[Mary McLean]

Originally Posted by Susan McLean

Thanks to Alex and Marion for putting on a fun bake-off. There were lots of surprises, though the biggest one for me was finding out that my own sister had written the sonnet that I argued could have been written by a man. I laughed out loud when I saw that.

Susan

Yes, your comment made me laugh too!

Thanks to Marion and all the finalists and commenters for a fun bake off. I was surprised and delighted to be included for the first time.

[Janice D. Soderling]

What fun, what fun. Marion, a multi-prizewinning sonneteer in her own right, made some great choices with a diversity that stirs up the usual Sphere spirit and eternal hand-wringing, "WHAT is a sonnet?" And no one is surprised at the high quality of the winning poems. Thanks Alex for once again arranging this year's top-notch event. Double secret was a good fillip.

[Catherine Chandler]

Thanks to Marion for her hard work in the bake-off and to the popular and TSDG winners and finalists!

[Gail White]

Thanks to Alex and Marion for a splendid bake-off, and thanks to those who made comments & suggestions... Plus, congratulations to all finalists & an extra cheer for the top three!

[Spindleshanks]

Thanks to Alex and Marion for another fun event, and congrats to the top trio and the finalists and HM's in their train.

[Barbara Loots]

This was my first time participating in the Sonnet Bake-Off. It was entertaining, enlightening, energizing. Thanks to Marion for making us all look deeply, and to Alex for providing this great forum for conversation and friendly competition.