Christopher Tower Poetry Prizes

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The Christopher Tower Poetry Prizes are annual prizes awarded to young British poets between the ages of 16 and 18, for poems submitted on a set theme. The prizes are administered by Christ Church, Oxford, and are funded by a bequest by the late Christopher Tower. Since their launch in 2000, the prizes have become recognised as one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious poetry awards for young writers ^[1]. Several past winners and runners-up have gone on to win other major poetry competitions, such as the Eric Gregory Award, and to publish collections. The Christopher Tower Poetry Prizes are part of Tower Poetry, an organisation that exists to encourage young people to read and write poetry.

[edit] Past winners and runners-up:

2001
First prize: Rebecca Dudley; Second prize: Mairi Brewis; Third prize: Felicity Marks; Runners-up: Eve Blair, Swithun Cooper, Charlotte Dickens, Isabella Mead

2002
First prize: Anna Lewis; Second prize: Dhruv Sookhoo; Third prize: Thom Glover; Runners-up: Christopher Edwards, Kezia Gaitskell, Holly Patterson

2003
First prize: Aruna Nair; Second prize: Wing Ying Chow; Third prize: Hannah Briggs; Runners-up: James Williams, Tim Smith-Laing, Sarah Henderson

2004
First prize: Katherine Hindley; Second prize: Nancy Freeman; Third prize: Laura Tisdall; Runners-up: Caroline Bird, Joanna Moorman, Helen Mort

2005
First prize: Eleanor Williams; Second prize: Craig Farrell; Third prize: Miranda Cichy; Runners-up: Francesca Beasley, Rebecca Hawkes, Shin Woo Kang

2006
First prize: Colette Sensier; Second prize: Alice Malin; Third prize: Alice Alexandre; Runners-up: David Devanny, Charlotte Geater, Julia Rampen

2007
First prize: Charlotte Runcie; Second prize: Annie Katchinska; Third prize: Sophie Mackintosh; Runners-up: Alice Howlett, Laura Marsh, Rees Arnott Davies

2008
First prize: Emily Middleton; Second prize: Ashley McMullin; Third prize: Nina Bahadur; Runners-up: Richard O’Brien, Charlotte Geater, Amelia Penny, Anna Savory
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2009
First prize: Timothy Carson; Second prize: Iona Twiston-Davies; Third prize: Paul Merchant; Runners-up: Charlotte Turner, Sophie Stephenson-Wright, Emma Jourdan, Bethany Aitman ^[3]

[edit] References

1. www.poetrylibrary.org.uk
2. www.towerpoetry.org.uk/prize/past.html