A list of the winners of the 2018 UNESCO Dunedin City of Literature poetry competition.

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With sincere thanks to our judges, Carolyn McCurdie (Young Poets Section), Elena Poletti and Rhian Gallagher. Our thanks also to the competition sponsors.

Young Poets Category: Rap Like Robbie

Sponsored by the Dunedin Edinburgh Sister City Society

1st Place: Sophia Niblock, I'm Wondering

Joint 2nd Place:  Ollie Young, Address to a Plastic Bag

3rd Place: Emma Davis, The Kings of the Earth

Highly-commended: Caitlin O'Brien, An Ode to the Cheese Roll

Highly-commended: Millie O'Neill, Archibald

Unpublished Adult Poets Category

Sponsored by the Dunedin Public Libraries Association (Friends of the Library)

1st Place: Jean O'Neill, Midnight Shift

2nd Place: Eleanor Girvan, Lament O the Datin Scene

3rd Place: Mark Sanford, To An Old Dug Dreaming

Published Adult Poets Category

Sponsored by Royden and Lee Somerville and the Otago Scottish Heritage Council

1st Place: Marjory Woodfield, A Robbie Burns Supper in Saudi Arabia

2nd Place: Peter Matheson, Fause Truth

3rd Place: Linzy Forbes, A Lament