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Editors' Welcome

Hello and welcome to Issue 16 of The Bangor Literary Journal, in conjunction with Aspects Literary Festival.

We are delighted to showcase three exciting features in this issue!

Firstly, you can read the work of the six winners of the Ekphrastic Challenge, where writers were called to respond to `Secret Wood, a photograph by Paul Daniel Rafferty.

Also, we are delighted to feature writer Eoin Lane, where he talks about his influences, experiences and his new novel `Beyond the Horizon'.

In our final feature, you will have the opportunity to read in print, the fifteen shortlisted poems on the theme of `freedom' from this year's 9th Annual Bangor Poetry Competition.

This year's winner was Carolann North, with her stunning poem `Nesting' which won the competition by public vote. Huge congratulations to Carolann and all those shortlisted and

placed. We had a wonderful time at the awards ceremony and launch in the beautiful Chamber at Bango Castle as part of Aspects Literary Festival.

We hope you enjoy Issue 16 and as always, thank you for your continued support.

Best Wishes

Amy and Paul

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Contents Page FEATURE: Winners of the Ekphrastic Challenge Pages 4-17 FEATURE: Writer Eoin Lane Pages 18-26 FEATURE: The 9th Annual Bangor Poetry Competition Pages 27-60

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FEATURE: EKPHRASTIC CHALLENGE

We are delighted to showcase the six winning pieces from The Ekphrastic Challenge, where writers were called upon to respond to the above photograph `Secret Wood'

by Paul Daniel Rafferty. 4

POETRY

Rhiannon Oliver

Rhiannon Oliver is an Actress and Writer from Cardiff. She graduated from RADA in 2004 and has performed with companies such as Shakespeare's Globe, The National Theatre, BBC and Sky 1. Rhiannon writes poetry and children's stories and is currently working on a rhyming middle grade adventure story. She started sharing her poems in Spring 2021 and has upcoming publications in Nawr Magazine and two anthologies. Her children's poems feature on

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