In a collaboration between The Poetry Society and artist Alastair Cook, the winning poems of the National Poetry Competition 2014 have been reimagined as filmpoems. You can view the winning poems  on our website, and all eleven films will tour festivals and events around the country.

The National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s biggest competitions for single poems, with a first prize of £5,000. You can find out more, and explore past winners, on our website.

1st: Roger Philip Dennis’s ‘Corkscrew Hill Photo‘
Filmpoem by James William Norton

2nd: Joanne Key’s ‘The Day the Deer Came‘
Filmpoem by Alastair Cook

3rd: Fran Lock’s ‘Last exit to Luton‘
Filmpoem by Alicja Pawluczuk

Commended

Beverley Nadin’s ‘Bees‘
Filmpoem by Kate Sweeney

Paul Nemser’s ‘After the Calm‘
Filmpoem by James William Norton

Eliot North’s ‘The Crab Man‘
Filmpoem by Alastair Cook

Mark Pajak’s ‘Cat on the Tracks‘
Filmpoem by Katie Garrett

Filmpoem by Alicja Pawluczuk

Jonathan Tel’s ‘Ber Lin‘
Filmpoem by Corinne Silva

Jason Watts’s ‘For a Liturgy‘
Filmpoem by Alastair Cook

Tom Weir’s ‘Day Trippin’‘
Filmpoem by Francesca Beard and Jason Larkin