DALRO New Coin prize winners announced

First prize went to Genna Gardini for her poem The Pot. Genna is a Cape Town writer whose poetry has appeared in several national and international literary journals.

DALRO Award judge Colleen Higgs said of The Pot: "I liked its strangeness, and the sharp decisive ending. Genna Gardini's voice is playful and witty, and while easy to read and follow, further layers of meaning and association rise from the poem, the more times I read it. Her voice is strong and somewhat triumphant here, although there is humour and a slight sense of self-ridicule."

Genna says that she is "delighted and surprised" to have won. Second and third prizes went to Jim Pascual Agustin for "Village Potter's Wife", and Megan Tennant for "On a June day that I spent on the beach with two children".