Satire and Silliness: Poetry Challenge Winners Announced!
We are delighted to announce the winners of our 'Satire and Silliness' Poetry Challenge, set in collaboration with Young Poets Network and poet Janine Bradbury.As part of our ‘Persuasion & Poetry’ Festival in September we teamed up with Young Poets Network and poet Janine Bradbury to launch a poetry challenge for young people. Our ‘Satire & Silliness’ challenge asked young poets to take inspiration from Jane Austen’s signature sense of humour and write poems to make a reader laugh.
The challenge has now closed and we are delighted to announce the winning poets and poems!
Congratulations to the winning and commended poets, and well done to everyone who entered the challenge!
Drumroll… the winners are:
Winner:Â Shakespeare in a nightclub by Seren Delahaye
Winner:Â Kate Bush Posts Short-Form Content to Engage the Algorithm by Sylvie Jane Lewis
Winner: a white lady and me, today by Toru Obunge
Commended:Â The Retort by Dawn Sands
Commended: On Cheese and Nightmares by Maaria Rajput
Commended:Â Because I did not stop for Bread by Siddiq Islam
Head to Young Poets Network to read (and listen to!) the poems in full.
Even though the challenge is over, you can still get writing!
Head over to Young Poets Network to find out more about this challenge, follow Janine’s writing prompts to write your own funny poem, and find more challenges!