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School Bus
Winner of Poems on the Move (Guernsey Literary Festival) - young person's category 2021.
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Starlings Murmurating Over Leamington Spa
Published in the Stratford Literary Festival's Young Poet's Anthology 2023 - to see my footage of the Leamington murmuration click here....
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20242 min read
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Synaesthesia
This poem won Stratford Literary Festival's Young Poets' 11-16 competition 2022. It is based on my brother's experience of having...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Deep Sea
My poem Deep Sea was published in the Live Canon Children's Anthology 2023. It is inspired by someone I met in the Natural History Museum...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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He said don't write a poem about this
This poem was Highly Commended in Live Canon's Young Writers' Competition 2022 in the Year 10-13 category. He Said Don't Write a Poem...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Boy on the Other Side of the World
Highly Commended, Live Canon Children's Poetry Competition 2021.
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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Demoiselle in the School Hall
Unexpected encounters are often the most memorable. Last summer I was being swept through the school corridors when I spotted a green...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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The Second Boy I Kissed - an account
My poem 'The Second Boy I Kissed - an account' won Second Place for my age category in the East Riding Festival of Words Poetry...
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read
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To The Roost - Young Wild Writer Prize
I was absolutely delighted to win the Young Wild Writer Competition 2022, judged by author Gill Lewis and hosted by Hen Harrier Day (Wild...
Emily Hunt
Mar 5, 20243 min read
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Removing Caterpillars from my Grandfather's Cabbages - Solstice Prize
Winner of Writing East Midlands Solstice Prize for Young Writers 2021. Removing caterpillars from my Grandfather’s cabbages I detach them...
Emily Hunt
Mar 5, 20241 min read
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Evensong - The Betjeman Poetry Prize
I was 12 when I wrote this, and was really pleased to win 'Best nature poem', Betjeman Poetry Prize 2019. The path runs with a river of...
Emily Hunt
Mar 5, 20241 min read
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