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McGough, Clarke, Abse, Sheers and Armitage at Hay festival Roger McGough, Gillian Clarke, Dannie Abse, Owen Sheers, and Simon Armitage are just some of the big names at the Hay festival, from 23 May to 2 June.... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 12:22 am	North-west poetry anthology reading at Hebden Bridge John Siddique, Andrew Oldham, and editors Lindsey Holland and Angela Topping will be among those reading at a launch of Sculpted: Poetry of the North... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 12:22 am	Ruth Padel to judge £1,000 Rialto/RSPB nature poetry prize Ruth Padel will be judging The Rialto/RSPB £1,000 nature poetry competition, which has a 30 September deadline. The prizes include a personal to... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 12:21 am	Deadline nears for £5,000 Bridport prize The 31 May deadline is nearing for those still intending to submit poems for the £5,000 Bridport prize, judged this year by Wendy Cope. More det... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 12:21 am
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Poets and performers read from Sylvia Plath's Ariel at Festival Hall Sylvia Plath died 50 years ago, leaving a black binder of poems that was to become her final, posthumously published collection, Ariel. Forty leading... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 12:20 am	Kate Fox is Glastonbury website poet in residence Kate Fox, a regular poet on Radio 4’s Saturday Live, will be this year’s website poet in residence at the Glastonbury festival. Fox, who w... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 12:18 am	August deadline for £200 Ilkley festival competiion The £200 poetry competition for Ilkley literature festival is open for entries, with the deadline 1 August, and winners and commended writers in... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 12:17 am	July deadline for Poetry Wales pamphlet prize The Poetry Wales Purple Moose prize for 20-24 original poems is open for entries. The winner will have their pamphlet published by Seren, and receive... Read more and leave comments (0)   22nd May 2013 12:17 am

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