Harry Carlton School
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Poetry Competition 2008
The Harry Carlton Poetry Prize has been running since 2005. Over 300 students have entered poems in each of the four years and the standard has remained high throughout.
The subject mirrors the National Poetry Society theme for the year. Past topics have included “The Future”, “Identity” and “Dreams”. This year the theme is ‘Work’ and in the Harry Carlton anthology you will find a set of poems that illustrate a range of interpretations from some very talented students.
The enthusiasm for the competition remains high and I am always pleased at the number and quality of the entries. The poems are grouped into sections for each year group, with an additional section for poems written in French and another for some poems written in English by students from the Marie-Curie-Gymnasium in Kirchartzen, our German exchange partners.
Thanks must go to the many students and staff who make this competition possible. The support the English Department is particularly important and much appreciated. Thanks also to the tutors and other staff who encouraged, helped with typing and voting and supported the students in their efforts.
Special thanks, once again, to Mr John Woodward of PB Consulting who sponsors the whole project. John has a long standing love of poetry having written and published his, and other people’s, work through BK Poems. We are extremely grateful for his generous support.
Winning poems for 2008 will appear here at the end of November. The topic for the 2007 poetry competition was "Dreams". There were a lot of entries and a lot of excellent writing with some very creative ideas.
Winners were decided by year group, with a special awards for Overall Winner and Best Foreign Language Poem.
