Many congratulations to Elizabeth Johnson, from Farlingaye High School in Suffolk, who has won the 2011 Tower Poetry Competition for her poem ‘Wires‘. Elizabeth received her prize at a reception on Monday night, and read her poem aloud for the guests with brilliant composure.

Congratulations, too, to the 2nd and 3rd prize-winners, Jack Westmore for ‘Shipbreakers‘ and Abigail Richards for ‘Simple‘; and to the three Commended poets, Molly Underwood for ‘The Breaking Day‘, Thomas Fraser for ‘Very Simply the Sound it Makes’ and James Browning for ‘How Brando is Famous’.

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