Dylan Thomas Day poetry competition winners

Poetry competition winners

The winner of the 11-16 category was Ava from Greenhill School, Tenby. She wrote in beautiful metaphors for our shores and takes us to a place where you can smell the salty sea air. Coming second place, Lily from Ysgol Gyfun Gartholwg wrote a hopeful call to action in treating our oceans and water sources with love and respect.

With prizes from The Edge Festival and artwork by Cara Gaskell, the open competition winner was Katherine Levell, with Ifor Thomas in second place. Runners-up were Gareth Davies and Nicky Whitfield who won vouchers donated by Mamgu’s Welshcakes.

Read all of these poems below.

Watch Connor Allen recite The Sea is a Little Kid

Part of Ava’s prize for winning first place was to have her poem performed The Sea is a Little Kid by the Children’s Laureate for Wales and our competition judge, Connor Allen.