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£1,000
for Pet Poetry

for May

Top 5 Poems of the Month

Animal Antics Winners

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Family Favourites Winners

The Winning Institute from our Women's Institute Family Favourites recipe books has been announced. Congratulations to the 'Mobberley WI' from Cheshire.

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Love's Many Mysteries

Winner of Love's Many Mysteries

Congratulations to Jacqueline Rowlands from Newquay! The Forward Press editors chose her beautiful poem as the deserving winner of the £500 prize.
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Animal Antics 2009

Winner of 2009 Animal Antics

Congratulations to Jackie Buckle, whose Animal Antics poem was the editorial team’s favourite and has won her £1,000. Thank you to everyone who contributed entries to this fantastic competition. We’re sure you’ll agree the final editions are simply adorable!
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Animal Antics 2008

Winner of 2008 Animal Antics

Congratulations to Molly Mettam from Derbyshire, our Animal Antics 2008 £1,000 winner. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this fantastic collection, we’re sure you’ll agree the final edition is simply adorable! Here is Molly’s winning poem
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Animal Antics 2007

Monkey Business

Winner of 2007 Animal Antics

The Animal Antics anthologies are published by Anchor Books. The Animal Antics competitions have generated a tremendous response over the years…
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Poems For Every Occasion

Winner of A Poem for Every Occasion

Congratulations to Leonard Jeffries, who we’ve selected as the winning poet from ‘A Poem for Every Occasion’. A fine Celebrations Hamper has been awarded for Leonard’s poem ‘One Of The Fallen’. 
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Count our Blessings

Winner of Count our Blessings

'Congratulations Dino, your heart-warming and insightful poem has been selected as the best in the collection and wins you a luxury gift hamper.'
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Memories Are Made of This

Winner of Memories Are Made of This

Recently hundreds of our poets contributed to our latest offering ‘Memories Are Made of This’. The result is a fantastic hardback edition with poignant, heartfelt verse that’s a joy to read. Our editors had the difficult but enjoyable task of choosing the best poet and awarded Jill Hudson a luxury hamper for her poem ‘Memory Lane’.
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