
Welcome to Winchester Poetry Festival
The next full festival will take place in 2023.
Winchester Poetry Prize 2022
celebrating the best in new writing
We are pleased to announce the winner of the
2022 Winchester Poetry Prize is
Luke Palmer for his poem Desire | Fathers
Second Prize: Erica Hesketh - Tidings
Third Prize: Jonny Wiles - Colossus
Highly Commended Poems
Harriet Truscott - Living ever after
Emily Cooke - Missing Package Slip
Jenny Munro-Hunt - Qomolangma
Nia Broomhall - NINA, WHO IS STILL HERE
Jim Green - MUSTARD
Jenny Danes - Quality Snacks
Commended Poems
Freya Bantiff - The Removal Process
Vicci Bentley - Mermalaise
Roger Bloor - Seen from the lakeside train
Jeanette Burton - The one thing we underestimate about our dogs
Pamela Crowe - River
Elaine Desmond - Golden
David Day - John Clare makes headway in the snow
Philip Dunn - In Memorium: Chetan Sharma
Martin Figura - Sunday 11 November 1956
Rosie Jackson - Letter to Sharon Olds
Jos Olive - Yellow Jelly Babies at the Bottom of the Bag
Jenny Mitchell - Colonial Colour Chart
Ben Rhys Palmer - Yeti
Laura Theis - I went out today looking for wonder
Imogen Clare Wade - Camping
The prize for best poem by a Hampshire-based poet was won by
Jeremy Wikeley for his poem The Sign Says Hungerford.
The winners were announced at a special prize-giving event on Saturday 8 October 2022.
Winning and commended poems have been published in an anthology at night we cross the street which is available via our online shop.