British Council Poetry Competition
The winners
The British Council and Haus für Poesie are collaborating to host the seventh annual poetry competition for students in grades 6-12 in Germany.
This year's judge: Bohdan Piasecki – a poet who thrives on the energy of the live encounter. Originally from Poland, where he founded the country’s first poetry slam, he now lives and writes in Birmingham.
Each of the five winning poems are published as a PDF here. The poems will be translated into English and German and every participant will receive personalised feedback on their poem. The award ceremony will take place on June 12 at Haus für Poesie.
Many congratulations to all those who took part, and in particular to our winners here!
1st prize for poems written in English:
Kayoon Song (16), International School, Hannover
1st prize for poems written in German:
Emilie Bollack-Kirazkaya (14), Annette-von-Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium, Düsseldorf
Joint 2nd prize for poems written in English:
Miu Tanaka (13) and Maya D'Souza (12), International School, Hannover
2nd prize for poems written in German:
Coralie Josephine Spohr (12), Labenwolf Gymnasium, Nürnberg
Special mentions:
Poems written in German:
Mia Mai Gessner, Sarah Zeiss, Emilia G, Asmin Sibel Akyüz, Gloria Reschke, Saskia Beck, Josephine Winter Caisan, Anneke Glade
Poems written in English:
Jeongwon Park, Grace Cassel, Ekansh Gupta, Ethan Lorenz, Henrik Dömeland, Alex Lupei, Hiba Makhlouf, Shumirai Zoe Mutetwa, Tim Simon, Zainab Mashmour, Iman Qasem
Class workshop with Bohdan Piasecki (online) awarded to:
Werner-von-Siemens-Gymnasium, Magdeburg. Class teacher: Julia Jantz. Special mentions to: Henrik Dömeland, Alex Lupei, Tim Simon
Workshop with Bohdan Piasecki (onsite in Berlin) awarded to:
Jeongwon Park, Grace Cassel, Ekansh Gupta, Ethan Lorenz, Leah Faina Eliasson, Jeanne Vallier, Catalina Kaabour, Ida Mairi Mizani, Alexander Ellahi, Valentin Umanets, Livgrete Karges, Victoria Roggenbuck, Helen Peisger
Haus für Poesie open poems workshop awarded to:
Mia Mai Gessner, Sarah Zeiss, Henrik Dömeland, Alex Lupei, Hiba Makhlouf, Shumirai Zoe Mutetwa, Tim Simon, Zainab Mashmour, Iman Qasem