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View and read The Yellow Book 2017/18 online flipbook here…
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Congratulations to the 50 national winners published in The Yellow Book 2017 & the 14 winners that feature on The Audio Yellow Book music singles by Mark Morriss, Lucy Ward, Refuge & Tara Pasveer! Well done to everyone & thank you all for creatively expressing wellbeing!
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View the prize presentation for all 50 winners at The House of Lords here…
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The Selected Artwork & Photography – well done to all!
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- The Milky Way, Wales by Carole Baker
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- Blowing in the wind by Joy Gravestock
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- Shoreline by Christopher Bent
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- Rising from Silt by Siyuan Ren
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- Sparks by Joe Noon
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- Peaceful by Sue Bee
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- Ash Map by Ruth Singer
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- Tranquility Bay by Brendan McGrath
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- Cat & Crochet by Barbara Jackson
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- Cooling Off by Lisa Hall
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- Best Times by Penny Langley
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- Reflection by Bradley Phipps
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- Rising Sun by Conrad Bailey
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- I’m happy when I’m picking rosy apples in the orchard by Alison Johnson
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- Allotments by Tony O’Dwyer
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- Colours of Life by Sohail Mirza
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- Here comes the girls by Lisa Timmerman
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- I feel better when I am part of a team by Emily Arnold
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- I feel human when I am by Teigh-Anne Shave
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- Monet Reflections by Peggy Butherway, Delia Lowe, Gill Palmer & Lynn Taylor when at The Bennion Centre
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- Oranges, sweet and juicy by Alison Johnson
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- Sunrise by Barbara Jackson
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- Water Meadow by Christopher Bent
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- Winter Wonderland by Vanessa Hunt
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‘It’s the third running of this great competition and the standard and quantity of entries improves year upon year. The quality of entries of art, photos and the resulting ‘Little Yellow book’ shows an uplifting and creative meeting of minds’.
Gary Hodges
Chair of the Art/Photography Assessor Panel
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The Selected Poems – well done to all!
I would not be without you by Katherine Owen
My Favourite Things by Andrew Barber
Mother Nature’s Daughter by Julia Goodfellow
Speak to me, Serenity by Susie Reynolds
Satisfaction by Francesca Baker
Creating, rocks! by Pauline Sweeney
The Joy in Baking by Jill Simpson
Watching and Waiting by Zoe Lathbury
I feel better when… by Gemma Voce
I feel better when by Joanna Watson
Down the valley and back by Jonathan Hill
Everything has a purpose by Ibrahim Mirza
Mindfulness by Helen Washington
I feel better as one by David Holloway
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‘Yet again, shortlisting and picking the final winners was made extraordinarily difficult because the standard of writing was so innovative, heartfelt, insightful and above all, uplifting. Poetry in the UK is alive and well!’
Lydia Towsey
Chair of the Poetry Assessor Panel
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The Music Winners
14 of the 50 winners have their pieces made in to the rethinkyourmind music singles and album:
The Audio Yellow Book will be available for download from 15-12-17.
View the winning music videos click here…
Please scroll down to view all of the winners work!
Our additional congratulations to the 3 selected entries who, in addition to being published in The Yellow Book will ALSO be featured on the music single of MARK MORRISS!
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3 winners selected for: |
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Shoreline |
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the single cover artwork |
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the lyrics for the ‘A’ side | |
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| My Favourite Things by Andrew Barber |
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the spoken word poem for the ‘B’ side |
Our additional congratulations to the 3 selected entries who, in addition to being published in The Yellow Book will ALSO be featured on the music single of LUCY WARD!
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3 winners selected for: |
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Rising from silt by Siyuan Ren |
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the single cover artwork |
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Mother Nature’s Daughter |
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the lyrics for the ‘A’ side |
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| Speak to me, Serenity by Susie Reynolds |
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the spoken word poem for the ‘B’ side |
Our additional congratulations to the 3 selected entries who, in addition to being published in The Yellow Book will ALSO be featured on the music single of REFUGE!
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3 winners selected for: |
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Sparks by Joe Noon |
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the single cover artwork |
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Satisfaction |
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the lyrics for the ‘A’ side |
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| Allotment by Tony O’Dwyer |
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the spoken word poem for the ‘B’ side |
Our additional congratulations to the 3 selected entries who, in addition to being published in The Yellow Book will ALSO be featured on the music single of TARA PASVEER!
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3 winners selected for: |
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Peaceful by Sue Bee |
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the single cover artwork |
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Creating, rocks! |
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the lyrics for the ‘A’ side |
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| The Joy in Baking by Jill Simpson |
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the spoken word poem for the ‘B’ side |
Our additional congratulations to the 2 bonus selected entries who, in addition to being published in The Yellow Book will ALSO be featured as the front & back cover on the RETHINK YOUR MIND MINI ALBUM!
Project Single & The Audio Yellow Book |
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The Milky Way, Wales |
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The Audio Yellow Book album cover artwork |
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Blowing in the wind |
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the Project single cover artwork |
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The Assessor Panels:
Art & Photography Panel:
Gary Hodges, Keith Cooper, Jenny Escritt, Lucia Masundire, Steven Mcloughlin
Poetry Panel:
Lydia Towsey, Mellow Baku, Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Adam Horovitz, Georgina Wakefield
Art & Photography:
‘It’s the third running of this great competition and the standard and quantity of entries improves year upon year. The quality of entries of art, photos and poems and the resulting ‘Little Yellow book’ shows an uplifting and creative meeting of minds’.
Gary Hodges
Chair of the Art/Photography Assessor Panel
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“I really enjoyed my chance to look through all the submitted works with the other assessors – the range of images we’ve selected will look superb in the new Yellow book”
Keith Cooper
Art/Photography Assessor
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‘I have loved being one of the judges for this Project, I have felt inspired and frequently humbled by the range and creative delivery of ideas relating to the theme. The winning entries are wonderful and reflect the diversity in media and approach of the entries this year.’
Jenny Escritt
Art/Photography Assessor
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‘I have really enjoyed selecting the artwork for the second time running. The submissions were of great quality and really fitted the brief, many inspired and uplifted and will make for a wonderful new edition of the ‘Yellow Book’.
Lucia Masundire
Art/Photography Assessor
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‘The quality of work was excellent this year, and choosing the winning pieces was a real challenge! All the work featured in the little yellow book is incredibly valuable, both to encourage others to use creativity as a way to make sense of their experiences and to promote mental health awareness.’
Steven McLoughlin
Art/Photography Assessor
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Poetry:
‘Yet again, shortlisting and picking the final winners was made extraordinarily difficult because the standard of writing was so innovative, heartfelt, insightful and above all, uplifting. Poetry in the UK is alive and well!’
Lydia Towsey
Chair of the Poetry Assessor Panel
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‘It was a pleasure to read through such a great selection of poetry, enough for 2 or 3 little yellow books! We had to choose from so many well crafted and thoughtful entries. All the chosen pieces speak from unique, inspirational perspectives in different ways and voices, of wellbeing, feeling better and being positive. Congratulations and many thanks.’
Mellow Baku
Poetry Assessor
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‘It’s always difficult to pick out poems for a competition, and particularly in the case of the Rethink Your Mind project, as there is such a swell of positivity in all of the poems. Happily this means that a difficult process is also a pleasurable one. A competition may have to have winners, but I really hope that everyone who submitted keeps writing, as every poem I read had something worthwhile to say.’
Adam Horovitz
Poetry Assessor
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‘it took me a long time to decide who the winners of this contest should be, the poems were all extremely good and inspiring congratulations to the winners and well done to you all.’
Georgina Wakefield
Poetry Assessor
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Thank you to all those who contributed, coached, supported, assessed and facilitated this project!