The annual Poetry Competition, organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services (GCS) and the Gibraltar Chronicle, attracted a total of 252 entries.

The awards were presented by the Minister for Culture, The Hon Christian Santos GMD MP, on Wednesday 10th December 2025 at 5pm at BOOKgem.

The winners are as follows:

Overall Winner (£1000): Alfred Gerada – ‘Te Pierdo Twice’

Adult Category
• Winner (£500): Kate Julianne Williamson – ‘Delivered Ten Years Ago’
• Runner Up: Tessa Rosado–Standen – ‘If I Spent More Time With My Two Year Old’
• Highly Commended: Sarah Anne Duarte – ‘Maternity Leave’

Best Spanish Poem (£500): Bryley Anne Mor – ‘Cadenas Invisibles’
• Runner Up: Naomi Duarte – ‘El Niño No Tiene Culpa’
• Highly Commended: Davina Barbara – ‘Siempre Conmigo’

Llanito Category (£500): Jonathan Teuma – ‘Llanita Sea, Esta Odisea’
• Runner Up: Colin Golt – ‘Haikus De Autumn’
• Highly Commended: Julian Felice – ‘La Última Técnica’

School Years 11–13
• Winner: Jude James Everard – ‘Behind the Scenes’
• Runner Up: Daisy Moir – ‘Fields’
• Highly Commended: Lyra Cant – ‘The Orchard Where Clocks Forgot To Tick’

School Years 8–10
• Winner: Danielle Shamir – ‘Tour Of The Mind’
• Runner Up: Javier Oriol Holliday – ‘What Kind of God?’
• Highly Commended: Amelia Agudo Montero – ‘The Mint That Changed Everything’

School Years 6–7
• Winner: Matthew Scott – ‘The Name of War’
• Runner Up: Ella Jarvis – ‘A Night Where Dreams Belong’
• Highly Commended: Gisele Walley – ‘My Little Place’

School Years 4–5
• Winner: Alba Morales Llufrio – ‘Growing Up Too Fast’
• Runner Up: Leo Perez – ‘Sunshine’
• Highly Commended: Amelia Gordon – ‘Honey the Bunny’

All winning entries will be published in the Gibraltar Chronicle and on www.culture.gi

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The Gibraltar Chronicle kindly donated a three-month online subscription to the Overall Winner, as well as vouchers and pens for the winners of the school categories.

GCS would like to thank the judges, the Gibraltar Chronicle and all participants for their continued support.

ENDS