Competition Corner (2): The Haddon Library of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge

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The results of the Haddon Library Poetry Competition were announced at a prizegiving ceremony on 25 September 2009, as part of the Alumni Weekend.

800, 1209, 2009 HADDON LIBRARY POETRY COMPETITION

Winning Poems

1st prize: His eightieth (Roger Elkin)

2nd prize: The story of 800 (Mary Courtney)

3rd prize: Sleepover at the Museum (Caroline Gill)

[Click on poem title to read poem or click on poet's name to read about poet, in each case].

The competition was part of the Cambridge 800 celebrations, and poems had to incorporate one of the anniversary numbers - 800, 1209 or 2009. You can read the University of Cambridge Press Release here.