The result of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2010 - a very international affair

THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2010


Sponsored by the Frogmore Foundation and adjudicated by Stewart Conn.
More on Stewart Conn here.

Stewart Conn
Photograph by Jemima Kuhfeld


The Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2010 is awarded to A K S Shaw of Templecombe, Somerset for the poem COAST GUARD. He receives the sum of two hundred guineas and a two-year subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

The first runner-up is Frances-Anne King of Bath for the poem FLEET. She receives the sum of seventy-five guineas and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

The second runner-up is Carolyn King of Ventnor, Isle of Wight for the poem WRIT IN STONE. She receives the sum of fifty guineas and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

Other poems shortlisted were:

HOME   Pat Borthwick
BREAK OF DAY   Charles Evans
THE GREEN CHILD    Paul Groves
...AND NOT A TRACE OF BASS   Ruth L Hill
RIVER, LAKE, SEA   Melinda Lovell
MAIRI IT IS SUMMER   Morag McCarron
CARLYLE ALONE   Tracey S Rosenberg

It is remarkable that this year's shortlist contains poems by writers resident in England, Scotland, Wales, Canada, France and Italy.

These poems will all be published in number 76 of The Frogmore Papers in September 2010.