Des Mannay is the recent winner of the 'rethinkyourmind' poetry
competition (2015). Placed 2nd in the Disability Arts Cymru poetry
Competition 2015. 'Gold Award' winner in the Creative Futures Literary
Awards (2015). Shortlisted for the erbacce-prize for poetry 2015.
Shortlisted in the Welsh Poetry Competition 2015. "Focused on
hard-hitting social issues. Des Mannay’s ‘And the Dead Shall Rise’
expressed his disgust at a fracking company in Wrexham purchasing the
site of a mine disaster still classed as an official gravesite , whilst
‘Would that I have died that night’ was inspired by a letter he had read
on the issue of assisted suicide. These were poems which made a
statement, and his last words - “Beware as prejudice becomes dressed as
rights”' (Sabotage Reviews).
