In November 2016, Philip Burton was awarded third prize (£250) in the Buxton Literary Festival poetry competition sponsored by Lady Jasmine Cavendish and by the University of Derby. Philip has accepted invitations to read at two festivals in March 2017:…
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The Life Dsylexic (2022) Philip’s next poetry book is THE LIFE DYSLEXIC (Palewell Press), due to be published in June 2022. GAIA Warnings (2021) Philip Burton’s collection GAIA WARNINGS, Palewell Press (PUB), 2021 A copy/copies of the book of sixty…
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Three of Philip’s poems are to be re-published by Scholastic in their anthologies in 2015: My Cat has a Bell (PETS), Caterpillar Salad Rap, and I’d Like to Pat Apatosaurus (DINOSAURS). Philip’s poem Two Piano Tuners is to be published…
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Philip has recently gone from strength to strength with his competition work. Gillian Clarke awarded A Fine Line Second prize in the Ilkley Literature Festival poetry competition 2013. Flood won First prize (£200) in the Sentinel Quarterly poetry competition 2014. STIR won First prize (£500) in…
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