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Announcing The Dream The Dream Ain't Broken
Chapbook Competition has been an emotional journey. All up we received
30+ manuscripts and over the course of the last six weeks we have
immersed ourselves in poetry. We have read, re-read, deliberated,
shortlisted and just short of losing what hair we have left, have
selected the manuscript we felt was most ready for publication.
We say that, because so many of the manuscripts had moments of illumination.
Moments, where the poems leapt out and grabbed us by both ears,
or whispered softly to be taken away and poured over. For these
moments, we thank you. Each and every one of you who entered, embraced
the dream! We here at Small Change Press are excited to announce that the winner of the inaugural 'The Dream Ain't Broken Chapbook Competition' is Nicola Scholes. Nicola's manuscript, was brimming with inventive, original work and we are looking forward to bringing it to life and launching her debut collection later this year, so please keep an eye on the website for details of her launch. We would also like to make special mention of the other shortlisted manuscripts: THE REVEREND BURNS! being The Adventures & Visions of The Reverend Hellfire - as narrated by Guy Free Taking a Fall by Jonathon Hadwen Mishaps on the Lingual Dancefloor by Ryan Douglas Limping on my third leg by Jef Caruss Each of these manuscripts drew us in and are studded with poems that called out from the page. So again, thank you all
for embracing the dream... whatever happens, they are never broken. Graham & David
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