Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2010
The Cafe Writers Open Poetry competition has a closing date of 30th November 2010.
First prize is £1,000, second £300 and five commended prizes of £50. £150 prize for the funniest poem, not winning another prize. There's also a £100 Norfolk prize awarded to the best poem from a permanent Norfolk resident.
The Entry fee is £4 per poem; or £10 for 3 poems and £2 per poem thereafter.
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14th November 2010
Along the Iron Veins
Just what you’ve been waiting for and right on schedule is ‘Along the Iron Veins’ – a new anthology of railway poetry, containing poems by not one – but two of Write Out Loud’s favourite poets – Winston Plowes and John Coopey.
The anthology celebrates in poetry, prose and pictures, the essent...
14th November 2010
Maryport Litfest
Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport in Cumbria will be having their third litfest from 26th -28th November 2010. It promises to be a provocative and exciting weekend, a celebration of words in all th...
14th November 2010
Rachel McGladdery wins First Ever Liverpool Lennon International Poetry Competition
Last Saturday night, as many of us were standing with our hands in our pockets, shivering in the freezing November weather as we ‘oohed’ and ‘aahed’ over small, but still lethal amounts of explosiv...
9th November 2010
Unsung want You!
Unsung, Manchester's best free literary magazine, is putting together a December edition and your work could be in it.
Co-editor, Matthew Byrne, says:
"I want your poems,
I want your ...
8th November 2010
Haiku Competition 2010
At With Words, they believe in acting locally and thinking globally, so half of any profits from this competition will go towards literacy work with children in developing countries, and half will ...
1st November 2010
wordPLAY Charity Special
wordPLAY is very pleased to announce that they are returning to the Good Ship in Kilburn for a one-off charity special on Tuesday 23rd November in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. It's an event fo...
1st November 2010
Aldeburgh Poetry Festival 2010
The Poetry Trust present the 22nd Aldeburgh Poetry Festival from 5th to 7th November 2010
Described by Tom Paulin as ‘the best poetry festival - indeed literary - festival’ he’s ever been to...
1st November 2010
