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Gala Prize - Giving Ceremony

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Allison McVety, Mike Barlow, Mandy Coe, Helen Mort, Lesley Saunders + Rosie Shepperd   The 2008 Manchester Poetry Prize Finalists, with Head Judge Carol Ann Duffy and Project Manager and Ceremony Co-host James Draper   Guests mingling before the ceremony     Guests mingling before the ceremony, including Cathy Bolton, Director of the Manchester Literature Festival (third from left)   Competition judges: (L-R) Carol Ann Duffy, Imtiaz Dharker and Gillian Clarke   Ceremony co-hosts, James Draper and Matthew Frost   Guests mingling before the ceremony, including MMU Press Officer Gareth Hollyman (far left) and MMU Creative Writing tutor Rachel Broady (far right)   Matthew Frost, who sits on the board of the Manchester Literature Festival, officially opens the 2008 festival .   Councillor Rosa Battle offers words of support and congratulations from the Lord Mayor's office   MMU Writing School Project Manager, James Draper, comperes the ceremony   MMU Writing School Creative Director and Poetry Prize Head Judge Carol Ann Duffy reads from her work   MMU Writing School Creative Director and Poetry Prize Head Judge Carol Ann Duffy reads from her work   Judge Imtiaz Dharker reads from her poems   Judge Gillian Clarke reads from her poems   Manchester Poetry Prize 2008 finalist Mike Barlow   Manchester Poetry Prize 2008 finalist Mandy Coe   Manchester Poetry Prize 2008 finalist Allison McVety   Manchester Poetry Prize 2008 finalist Helen Mort   Manchester Poetry Prize 2008 finalist Lesley Saunders   Manchester Poetry Prize 2008 finalist Rosie Shepperd   National Poet for Wales Gillian Clarke awards the 2008 Manchester Poetry Prize to Lesley Saunders   National Poet for Wales Gillian Clarke awards the 2008 Manchester Poetry Prize to Mandy Coe   Mandy Coe celebrates with guests   Mandy Coe celebrates with guests   Helen Mort won the Manchester Young Writer of the Year Award   The 3 winners: (L-R) Mandy Coe, Helen Mort and Lesley Saunders   Mandy Coe and Lesley Saunders: joint winners of the 2008 Manchester Poetry Prize   Mandy Coe and Lesley Saunders: joint winners of the 2008 Manchester Poetry Prize
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