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Top 100 Poets
2006
Prize
Winners
Top 100 2006 is the final year of the Top 100 prizes and much deliberation has gone into selecting the Top 100 poets for the very last time. Read on to discover the winners, read some of the winning poems and find out about the authors.
We’d like to thank all our poets for submitting their work for consideration for the Top 100 prizes, we’ve enjoyed reading them all. We always look forward to reading your work, and we’re excited about compiling the Forward Press 20th anniversary edition!
Our Forward Press Top 100 Poet of the Year 2006 is … Lianne Lee from Grimsby!
Congratulations to our Top 100 2006 1st prizewinner Lianne Lee. Her poem ‘20’ published ‘Aspects of War’ has won her £3,000! Read Lianne’s winning poem ‘20’ and her biography in our Featured Poets section.
Our Forward Press Top 100 Poet of the Year 2006 2nd Place Winners are … Jim Barnette from Leicestershire!
Read Jim’s poem ‘Whispers’ published in ‘The Mind in Rhyme’.
And …
John Gilbert Slade from Hertfordshire!
Read John’s poem ‘Alone Again’ published in ‘Love: Beyond the Image’.
Poet
|
Poem
Name
|
Prize
|
| Alan W Davies |
A Single Mom |
£250 |
| Carolyn Atkinson |
I Run Amongst My Angels |
£250 |
| Jennie Gilbert |
Death of a Romance |
£250 |
| Rosalyn Westbrook |
Tantrum |
£250 |
| Angela R Davies |
I Should Have Kissed You |
£100 |
| Brian M Wood |
Lost in Time and Space |
£100 |
| Gavin Capstick |
Wrestling the Postman |
£100 |
| Jeanne Selley |
Dawn Chorus |
£100 |
| Leigh Crighton |
Rebel With a Cause – Aged 57 |
£100 |
| Lesley Heath |
Lifelong Love |
£100 |
| Mary Goodchild |
Who Cares! |
£100 |
| Matthew Graham Scarsbrook |
The Return of Winter |
£100 |
| Rosa Johnson |
Robot Agony |
£100 |
| Sandra Roberts |
Kiss |
£100 |
| Andrew Llewellyn |
Reflections |
£50 |
| Angie Farrow |
My Mother |
£50 |
| Barbara A Yeager |
A Darkened World |
£50 |
| Carl Thurston |
Untitled |
£50 |
| Eileen Real |
Poppy |
£50 |
| Eirlys Jones |
Wild Swans at Arundel |
£50 |
| Hayley Woods |
The Strongest Man |
£50 |
| Jackie Davies |
Lost Love |
£50 |
| Jayne K A Llewin |
I Had You for a Moment |
£50 |
| John Robinson |
Insanity Rules |
£50 |
| Kathleen Morgan |
Strengthening the Bond |
£50 |
| Linda Purves |
Girls’ Night Out |
£50 |
| Matthew L Burns |
And Pray to God |
£50 |
| Maureen Roberts |
A Dog’s Plea |
£50 |
| Michael D Swift |
What Do You Think? |
£50 |
| Ms D Fuller |
My Aunty Kate |
£50 |
| Nicoletta Andrea Thomas |
My Son |
£50 |
| Pat Kearney |
The Thumbprint of God |
£50 |
| Rehana Allison |
The Dead Girl |
£50 |
| Sheila Waller |
The Washing Date |
£50 |
| Alec Skelson |
Parents Can Be Orphans Too |
£50 |
| Brigitta D’Arcy |
The Healing Garden |
£50 |
| Emily Wiltshire |
A Life Through A Pen |
£50 |
| Gerry Knight |
An Old Wedding Photograph |
£50 |
| Joanne Hale |
Parting |
£50 |
| Josh Brittain |
Whispers |
£50 |
| Josie Rawson |
Malaysian Magic |
£50 |
| Joy Lewis |
Postcards from a War |
£50 |
| Kevin Clarke |
Hourglass |
£50 |
| Lisa Jane Mills |
Paper Heart |
£50 |
| Mary Grace |
She Was Seven Years Old |
£50 |
| Maxwell Dunlop |
Forget Us Not |
£50 |
| Nigel Walford Davies |
Bad Day at the Seaside |
£50 |
| Paul F Burch
| Miss Dippy |
£50 |
| Paula Adderly
| The Little Attic Window |
£50 |
| Peter Lee
| Paddy |
£50 |
| Robbie Ellis
| Names on a Stone |
£50 |
| Graham Connor
| If |
£50 |
| Jo Seward
| The Island
| £50 |
| Teresa Whaley
| Summer – The Kiss of the Sun |
£50 |
| Betty Metcalfe
| The Sea |
£50 |
| Cyril Davies
| Untitled |
£50 |
| Dave Schofield
| Benodet |
£50 |
| Deborah Headspeath
| An Age-Old Fable |
£50 |
| F Jeffery
| The White Spirit |
£50 |
| Geri Laker
| Nightingale |
£50 |
| Hilary Walker
| Hard Times |
£50 |
| Jackie Johnson
| Lessons of War |
£50 |
| John Michael Cox
| The Turn of the Tide |
£50 |
| June Macfarlane
| She is Here |
£50 |
| Keith Robson
| Guiding Light |
£50 |
| Liza Matthews
| Figuring it Out |
£50 |
| Maurice Coles
| The Passage of the Soul |
£50 |
| Pamela McCormack
| Lover |
£50 |
| Peter Tsirozidis
| Empty Heavens |
£50 |
| R D Hensman
| Compounding Faith |
£50 |
| Richard Marshall-Lanes
| Pure |
£50 |
| Rosemary King
| Nostalgia |
£50 |
| Stephen Humphries
| A Dream Alive |
£50 |
| Vikki Howe
| A Disappearing Act |
£50 |
| A Smedley
| She |
£50 |
| Anita Cooling
| My Garden of Memories
| £50 |
| Carole A Cleverdon
| Solitude is a Welcome Caller |
£50 |
| Caryn Smith
| My Special Friend |
£50 |
| Colleen Biggins
| The River’s Song |
£50 |
| D M Ellis
| It’s Over |
£50 |
| Darren Babbage
| Can’t Buy Love? |
£50 |
| J D Goodspeed
| A Tender Passion |
£50 |
| Karyn Jeffree
| A Promise from an Elfin Child |
£50 |
| Keith Tissington
| My Melancholy Wish |
£50 |
| Michael S Vanderpoll
| The Hangover |
£50 |
| Patricia M Smith
| My Garon |
£50 |
| Paul Jarrett
| Poppies are for the Eyes |
£50 |
| Peter Davies
| Bad Pennies |
£50 |
| Peter Isgar
| The Squirrel |
£50 |
| Sally Williams
| Soulmates |
£50 |
| Sally-Anne Hardie
| The Dole Queue |
£50 |
| Timothy Charles
| Inspiration |
£50 |
| Lisa Miller
| Another Love |
£50 |
| Wilson James
| Space |
£50 |
| Angela Butler
| Invitation |
£50 |
| David R Smith
| Snapshot |
£50 |
| John Bilven Morin
| Fragile
| £50 |
Top 
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£1,000