Oversteps News 65, February 2022

Oversteps Books Ltd, 6 Halwell House, South Pool, Nr Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 2RX
alwynmarriage@overstepsbooks.com

A new Oversteps book has just been published.
Second Glance by Ron Scowcroft (ISBN  978-1-906856-92-2), price £8 plus p&p.

                       

After a long hard winter, it is great to see this new Oversteps publication flying out to greet the spring.

I am sure you will enjoy reading Ron’s work, which will take you on journeys of the mind to meet his friends, to reflect on the Falklands War, to visit people in care homes and to watch birds as varied as kingfishers and raptors, storks and penguins.

You can read an example of Ron’s work, as well as sample poems by all the other Oversteps poets, on our website: http://www.overstepsbooks.com

As usual, Oversteps poets feature in an encouraging number of competition successes. Here are a few recent ones:

Robert Stein was shortlisted for last year’s Bridport Prize
Mark Totterdell won second prize in the Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year competition
Mary Robinson was shortlisted for the Second Light Poetry Prize 2021
Ian Royce Chamberlain was commended in the Ware Poets competition
In the open category of the Poetry on the Lake competition, Caroline Carver was shortlisted, Christopher North was highly commended; in the formal category, Christopher North and Anne Stewart were shortlisted; and in the short poem category Michael Swan and Christopher North were shortlisted
Susan Jordan won the Maytree Press’s Three Trees Portfolio award
A C Clarke as usual, had a good crop of successes, including being longlisted in both the Lord Whisky Sanctuary poetry competition and the Canterbury Poet of the Year competition; shortlisted in the Plough Prize, Coast to Coast to Coast, and the Cinnamon Pamphlet competition; commended in the Slipstream competition, highly commended in the translation category of the Sangschaw competition; and runner-up in the Andrew Siderius Memorial Contest
Sue Proffitt won the Devon poets prize in the Teignmouth poetry competition and was shortlisted for the Cinnamon Literary Award
Carol DeVaughn was longlisted in the 2021 National Poetry Prize and highly commended in the Bridport Prize
Jan Harris was commended in the Poetry Kit ekphrastic competition and longlisted inthe Briefly Write Poetry Prize
Alwyn Marriage was highly commended in the Shepton Mallett poetry competition, 2022
Ros Cogan won 2nd prize in the Nature and Ecological Emergency poetry competition, was highly commended in the Sentinel competition, highly commended in the Welsh International poetry competition, longlisted in the Live Cannon International  competition, and was one of ten winners in the Manchester Cathedral poetry prize

Congratulations to all these wonderful Oversteps poets.

In other news, Alwyn Marriage will be reading some of her poems at a wonderful concert to celebrate International Women’s Day at Guildford Cathedral on Saturday 12th March. The music includes Amies’ Choir of women who have been trafficked, and the oratorio, The Girl from Aleppo, about the girl who escaped from Syria, pushed 3,500 miles to safety by her sister. It looks as though the evening will be very inspiring, so if you are anywhere near, do try to get tickets.

I hope you all enjoy the spring

Alwyn

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