Big literary prize for teenage poet

School student Emily Harrison has won the most generous prize in Britain for teenage poetry with 'Love Has No Larynx,' a poem inspired by the theme of 'Promises.' The Christopher Tower Poetry Prize for sixth formers, run by Christ Church, has drawn in over 1,000 entries from students across the UK. The judges of the prize are established British poets, and this year's competition is the tenth since the launch of the prize. Harrison, 17, from Cirencester College in Gloucestershire, won the £3,000 first prize for her poem. The judges, the poets Stephen Romer, Michael Schmidt and Peter McDonald, said: 'Judging was difficult because of the general standard of entries. We were pleased to see that the final six poems are so various in form and theme.' The Christopher Tower poetry competition has a reputation for discovering fresh and exciting poetry talent and is just one of the initiatives developed by Tower Poetry at Christ Church to encourage the writing and reading of poetry by young adults. Other projects include summer schools, poetry readings and conferences, an ongoing publication programme and a newly redesigned website which is used as an educational resource in schools.