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<\/a><\/p>\n presents the Five Words competition winners:<\/i><\/p>\n Marcella Remund<\/strong> (1st<\/b><\/font>), David W Evans<\/strong> (2nd<\/b><\/font>) & Peter Arvan Manos<\/strong> (3rd<\/b><\/font>)<\/p>\n (670 nights of Poetry)<\/span><\/p>\n celebrating Five Words Volume XV<\/strong> and an open-mic for Only Other Poets’ Poetry<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n You can listen to all Five Words Vol XV<\/i> contributors’ readings here<\/a>.<\/center><\/p>\n <\/em><\/font> Marcella Remund<\/font>!<\/strong><\/center>\u00d3 Bh\u00e9al’s 15th Anniversary<\/strong> event celebrates the launch of Five Words Volume XV<\/em> and the winners of our 9th Five Words International Poetry competition. The winners and shortlist of 12<\/a> were selected by judge Maurice Riordan<\/strong>. Shortlisted poets will also read on the night – as will contributors to \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al’s Monday night Five Word Challenges held over the past 12 months. The anniversary open-mic is reserved for poems written by other poets<\/em>, so bring a favourite or two!<\/span><\/p>\n Her chapbook, The Sea is My Ugly Twin<\/em>, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2018. Her first full-length collection, The Book of Crooked Prayer<\/em>, was published by Finishing Line in 2020. Her recently completed unpublished manuscript, The Sin Ladder<\/em>, is based on Ireland’s Magdalene laundries. Marcella and her husband enjoy small-town living in their multi-generational, multi-species household. <\/p>\n You can find more information and links to Marcella’s books, at www.marcellaremund.com<\/a>. His poems have appeared in various anthologies and publications including Frogmore Papers, One Hand Clapping, Proverse, Acumen, The Honest Ulsterman, Best New British & Irish Poets 2019 -2021, Epoch, A3 Review, Madrigal<\/em> and Dreich<\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n Peter works as an industry analyst and strategy consultant in the areas concerning sustainability, wind and solar power, energy efficiency and electric smart grid developments.<\/p>\n The judge for 2022\/2023 is Victoria Kennefick<\/a><\/b>. For submission guidelines and previous winners, visit the competition page here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/15thAnniversaryNoticeSm.jpg\")
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<\/font>Marcella Remund<\/strong> is from South Dakota, in the heart of the American Midwest. She taught at the University of South Dakota, where she also served as Faculty Advisor to the VLP, the university’s student creative writing organization. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals. <\/p>\n
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<\/font>David W Evans<\/strong> was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and lives in St Martin, Jersey. He won the Alan Jones Prize (2019 & 2021) and was shortlisted in the 2020 & 2021 \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al Five Words competitions and the Wells Open Poetry Competition 2021. He has been highly commended in Acumen (2020 competition), Segora (2021) StoryTown Corsham (2022) and Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival Competition (2022). <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PeterArvanManosSm2.jpg\")
<\/font>Poems by Peter Arvan Manos<\/strong> have been published in The New York Times, Yellow Chair Review, Eunoia Review, Modern Poetry Quarterly Review, Abstract Mag TV<\/em> and in TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics<\/em>, and elsewhere. Peter has completed two poetry chapbooks, Walt Whitman\u2019s Wolves<\/em>, and Myriads<\/em> which together are part of his unpublished book in progress, titled The Real Dirt<\/em>. <\/p>\n
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<\/span>The 10th<\/strong> Five Words International Poetry Competition<\/span><\/strong> will begin on Tuesday the 12th of April 2022 (at midday GMT) and runs for 42 weeks, until the 31st of January 2023. <\/span><\/p>\n
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