Graham Burchell

NEWS

Recently discovered that there is a video of moi on YouTube reading in Galway, Ireland. It's not that clear visually, and his reading doesn't begin until almost three minutes in, following Brian O'Rourke's singing(?), but it is there--really! Click here to view it.

Whilst waiting to hear if my shortlisted poem "How Soon" has won anything in the Chapter One Poetry Competition, I have just learned that I have a Special Mention in the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition. The judges Andy Willoughby and Bob Beagrie said the following about my poem "In Frome":

"In Frome" was another intensely visual short poem that manages to contain a sense of lives lived and lost in impressive brevity.

I learned today (Aug 12th 2009) via a certificate in the post, that I had been Specially Commended in the 2009 Welsh Poetry Competition. This is the second year running that I have received a Specially Commended certificate, so I shall try again next year and hope for third time lucky.