* * * RESULTS * * *

We are delighted to announce the results of our first poetry competition:

WINNERS

1ST PRIZE WINNER: Foreign body - Serena Malcolm

2ND PRIZE WINNER: EDI & me - Poetry Girl

3RD PRIZE WINNER: A better life - Douglas Kingsley Medland

HIGHLY COMMENDED

(in alphabetical order)

A life not their own - Miguel Gabbidon

A safe space - The Poetry Lagoon

An easy mistake to make - Ellie Herda-Grimwood

BAME - Jenny Mitchell

Brown girl - Ansuya Patel

Dear Karen, Dear Ken - Neree McKenzie

Hummus and breadsticks -  Yomn Al-Kaisi

Interview - Jacquline Munro

Lanes and races - Cece Noel

Letter to Sislin - Capability; Black

My name, my surname, my birthname - Broken Glass

My true name - Yurika Nemoto-Smith

New job - Jennifer Shaw

No coward soul am I - Emma Conally-Barklem

Pedestrian crossings - Eleni Cay

Race is no longer an issue - Osaremen Iluobe

Second guessing - Aretha Ahunanya

Sojourner - Isabel Aruna

Solicited - Gabrielle Felix

The 3 black lions - Patrick Edore

The black ceiling - Jhiselle Feanny

Tick box - Leeanne Parke

Token black friend - Serena Malcolm

We got this - Kate Meyer-Currey

Where are you from from - Rebecca Caine

All of the winning and highly commended poems were published in Black in White - Community Collection, which was launched in London in November 2021 and is available for purchase now from our website Store.

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