They are:

1st: James Caruth, 'The Deposition'

2nd: Anthony Adler, 'The Metaphors are Owls'

3rd: Fay Musselwhite, 'Boulder'

The winning poems will all appear in the next issue of The North magazine, due in April 2011.

http://http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/index.php/the-north

The three poets will be reading at the Poetry Buisness' next event, at Bank Street Arts on March 11th, alongside Simon Currie and Sally Goldsmith (with her accordion). The reading starts at 7:30, tickets are £4 (£3 concs), and there will be a bar, nibbles and bookstall.