The Cheshire Prize for Poetry 2016 Awards evening was hosted by the Chair of the Panel
of Judges, Dr Ian Seed, on Tuesday 22 November.
Talks were given by
poet and radio broadcaster, Ian McMillan, and by the High Sherriff of Chester,
Mrs Kathy Cowell OBE.
The first prize of £2,000 was presented to Cheryl Pearson,
from Levenshulme, Manchester, for her poem The
Cartographer’s Daughter.
Three runners-up were also announced and
each received £250. They were: Helen Kay, from Nantwich, for her poem Dad: Latin at the Village School, 1969; Joy
Winkler from Macclesfield, who wrote Shakkei
- Borrowed Scenery and John Paul Davies, from County Meath in Ireland, for
his poem The Darkroom.
As well as cash prizes, the winning entries and a selection
of other submissions will be included in an anthology produced by the
University of Chester Press next spring.
