A Clean Sweep at The Eisteddfod

Iwan Rhys  won he Chair at the Urdd Eisteddfod in Conwy for his ode about "Losing" .  According to the judges, his ode of no more than 100 lines was “mature, deep, clean and powerful - an ode which fully merited the Chair of the Urdd National Eisteddfod". Iwan has just completed his MPhil in the Department. A former student in the Department, Osian Rhys Jones, was runner up in the competition and  Dewi Huw Owen and Gruffudd Eifion Owen, who are both MPhil students in the Department, came joint third.