The judges, Sir Andrew Motion and Mark Cocker, decided on the following winners for the Rialto/RSPB Nature Poetry Competition. They are;
‘East Sabino Sunrise Circle’ by Pat Winslow (First Prize)
‘Winter Apple’ by Gina Wilson (Second Prize)
‘Sea Change’ by Gregory Leadbetter (Third Prize)
‘On advising a young man from Galway to do a second MA in Biodiversity’ by Naomi Foyle (Additional Prize)
The additional prize is a walk with Mark Cocker around some of his favourite Norfolk places.
The judges also Highly Commended poems by Brian Docherty, Alison Dunn, Oz Hardwick and Kris Anderson.