

Results List

Open Prizes adjudicated by Helen Ivory and Martin Figura

Overall Open Winner (£250)

Pamel Job – Norway

Four Open Runners-up (£25 each)

Chris Hardy – Tresillian’s House

Joshua Hallam
 – Ode to a Narrowboat Mechanic

Caroline Smith – Path

Natasha Gauthier
 – Byzantine Chant

Commendations

Patricia Minson – Wood Anemones

Elena Reed – The Likeness

Natasha Gauthier – To a Sea Crow

Wirral Prizes adjudicated by Pauline Rowe

Overall Wirral Winner (£100)

Linda Thompson – Sheepskin Man’s Shadow

Two Wirral Runners-up (£25 each)

Stella Mary Young
 – Black Marks

Cath Holland – There is no I in Team

The prizewinning poems are shown below.

A celebration of the winners and awards ceremony will be held during the forthcoming Wirral Poetry Festival in October in Port Sunlight.