Sentinel Literary Quarterly

The Magazine of World Literature. ISSN 1753-6499 (Online)

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RESULTS OF THE SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY POETRY COMPETITION (JULY 2021)

JUDGE: PAUL MCDONALD

1st Prize	Vanessa Lampert – Likes You
2nd Prize	Derek Sellen - Three Tillings
3rd Prize	Maggie Wadey – Blue Nile, White Nile
Highly Commended	Daniel Holt - Waiting For a Visit
Highly Commended	Michaela Coplen – Knot
Highly Commended	Ross Cogan - William Mervyn
Commended	Lesley Burt - Goodbye Good-Time George
Commended	Jocelyn Simms – Close to You
Commended	David Punter – Poem for my Grand-Daughter
Special Mention:	Christopher Taylor – On My Return
Special Mention:	Kathryn Donnelly - A Poem (written on the back of a disability allowance rejection letter)
Special Mention	Daniel Holt - :)

Read the judge's report by Paul McDonald here >

Sentinel Poetry Book Competition 2021

Closing 30th September 2021

Could your next book be a prizewinning poetry collection?

Enter the Sentinel Poetry Book Competition for a chance to win a publishing contract and cash prize.

Judge: Mandy Pannett, author of The Daedalus Files

Learn more and enter now.

Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition (October 2021)

Closing 31 October 2021

For original, previously unpublished poems in English language, on any subject, in any style up to 50 lines long. You may also enter a visual poem if the image will fit into a single page.

Judge: Rachel Long

Learn more and enter now

Questions to competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.uk