Candlestick Press on Instagram: “Thank you to all the poets who entered our competition. We received a huge variety of interpretations of the Christmas Party theme and, as always, enjoyed reading the submissions. We eventually settled on five wonderful poems, all of which will appear in our festive title Christmas Party to be published in September. Many congratulations to our quintet of splendid winners: Aruna Stannard – ‘The First Christmas Party’ DA Prince – ‘Long-tailed tits’ Kristina Diprose – ‘Meet me at Nakatomi Plaza’ Marie-Louise Eyres – ‘Ingrate at the Christmas Party’ Penny Sharman – ‘Sardines at Uncle Jacks, Xmas, 1959’ These poems will be published alongside five brand new poems from Andre Bagoo, Jeanette Burton, Jonathan Edwards, Lorraine Mariner and Michael Pedersen. We can’t wait to launch this title, guaranteed to be full of effervescence and the spirit of celebration! https://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/competitions/ 🎄🎉🍾😊🎄 #christmas #christmasparty #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram”