Anthology
UK Orders
To purchase a single copy of our first anthology just click the button below. To purchase more than one copy scroll down:
Our book is priced at just £6.99 plus £1.50 postage.
Multiple copies are available at increased postage
although it pays to order more copies if you divide up
the extra postage costs. Prices are as follows:
| Copies | Book cost | Postage | Total |
| 1 | £6.99 | £1.50 | £8.49 |
| 2 | £13.98 | £2.65 | £16.63 |
| 3 | £20.97 | £3.15 | £24.12 |
| 4 | £27.96 | £4.90 | £32.86 |
| 5 | £34.95 | £6.45 | £41.40 |
| 6 | £41.94 | £7.20 | £49.14 |
| 7 | £48.93 | £8.95 | £57.88 |
| 8 | £55.92 | £8.95 | £64.87 |
| 9 | £62.91 | £8.95 | £71.86 |
| 10 | £69.90 | £8.95 | £78.85 |
Note: Remember when ordering multiple copies the
quantity shown is always 1. (Example - 1 quantity of 6
copies)
If you would prefer to send a cheque / postal order, then
please send to: Dave Lewis, 9 The Avenue, Pontypridd, CF37
4DF, making cheques payable to - Welsh Poetry Competition.
Please use the table above for costs.
Overseas Orders
To purchase a single copy of our first anthology just click the button below:
‘The First Five Years’ is a celebration of the best poetry
submitted to the annual Welsh Poetry Competition in its opening
years. A distinct yet varied expression of the world we inhabit.
Experimental, vibrant, musical, shocking, unapologetic. This
anthology is as much for the unseen writers as it is for the
commemorated. All art is opinion and all rules are meant to be
broken. So if we have pushed a little further back the
conventional and the humdrum, if we have shook up the
establishment a little and injected life back into one of the
greatest art forms available to mankind then we stand guilty as
charged. That was indeed our intention.
This collection of over 100 poems contains some fearsome poetry. Of that there is no doubt. And the reason, I would venture, is that the poets contained herein were not afraid to say what they wanted for fear of failure or ridicule by those out of touch with true avant-garde literature. And so, this anthology, like the competition, is for the real artists, both within Wales and beyond.
So grab a copy, sit back and enjoy. ‘The First Five Years’ is
just that. The beginning. And yes, there is much more to come,
so watch this space.
Dave Lewis
A big thanks to all poets who've entered, won a
prize and given permission for their work to be published by us.
A huge thanks also to our three great judges - John Evans, Mike
Jenkins and Sally Spedding without whom none of this would be
possible. And please pass on to as many people as you can. The more people
who know about us the bigger and better we can become.
