Well… sort of.
Found out today that a poem I wrote – “Elbows on the Sill” – will be displayed on the buses of Guernsey this summer as part of their International Poetry Competition 2016.
All winning poets will get the chance to see their poems ‘on the move’ around the island of Guernsey. A total of 33 poems will be displayed on the island’s buses and at various public places.
http://www.guernseyliteraryfestival.com/index.php/2015-04-07-09-46-01/poems-on-the-move
Yeah, I missed out on the cash prizes, but as prizes go, that’s still pretty cool, right?
(Not to mention it’s the first poetry competition I’ve won any kind of prize in. Yay!)
It would have been ever so slightly cooler if they had told me about this (can any seasoned poet-competitors tell me if this is a normal thing? Do I need to keep my own track of everything I enter, and guess when they are likely to announce their results to check back?)…
Anyway, if any of you are off to Guernsey this summer, keep an eye out for my reminiscence on that freedom of riding at the front of the top floor of the bus as a child…
My quest for global domination continues, one island at a time 🙂
Picture credit: flickr.com/photos/98714794
WOW! I am so happy for you. Congrats!! Be sure to get us a photo of the posted poem, so we can all imagine that we were riding along with it. Way to go. Here’s to your writing taking you higher and higher. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Thank you so much! Unfortunately I won’t be going to Guernsey either this summer, but will try and get hold of a picture or three 🙂
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Congrats sir
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Thanks Richard 🙂
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Great news. Congratulations
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Thank you!
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How wonderful and rewarding for you! Congratulations.
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Thank you! It is an unusual prize 🙂
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That is pretty awesome. Al! Congratulations!!! you are conquering the world. Now, where is Guernsey? 🙂
Liesbet @ Roaming About – A Life Less Ordinary
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It’s one of the Channel Islands, between England and France… very beautiful by all accounts, but I’ve never had the pleasure of visiting. Now, if only I knew people with a boat… 😉
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Well done Al, that’s great news!
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Thanks Polly! 🙂
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Hey, well done Al, That is brilliant. You will get your world domination, I am sure of that 🙂
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I’m glad that you’re so sure! I’m really not! 🙂
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Oh, you will!!
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An old school friend now lives in Guernsey; I shall get him to investigate buses (which may be a novel experience for him, seeing as his name is Rupert).
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Have his man investigate… 🙂
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Woo hoo! You’re going to be famous! 😃 Congratulations! That’s awesome!
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Not sure this proves that I’ll be famous, but it is pretty awesome! 🙂
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CONGRATULATIONS Al!
I’m so happy for you!
I think it’s a very cool prize, by all accounts. I’m very pleased to know the famous Al, the one whose poem was published on a Guernsey bus 🙂
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😀
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Of course it’s cool! Like for actors, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. 🙂 Congrats!
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😀
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How wonderful! Congratulations!
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Thanks Tricia! 🙂
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Congratulations, Al! It’s a wonderful prize! 🙂
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Thank you! Isn’t it just! 🙂
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Congratulations, Al. Yay! That is a very cool win – better than money! Fame!!!
But…but…where’s the poem? I want to read it!
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It had to be an unpublished one… would you believe I actually have even more poems than are shared on here?! I’ll post it later in the year 🙂
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Oh, okay. That makes sense. Gotta wait. 😉
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Oh my word, I’m so pleased for you! Like L’Oreal, you’re worth it.
Congratulations!! 🙂
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I’m a dead ringer for a L’Oreal model… Thanks Lily! 🙂
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Woo-hoo! Well done Al 🙂 x
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Thanks Ruth! 🙂
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This is splendid… Congratulation … Best Wishes 👏👏🙌🙌😊😊
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Thanks inky! 🙂
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Pleasure AL Lane !! 🙌😊
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Beautiful! Congrats.
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Thanks Wendy 🙂
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Thags awesome. Not many people can say theyve got their poetry in full eyesight all day long 🙂
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Very true! 🙂
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Congratulations Al. Best to be spread out along a bus than underneath one!
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Indeed!
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That’s fabulous, Al. Congratulations.
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Thanks Rita 🙂
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So wonderful! Can I get an autograph now before you are swamped with requests?
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I promise, should I ever get swamped, you can always push straight to the front of the queue! 🙂
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Yay!
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I think this is cool, a unique way of being published. Congrats.
I keep a spreadsheet of everything i enter or submit., so remember to check
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Thanks Kate. I think I need to get more organised like that! 🙂
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Congratulations, Al. May it be the first of many to come wins. Hope we get a photo of the bus displaying your winning entry.
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Thanks Hugh – I’m hoping for that too! I won’t be able to visit in person 🙂
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That’s a shame. That should have been part of the prize. A weekend trip to Guernsey to see it for yourself. never mind. At least you won a great prize. I’m only just starting to enter writing competitions.
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I’ve only really dipped my toe in – it gets very expensive! There are lots of short story and flash fiction comps around though – perfect for you 🙂
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How fantastic – well done, Al. I guess I know where you guys might go on holidays this summer! 😉
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Thanks Zoe – we would if we had the money! Pesky redundancy…
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well done! but wait – does putting stuff on here count as publishing? might have to sit down…
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It depends on the competition. Some specify that posting on your blog counts as “published”. Others are more understanding of blogging, although these seem to be the minority
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that’s interesting. i will look out for that. Not that i enter competitions, really…hopefully your success will be like buses and 3 will come along at once!
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Fingers crossed! Thanks Sarah. Good luck in whichever ones you decide to enter, too 🙂
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Congrats! Even without a cash prize, it’s still pretty awesome!
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Thanks Angelica. I think so too! ❤
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That’s pretty cool! Congratulations! 😀
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Thanks syd!
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