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“Kirsty Whatley’s deeply powerful piece was a clear winner for our judges, and I’m happy to report that this is the first time a poem has won the prize.” Natasha Carhew, author, founder of the Nature Writing Prize for Working Class Writers in: The Bookseller, Sep 2023.

Read the poem, Labradorite, here:

Cairn was written for the Campaign for National Parks to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. It is published in volume 84 of Viewpoint Magazine.