Could you be the next Poet Laureate of the Peak?
Peak poets are being invited to celebrate the dramatic landscape of the Peak District National Park in a new competition.
The first Poet Laureate of the Peak, Alec Rapkin (pictured), has completed two years as the poet laureate, writing 25 poems during his tenure. Now a competition is being launched to find his successor, a poet who can express the unique spirit of the national park, and what it me...
30th November 2007
A HAIKU SLAM! whatever next?
You into haiku?/
Well get yourself to London/
For the haiku slam.
FARRAGO HAIKU SLAM! & Showcase,
@The Poetry Place, (above the Poetry Café), Betterton St, WC2. Covent Garden tube.
Friday, 30th November, 7:30pm
The annual Farrago Haiku SLAM! is OPEN TO ANY POET! Any subject or style, bring a...
30th November 2007
Rosie Wins DaDaFest Award
30th November 2007
2.15 today: William Blake radio play by Moxy Casimir…
Moxy Casimir, whose writing studs our discussion pages in stellar fashion is really award-winning writer for radio, TV and theatre (and poet, mesmerist, lecturer, conjuror...) Lavinia Murray, whose pl...
30th November 2007
Market Yourself!
26th November 2007
Free Spotlight Workshops
26th November 2007
Got a show ready to tour by February?
Deadline: Monday 3rd December 2007
To apply you must have a show available which will be ready to ...25th November 2007
Rochdale/Middleton open-floor Tonight!
Just a short bus ride out of Manchester city centre.
Write Out Loud in conjunction with Cartwheel Arts invite you to a friendly and supportive open floor poetry night this Sunday (25th Nov) at the Old ...
25th November 2007
Rumi poetry night, open mic and a prize!
To commemorate the 800th anniversary of the birth of Rumi, probably the most important Middle Eastern poet of the past millennium, ZanzéBards invites you to an evening devoted to hiws life and works, ...
22nd November 2007
Matchbox Poets at the Lowry
At the following link you will be able to access Alex Middleton reading one poem by each of the 12 Matchbox poets at The Lowry Centre Manchester, as part of Manchester Literature Festival. It comes in...
18th November 2007
Silenced Press is currently accepting Poetry submissions!
Silenced Press is currently accepting Poetry submissions! See http://silencedpress.com for info.
10th November 2007
200th Poet Joins Showcase
Rachel Pantechnicon (pictured) became the 200th poet to join the showcase on Wednesday November 7th - for more details about Rachel see http://www.writeoutloud.net/poets/rachelpantechnicon
If you haven...
8th November 2007
Chorlton Book Festival
hosts an increasingly popular annual book festival, which returns on
November 12 to 24.
There will be a whole range of talks, sess...
6th November 2007
Vacancy at the Arvon Foundation
£19,082 p.a. plus accommodation
Are you passionate about helping writers of all ages and backgrounds to ...
5th November 2007
Woman
Last month's poem of the month writer, John Mather, has chosen this month's poem. John says,"It is a poem that is expertly crafted in rhythm and rhyme about the near perfect woman, I say near perf...
1st November 2007
