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- Partridge Boswell, winner of the National Poetry Competition, won £5,000 for 'The Gathering,' a poem on global suffering and state violence, including Gaza.
- Boswell said he used writing to process emotional distress.
- Damen O’Brien and Zoe Dorado placed second and third, winning £3,000 and £2,000.
- The competition, established in 1978, will publish the top three poems in The Poetry Review's upcoming issue.
- Seven other poets received commendations.
