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20th January 2012
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Prole magazine looks for new laureateYoung northern poet Andrew McMillan will judge Prole magazine’s Laureate poetry competition. Its closing date is 1 March. Prole is looking for a...
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Taking flight at SlimbridgeAlison Brackenbury, Anne Cluysenarr, Ann Drysdale, Angela France, Alwyn Marriage, Hermiona Sandall and Christine Webb will be reading new poems about...
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Naked Muse poets venture down southThere’s a first chance for southerners to see images from the famous Naked Muse Calendar project – in which male poets posed and female po...
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Helping the homeless: poetry contest that makes a differenceFund-raising from poetry is helping to keep open two London cold weather shelters in the Camden and King's Cross areas. In its first year the Lume...
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Henry Raby's fast-forward to the futureBring cushions, mats, blankets, pillows and sleeping bags: that’s the message when punk poet Henry Raby invites you to write a letter to your fu...
Read more and leave comments (0) 26th Jan 2012 9:21 pm |
Country house's peaceful approach to poetry contest“There is no joy but calm” – a line from Tennyson’s The Lotos-Eaters – is the theme of the Words by the Water/Mirehouse...
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Click on this? Poetic links* The mysteries of editing poetry: from TS Eliot to John Burnside
* The BBC's Nick Higham talks to poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy * Simon Armita... Read more and leave comments (0) 26th Jan 2012 9:19 pm |
Cardiff poetry competition comes with £5,000 first prizeSinead Morrissey and Patrick McGuinness are the judges for this year’s Cardiff International Poetry Competition. The deadline is 2 March, and th...
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