Poetry  The Yellow Book 2014/15 Entries Gallery
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Winning music & videos 2015

meet the national rethinkyourmind panel

The panel of assessors that selected the creative pieces to feature in the yellow book and on the music singles can be found below. Please click the images to meet the teams.

 Artwork Panel 

Poetry/Lyrics Panel

The Selected Artwork – well done to all!

The Selected Poems – well done to all!

It is a place – Sohaib Mirza, Halifax

A salad – Katherine T. Owen, Swindon

Snow White – Susan Castillo Street, Mayfield

Swimming out to rock – Ian Liburd, Leicester

Library – Waseem Mirza, UK

I feel better when – Maria B Potter, Lancashire

Butter – Lauren Foster, Loughborough

Bubbles – Lee Prosser, Llangyndeyrn

It does us good – Katherine T. Owen, Swindon

Night Swings – Sian Breeze, Chalford

Hands Poem – John Saunders, Tullamore

My Tangled Mind Set Free – Denise Claxton, Essex

Do you remember – Lisa De Jong, Dublin

The small things in life – Katy Young, Flintshire

Bruce Lee – Carlton, Leicester

TABLA – Jitendra Bhatt, Leicester

Morning Run – Romalyn Ante, Wolverhampton

Paper Plane – Romalyn Ante, Wolverhampton

Rainbow – Deborah Hyde, London

Wordly Pleasures – Trish Kerrison, Belper

Etymology – Anna Nic Giolla Mhuire, Galway

This Cinderelly Nonsense – Anna Nic Giolla Mhuire, Galway

Across the Leam from Mill Gardens – John Yates, Leamington Spa

A Dream in the Storm – Des Mannay, Newport

Change – David Rollins, Leicester

The Wall – David Holloway, Bedford

Meet the assessment panel for the rethinkyourmind project by clicking here…

Chair of the Art/Photography Assessors Gary Hodges

‘Being a judge on the Rethinkyourmind competition has been very rewarding, but sometimes frustrating. I say that because we judges were not just choosing the best artworks, but the best ‘uplifting’ artworks. There were so many entries into the competition that were brilliant, but sadly didn’t quite fit into the required ‘uplifting’ criteria. Also there were some amazing artworks that if it had been for an actual 3 dimensional exhibition in a gallery, we would have picked them straight away. The art we chose had to look good in the great, but two dimensional ‘Yellow Book’.

‘I can’t wait for the next Rethinkyourmind competition to see what beauties emerge from imaginative hearts, hands and minds.’

Chair Poetry Assessors Lydia Towsey 

‘This year the standard of writing submitted to rethinkyourmind made shortlisting and then picking the final winners extraordinarily difficult. Though all of us agreed on the final cut, many of us also had our own other individual favourites that we weren’t able to put through – I’ll continue to remember some of these pieces and be glad to have read them. The work was by turns innovative and heartfelt, insightful and above all uplifting. Poetry in the UK is alive and well.’

The Music Winners

14 of the 50 winners have their pieces made in to the rethinkyourmind music singles and album:

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!

Mark Morriss

3 winners selected for:

Nik Bragg, Stroud - When I’m Smiling

When I’m Smiling
by Nik Bragg, Stroud

the single cover artwork
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I feel better when
by Maria B Potter, Lancashire

the lyrics for the ‘A’ side
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 Swimming out to the rock
by Ian Librud, Leicester
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:

Liat Wicks, Rochester - Grounded

Grounded by Liat Wicks, Rochester

the single cover artwork
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It is a place
by Sohaib Mirza, Halifax

the lyrics for the ‘A’ side
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Snow White
by Susan Castillo Street, Etchingham
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:

Emily Quinn, Peterborough - Quiet

Quiet by Emily Quinn, Peterborough

the single cover artwork
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A Dream in the Storm
by Des Mannay, Newport

the lyrics for the ‘A’ side
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A Salad
by Katherine T Owen, Swindon
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 OLIVIA ROSE DEANE!

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3 winners selected for:

Loved by Mair Eleri Davies, Pontardawe

Loved by Mair Eleri Davies, Pontardawe

the single cover artwork
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My Tangled Mind Set Free
by Denise Claxton, Essex

the lyrics for the ‘A’ side
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Library
by Waseem Mirza, UK
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!

Rethink Your Mind Album

2 bonus winners selected for:

Silhouette by Rebecca Hayes, Pontypool

Silhouette
by Rebecca Hayes, Pontypool

the album front cover artwork
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Andy Gardiner, Tiverton

by Andy Gardiner, Tiverton

the album back cover artwork
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