Goldsmith Festival Poetry Competition 2025 Results

The following are the results:

The First three Prize winners will be contacted shortly

First Prize

The Last Polar Bear Newark, New Jersey

– Jonathan Greenhause, New Jersey, USA

Second Prize

To my father’s syllabification

– Siobhan Flynn, Churchtown Dublin

Third Prize

Deserted

-Helen Fallon, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Highly Commended

The Oldest Mother In The World

– Anne MacDarby Beck, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny

Harvesting Saffron

– Daniel Galvin, Kinsale, Co. Cork

Frog

– Eithne Lannon, Malahide, Co. Dublin

Flagstones

– Gerry O’Donnell, Navan, Co. Meath

Fake Babble

– James Halley, Dundrum, Dublin 16

Templeboy

– Siobhan Campbell, Dundrum, Dublin

The Next Chapter

– Philip McGrane, Dublin 12