This is just to say my entry into The UK Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition 2021 bore some fruit after five years: I received a long and lovely email saying a poem of mine (which is not being named so it can be submitted elsewhere etc) made the longlist of 108 poems – out of 16,729! I had submitted two and it was of great interest to me to discover that the poem that went farthest wasn’t the lyrical, highly crafted one – but the more free-flowing, almost conversational more narrative one. So that’s something for me to think about, maybe compose more like that. Here’s a link to the results page, with the winning poems and the longlist from which they were chosen (listed alphabetically by each poet’s first name): https://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/national-poetry-competition/
I’ve been away in Mexico for a couple of months so haven’t posted much and also haven’t read much of others’ blogs. I have lots of catching up to do! Happy Spring to you all!
Lynne Burnett 
So cool. Congrats on the recognition.
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Thanks so much, Ken! It’s always gratifying when an editor takes the time and a personal interest in his/her contestants/submitters, especially when it’s an “almost”.
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Congrats on making the list! That’s quite an accomplishment. I look forward to reading it when it finds a home. Happy Spring!
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Thanks so much, Charlotte! Yes, I plan on sending it out again very soon 🤞😊
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Over sixteen thousand? Congratulations. I get behind reading and out of touch too. Hard to imagine a pile of sixteen thousand poems.
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Thanks, Dan! Yes, apparently the 3 judges were busy reading and rereading for months!
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