The short-list for the Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize 2025 Congratulations to the authors of the following poems: A Draft Book Ghosts Chords of Light Dressing Up Flaking Paint – a Writer’s Labour Observations from a café window on the day my grandmother died On Waking Painted Emotions (Untitled Red 1956 Mark Rothko) Soul Takeover Streets of Little Lon The Photojournalist is a Poet Ticket The Kathryn Purnell Poetry Prize is awarded for a poem of no more than 50 lines, this biennial award is named in honour of a much-loved member of SWWV. Read more about it here.