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Poem:99 2022
Poem:99 Children's poetry competition
NOW LIVE from 1st June 2022 until 30th September 2022
THIS YEAR'S THEME
'Pain'. Judges will give a wide interpretation to this year's theme.
Fee
It's a small one and we keep it the same each year....£0.99p
PRIZES
One winner from each age catergory will win £150 cash prize.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE
Make sure you have read the terms & conditions before you enter. We hate to disqualify people. Always seek your parent (s) or guardian (s) permission before entering the competition. And don't forget to complete the entry form. You've got this!
Finally, we are celebrating
It's our 5th birthday and to celebrate we will be publishing a brand new anthology of poems of all the poems entered so far to the competition. We will let you know full details nearer to the time.
Poem:99 Patron
Meet our first patron
Some of you you will of course recognise Chris Bem(ENT Consultant/Surgeon/Doctor at Bradford Royal Infirmary) who was the sole judge for our Covid-19 Children's Poetry Competition last year. I am pleased to say that he is now officially joining us with our annual summer children's poetry competition Poem:99.
You will see and hear a lot more from Chris Bem throughout the duration of the competition talking about Poem:99, children's education/wellbeing, literacy and all the other wonderful things that he is passionate about.
To learn more about Dr Chris Bem you can go to my blog page and read more about him from there.
FROM ME...
A humongous THANK YOU to Dr Chris Bem for joining us here at poetrybysheena. I am looking forward to working alongside him and introducing to him some wonderful people associated with Poem:99/poetrybysheena and of course our young budding poets.
Poem:99 Winners 2021
5-7 category
Francesca Stangroom-Kemp
8-10 category
Hussain Trivedi
11-13 category
Ayza Ditta
14-16 category
Muhammad Ahmed
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!
This was our post-lockdown/post-pandemic Poem:99 and i am very pleased that we were able to run the competition yet again, in its fourth year would you believe. We will be honouring our winners in a prize ceremony very soon.
THANK YOU
To every single one of you who entered, to all the parents who encouraged their child/ren to participate. To the wonderful judges and finally our generous sponsors.
If there is anyone who would like to sponsor next year's competition please call 07935177562 or email sheena4076@live.com
Poem:99 Winners 2020
5-7 category
Zoya Ali
Halima Kader
Yumna Tehreem
8-10 category
Tessa Sollazzi Davies
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!
Due to unprecedented times the older age category did not attract entries to the competition. Therefore, a decision was taken to allocate the prize fund as above. There was a joint score in the 5-7 category which is why 3 prizes were allocated here.
Thank you
Massive thank you to the following: my sponsors, to Beckfoot Heaton Primary School, Claire Malcolm at New Writing North, my wonderful judges, Mussarat, Tony and Tahira, to the parents, to the children, to the winners, anyone who helped promote the competition in any shape or form, last but not least my mentor - you all made Poem:99 2020 possible. Well done from me!
If there is anyone who would like to sponsor next year's competition please call 07935177562 or email sheena4076@live.com
Covid-19 Poetry Competition 2020 Winners
5-7 category
Amelia Riaz
8-10 category
Salma Trivedi
11-13 category
Troy Lakota Atherton
14-16 category
Madiya Jahangir
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!
Unfortunately due to Covid-19 we were unable to have a ceremony for the winners. However, there will be plenty of opportunity in the future to come together and share readings of the winning poems.
BIG THANK YOU...
To all those who affiliated with this unique poetry competition: parents, entrants, winners, funders, sponsors, judge to name a few, you made it happen...thank you from Poetess Sheena!
MEDIA COVERAGE
https://asianstandard.co.uk/bradford-poet-sheena-hussain-publishes-kids-covid-19-poetry-entries/
https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/18712319.troy-wins-covid-poetry-contest/
Poem:99 Winners 2019
5-7 category
Maleeha Rehman
8-10 category
Zlata Labjonoka
11-13 category
Abiha Farooqui
14-16 category
Jawairia Bilal
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!
Winners will be individually notified of the prize giving ceremony...see you all there!
BIG THANK YOU...
To everyone who entered, and to all those who affilated with Poem:99 poetry competition you made it happen- and the most generous lady who donated the prize fund this year, a masssive thank you!
Poem:99 Winners 2018
7-9 Category
Abdur-Rahmaan Mahmood
10-12 Category
Zunera Farooqui Bilal
10-12 Category
Almas Noor
Congratulations to you all!
Unfortunately, there were no entries from the 13-15 category and therefore a decision was made that we would select 2 winners from the catergory with the most entries, which was the 10-12 catergory.
Share the big news
OMG...you're all winners! Rave about this great achievement with your friends and family. Get it out there on your social media platforms... but wait for it, you will all have to attend a ceremony to receive your prizes, EXCITING :)
Big thank you
May i take the opportunity to thank everyone who has been connected to Poem:99. For those who didn't win trust me, you are all winners simply for entering and trying. Hoping to be back next year God willing, until then.....keep rhyming!!