Jo Bell has won the £3,000 Charles Causley poetry prize. The competition was set up in aid of the continuing project to renovate the late poet’s house in Launceston, Cornwall, and support a programme of writing residencies and literature events. Jo Bell is a former director of National Poetry Day, and currently the UK canal laureate, appointed by the Poetry Society and Canal and River Trust. She lives aboard a 67ft narrowboat in the Midlands. Runner-up and third in the competition were Dorothy Coventon and Simon Pomery. More details