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The winning poems from our 2010 Poetic License Contest for Youth have been published in Re:verse. Visit the e-zine online to see the winning poems. Thanks to our judges - Bill Howell, Alexis Kienlen, Rebecca Leah Papucaru, Yvonne Blomer, Cornelia Hoogland and Gloria Mulcahy for their hard work and dedication to this contest. Congratulations to our winning poets - Genevieve Doyle, Bailey Repp, Leah Holah, Lyn Li Che, Ali West and Anne Rahman, and to our our honourable mentions. Such wonderful writing. See you next year!
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