Christopher Tower Poetry Prize Winners 2008

Updated 30 April: Listen to the prize winners read their poems (MP3 download)

Updated 21 April: photographs from the prize ceremony at Christ Church College are now available, along with an exclusive digital-only collection of the winning poems (2.6mb).

Thank you to all the entrants for this year’s Christopher Tower Poetry Prize. The theme of ‘Change’ captured the interest of an extremely high number of 16-18 year olds. The winners are:

First prize
Emily Middleton (The King’s School, Macclesfield) The Five Stages

Second prize
Ashley McMullin (The Sixth Form College, Colchester) Journey to Hilly Country

Third prize
Nina Bahadur (St Paul’s Girls’ School, London) Heat

Highly commended
Richard O’Brien (Bourne Grammar School, Lincolnshire) Texting in Church
Amelia Penny (South Hampstead High School, London) Quickening
Charlotte Geater (Northgate High School, Ipswich) We Beasts
Anna Savory (Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham) Sestina 102 :26