{"id":4144,"date":"2015-03-01T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T11:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2018-10-20T15:57:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T15:57:20","slug":"2nd-five-words-competition-winner-and-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/2nd-five-words-competition-winner-and-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Five Words competition Winner and Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2nd Five Words Poetry Competition Winner Announced<\/font><\/b><\/center>
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\nOur hearty congratulations go to Derek Sellen<\/strong>, winner of the second Five Words competition for his poem Survivor<\/em>. Derek will be the guest poet at \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al’s 8th anniversary event in April. Our best wishes go to all the shortlisted entrants, and for highly commended entries from Afric McGlinchey<\/strong> and Adannaya Igwe<\/strong>. Thanks to everyone who took part this year, and to judges Billy Ramsell and Jennifer Matthews for their excellent choices.<\/p>\n

Shortlist<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nSurvivor <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Derek Sellen<\/strong> (England) winner<\/strong><\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nSonnet in B Major <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Afric McGlinchey<\/strong> (Ireland) highly commended<\/strong><\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nHome Cooking <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Adannaya Igwe<\/strong> (UK) highly commended<\/strong><\/font>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nSaved <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Liz Smith<\/strong> (England)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nBreakfast <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Sheena Blackhall <\/strong> (Scotland)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nAt the Hair Clinic <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Derek Sellen<\/strong> (England)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nThe Snooze Button <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Margaret McCarthy<\/strong> (Ireland)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nThe Sectioning <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Bernadette McCarthy<\/strong> (Ireland)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nI Coin a Line <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Mary Fahy<\/strong> (Ireland)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nThe Stereogram <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Anthony Scott<\/strong> (England)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nBlack Mountain Rebel <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> Tess Sheridan Adams<\/strong> (Ireland)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nFalse North <\/em> \n<\/td>\n\n by  <\/font> John W. Sexton<\/strong> (Ireland)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Judges: Billy Ramsell and Jennifer Matthews<\/font><\/center><\/p>\n

These poems will appear in Five Words Vol VIII<\/i>, to be launched at \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al on Monday the 13th of April 2015, along with an award presentation and readings from available contributors. The 3rd Five Words International Competition will commence at noon on Tuesday the 14th of April, 2015.<\/font> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    2nd Five Words Poetry Competition Winner Announced   Our hearty congratulations go to Derek Sellen, winner of the second Five Words competition for his poem Survivor. Derek will be the guest poet at \u00d3 Bh\u00e9al’s 8th anniversary event in April. Our best wishes go to all the shortlisted entrants, and for highly commended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obheal.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}