High Praise From Roger McGough For Chiswick's Young Poets
11 schools compete in Chiswick Book Festival's Young People's Poetry Competition
The competition judges with Roger McGough. Picture: Jim Cox
Chiswick Vihara was alive with poetry last Friday (14 September), as the venue for the annual Young People's Poetry Competition prize-giving.
The poet Roger McGough enchanted the young winners with his joyous, inimitable style and delighted the audience with sharp, witty poems. He was full of praise for the work of the young local poets.
The hall was buzzing with budding writers, teachers and their parents eager to mix with other prize winners and see their poems.
Pupils from 9 local schools participated including, Chiswick & Bedford Park Preparatory School, Falcons School for Boys, Orchard House, Southfield School, The Godolphin & Latymer School, Kew Preparatory School, St Augustine's Priory, St Mary's Catholic Primary School and St Peter's Church of England Primary School.
The event was once again sponsored by ChiswickW4.com and Trotters who provided lovely goody bags for the main prize winners.
The judges were delighted with the quality and freshness of the poems. Organiser Nicola Kelly said: “This year the prize-giving was particularly special as it was the 10th Anniversary of The Chiswick Book Festival. We would like to say a special thank you to the teachers whose extra work and encouragement enable the children to produce such sparkling poems. We hope the children will springboard from here to new writing endeavours”.
The poems are all on display at Chiswick Waterstones so hurry along and see them for yourself.
The winners, runners up and commendations from all years are listed below.
Year 3
First Prize
‘My Reading Adventure' Annabel Moody
Second Prize
‘Rhyming Rap' Matilda Hall
Third Prize
‘Green Leaves Change' Chloe Clapcott Pemberton
Commendations
‘What I Like The Feel Of' Emily Bernard
‘Icy and Sunny Poem' Elsie Cosgrove
‘Yummy!' Preyashi Baryan
Year 4
First Prize ‘The Floating Plastic Bag' Madeleine Hall
Second Prize ‘The Ruins' Joel Dawson
Third Prize ‘Resilience' Kian Mellor
Commendation ‘Mind the Gap' Kiran Patalay
Picture: Jim Cox
Picture: Jim Cox
Year 5
First Prize ‘ The Bird of Hope' Oliver O'Callaghan
Second Prize ‘A Homeless Child' Ethan Kyalo
Third Prize ‘In the Ocean' Sophie Morrow
Commendations
‘Not Alone' Anoushka Sang
‘A Bird's Eye View' Phoebe Smith
‘ The Rain' Ludo Kosten Modder
Year 6
First Prize ‘Ballet Isn't Just For Babies' Lola Pryor
Joint Second Prize
‘Clouds' Jenifer Sumner & ‘The Swan' by Emma Levison
Third Prize
‘Supermarket' Jasper De Linde
‘The Silence of Death' Kitty Oborne
Commendations
‘Step Through the Mirror' Madeleine Elliott & ‘A Leicester City Ditty' by Alex Glynn
Picture: Jim Cox
Year 7
First Prize ‘Gone' Naomi Nnatu
Joint Second Prize ‘Impressionism: What Is It?' Ava Bileckyj & ‘The Climb' by Ella O'Connor
Joint Third Prize
‘The True Story of Monday 11 th September 2017' Elodie King & ‘What You Are To Me' by Sofia Duffy
Picture: Jim Cox
September 18, 2018