The 2017 Proverse Poetry Prize anthology contained eighty-nine poems by sixty-one poets. Poems could be submitted on any subject of the poet’s choosing or on the theme of “Happiness”. There was a free choice of form and style.
The places of birth of the writers range from Scandinavia to the Far East, to the southern hemisphere; and include Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Macedonia, Macau, New Zealand, the People’s Republic of China, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the UK and the USA. Some have strong links with other countries, including East Germany and Zambia.
The poets are: Abbie Taylor, Allegra Silberstein, Angelo Rizzi, Benny Chia, Bruce Wasserman, Claudia Pozzana, Deepa Vanjani, Derek Lei,Dong Sun, Edward Tiesse, Elena Maria Blanco, Elizabeth Grobler, Elizabeth Libby Wong, Eva Brown, Florence Ng, Giorgio Bolla, Hasan Erkek, Hayley Ann Solomon, Henrik Hoeg, Indran Amirthanayagam, Jack Mayer, Janet Joyner, Joanna Radwańska-Williams, Jose Chambers, José Manuel Sevilla, Joyce Walker, Jun Pan, Kait Moller, Kate Hawkins, Keith Nunes, kerry rawlinson, Laura Potts, Laura Solomon, Lawrence Malu, Lee Ching Yin, Leung Ching Ning, Liam Blackford, Lucy Duggan, Luisa Ternau, Luke English, Lynda McKinney Lambert, Margus Lattik (Mathura), Marta Markoska, Maya Mitova, M. Ann Reed, Nick Compton, Paata Natsvlishvili, Paula Caronni, Peter Freckleton, Ho Cheung LEE (Peter), Psyche Chong, Roger Uren, Rony Nair,Sally Younger, Sandra Gibbons, Susan Lavender, Teresa N F Chu, Thomas Young, Viki Holmes, Vinita Agrawal, William Leo Coakley.
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