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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


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


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


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


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


Boy on the Other Side of the World
Highly Commended, Live Canon Children's Poetry Competition 2021.
Emily Hunt
Mar 8, 20241 min read


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


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


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


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


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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