AUTUMN POETRY & BOOKMARK COMPETITION 2018
14-Nov-2018
AUTUMN POETRY & BOOKMARK COMPETITION
2018
The annual Poetry Competition
organised by the Ministry of Culture, in conjunction with the Gibraltar
Cultural Services, the Gibraltar Chronicle, attracted a total of 233 entries.
HE The Governor Lt Gen Ed Davis CB CBE and
The Minister for Culture, the Hon Steven Linares MP, presented the awards on
Tuesday 13th November 2018 at 4.30pm at the Convent
Overall Winner and Best Poem in the Spanish Language:
Levi Attias ‘Esclavo en La Infancia’
Overall Runner-Up:
Elena Scialtiel ‘Guilty
Dark Pleasures’
Winner Best Poem in English Language Category:
Rebecca Faller ‘The
Quandary’
Spanish Poem Runner-Up:
Mark Montovio
Spanish Poem Highly Commended:
Bathsheba Peralta ‘Mi
Niñez’
Winner School Years 4 – 5:
Shimon Reuben from the
Hebrew Primary School ‘The Night’
Runner Up: William Felice from Bishop Fitzgerald Middle
School ‘Yellow, Yellow’
Highly Commended: Dylan Parker from St Joseph’s Middle School
‘Mr Negative’
Winner School Years 6 – 7:
Alana Sacarello from St
Joseph’s Middle School ‘Fruit!’
Runner Up: Isabelle Ramos from St Bernard’s Middle School ‘Shifting
Seasons’
Winner School
Years 8 – 11: Louis Bruce from Prior Park School ‘The
Piano’
Runner
Up: Pierre Leroy from Bayside
Comprehensive School ‘Alameda’
Highly Commended: Gabriel DeVincenzi from Bayside Comprehensive
School
Winner School Years 12 – 13:
Carmen Anderson from
Westside Comprehensive School ‘All Make of Shoes’
The
overall winner received a £500 cash prize and a trophy whilst the entry for the
Best Poem in the English Language received a £50 cash prize and a trophy
donated by the Ministry of Culture. The winners in each school year category
also received a trophy donated by the Ministry of Culture, as well as a £50
voucher and a pen kindly donated by the Gibraltar Chronicle.
All winning entries will be published in the Gibraltar Chronicle.
The
Prize winners in the Bookmark Competition are:
Overall
Winner Mia Hook
St Anne’s
Middle School
Winner School Years 4– 7 Mia Hook
St Anne’s Middle School
Winner
School Years 8 – 13 Erin Brion
St
Bernard’s School
Adult
Winner Geraldine
Martinez
Highly
Commended:
Daniella
Dian Mead
Adrianne
Durante
Danille
Gafan
Jeanette
Newnham
Sara
Rumford Morejon
Kate Piñer
All runner up and highly commended winners in both competitions, also received their corresponding certificates from the Ministry for Culture and a pen.
Commenting on the competitions Mr Linares said:
‘The Poetry and Bookmark Competition gives another dimension to culture and adds a literary angle to HM Government autumn cultural programme. I am extremely pleased with the high number of entries, but more importantly, with the quality of the entries.
I would like to thank everyone involved in this venture, including the
Gibraltar Chronicle, the Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group, the Department of
Education and especially the adjudicators who judges both competitions.
However, I would like especially thank the many individuals who put pen to
paper and in doing so allowed us to enjoy their excellent work.’