Best U.K. Small Press Magazines of the Year (2007 places in brackets)

1. The Slab No.3 2. Poetic Licence 24 (4) 3. In Between Hangovers (7)

4. Tips For Writers 64 (9=) 5. Read The Music (7)
6. Poetry Scotland (65)

7. Curlew (60) 8= Candelabrum April 2008 8= Borderlines 42 (7)

10= Erbacce (11) 10=Global Tapestry Journal (30)

12= The Journal 23, Rain Dog 14 (2), Curlew 59, Reach 117(3)

U.K.Small Press Magazine Poets of the Year

1. Bobby Parker 2. Paul Tanner(1) 3= Kate Edwards (2) 3= Norman Bissett (4)

5. Tom Kelly 6. Michael Newman (8) 7. Laurence Tierney
8. Geoff William

9. Peter Johnson 10= Peter Davis 10= John Younger 12=Terry Quinn (15)

12=Neil Leadbeater12= Brendan Hawthorne 12= Gordon Scapens (9=)16. Melissa Shock

17. Wendy Webb(6)18. Geoff Hattersley 19 Simon Robson (9=) 20.Andrew Darlington(3)

Best Overseas Magazines

1. Freefall (Fall 2007 issue), USA 2. Freefall vol 18 no.2 , Canada

3. Labour of Love june 2008, Canada(5=) 4. Waterways vol.28 #, U.S.A. (7)

5. Waterways vol.29 #3 6= Waterways #2 & #4 8. Beatlick News vol.2 #37, USA.

9. Glimse 23, Canada 10 Still Crazy vol 1 issue 1, USA

Best Individual Collections

Genteel Messages by GwilymWilliams (Poetry Monthly Press)
Diagnosis Autism by Wendy Webb (Wendy Webb Books)
Mavericks by Gwilym Williams (Kitchen Table Publications)
The Poetry Evening by Kate Edwards (Poetry Monthly Press)
Corfu Holiday Poems by Simon Robson (Grovsenor Road Books)
6 The Cast Iron Shore by Pat Jourdan (Erbacce Press)

6= Lanterns and Flowers by Norman Bissett (Poetry Monthly Press)

8 Blue Ribbons at the County Fair by Ellaraine Lockie (PWJ Publishing)

9= Walking On The Moon by Roger Caldwell (Ninth Arrondissement Press)

9= Just Su by Su Law Baccino (dibleydo)

Best Anthologies

1. Raise The Bones (Cat Scan Press) 2. Violence As An Art Form (Cat Scan Press)

3. Norfolk Poets & Writers Anthology 2008 ( Wendy Webb Books)

4. A Morning In The Park (Carillon) 5. Waves 2008 (Soc. of Civil Service Writers)

A Reminder

Best Magazine 2004 – Outlaw 2005 – Poetry Monthly 2006 – Chimera 2007 – Chimera

Poet of the Year2004 – Michael Newman Runner-up Ray Avery

Poet of the Year 2005 – Andrew Darlington Runner-up A.D.Winans

Poet of the Year 2006 – Norman Bissett Runner-up Ken Champion