The Frogmore Poetry Prize 2006

OMG. Someone pinch me awake. Just received a congratulations e-mail from The Frogmore Papers editor.

THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2006

Announcement of the result of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2006, sponsored by the Frogmore Foundation and adjudicated by Ros Barber.

The Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2006 is awarded to Arlene Ang of Spinea, Italy for her poem THE 23rd SECRET LOVE POEM. She receives the sum of two hundred guineas and a life subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

The first runner-up is Michael Wyndham of London for his poem KNOW YOUR ENEMY. He receives the sum of seventy-five guineas and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

The second runner-up is Angela France of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire for her poem REJECTING GRAVITY. She receives the sum of fifty guineas and a year’s subscription to The Frogmore Papers.

Other poems shortlisted were:

SANDALS — Arlene Ang
HOME COMING — Tom Collingridge
REDEMPTION — Charles Evans
DOCKER'S UMBRELLA — Copeland Smith
AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED — Anne Stewart
COMING TO LIGHT — Gina Wilson
THE DREWSTER — Howard Wright

Ooooooooooooh.

I even got a second poem shortlisted. It's freaky, so freaky that I've just got to do my purple banana dance right here, right now. Wooooooheeeeeeeee!!