A talented Oxfordshire teenager has won one of the most celebrated poetry competitions in the UK.
Azfa Ali, 18, (pictured above) scooped the 2013 Christopher Tower Poetry Prize, an annual award to encourage aspiring poets aged 16 to 18. The competition, now in its 13th year, has a reputation for discovering fresh and exciting poetry talent.
The theme for this year’s competition was “The Details” and Azfa, a year 13 student at Oxford Spires Academy, won the £3,000 first prize for her poem entitled Origins.
Azfa, who is going to study creative writing at Warwick University this autumn, was presented with her award at a reception held at Oxford University’s Christ Church last week.
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