Gujarati Mushaira
Julian Jordon, Dave Morgan and Paul Blackburn had the great honour of being invited to a Gujarati Mushaira ( a poetry festival) on Saturday 23rd June by the Gujarati Writer's Guild UK featuring American Gujarati poet Adil Mansuri (pictured). A full review by Dave can be found by clicking on: Mushaira Review
29th June 2007
Rain doesn't stop play!
29th June 2007
An Evening With Fred D’Aguiar
In the Bicentennial of the Slavery Abolition Act you are invited to an evening with Internationally Acclaimed Writer Fred D’Aguiar (pictured).
Born in London, partly raised in Guyana, and now Professor...
26th June 2007
Spoken Word Commission
Freedom and Culture is a collaboration between Cultural Brokers (Director Baroness Lola Young) and Alchemy Anew (Director Dr Nima Poovaya Smith). It comprises...
25th June 2007
"New Writer" Poetry & Prose Competition
For short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The...
25th June 2007
VINCENT McTIGUE COMPETITION OF COMIC VERSE
WRITERS GROUP
VINCENT McTIGUE COMPETITION OF COMIC VERSE
RULES FOR ENTRY
1: Submissions must arrive before October 30th 007. Later arrivals will be disqualified.
2: Ple...
24th June 2007
Belmont Poetry Prize!
the only poetry competition in the UK for poets writing poems for children. Deadline: 20 Jul 2007
Entry fee: £3 per poem.
1st prize £400 Runners-up - four prizes of £50.
Poems should be aimed at ch...
24th June 2007
Arts Council England Competition
Arts Council England is inviting poets to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act by writing a poem on the theme of enslavement.
Eleven poems will be specially commissio...
24th June 2007
Denbigh Festival Slam - everyone a winner!
Can you win the bardic chair? If not, all entrants get £10! (max 16, first come, first served).
23rd June 2007
Afternoon "Riders" in Horwich
As part of the Horwich Carnival there will be a special "Riders" event at 1pm on 24th June at the Crown Hotel, Chorley New Road, Horwich with guest star Rachel Appleton (pictured) and it's free!
"Ride...
20th June 2007
Growing Up An Alien
Written and performed by Aoife Mannix
Music written and performed by J...
19th June 2007
Poets at Glastonbury
For those of you lucky enough to be going to Glastonbury this year don't forget to visit the "Poetry and Word Tent" where you might see such luminaries as Tony Walsh, Thick Richard, Andy Craven-Grifft...
19th June 2007
Celebrate the Life Of Edmund Cusick!
17th June 2007
Help Required in Northamptonshire
Would you like to get together with other like minded poets or lyrists who have an interest in stand up poetry, who would like to perform, bring poetry to life and give it a new and dynamic existence ...
17th June 2007
Doin' Moon On Tour
Performed, Devised and Composed by Write Out Loud's own Anwen Lewis & Akiel 'Scorcha' Chinelo, Doin' Moon is being performed at key venues around the North West, so book now and put the dates i...
13th June 2007
Mersey Sound is back in Bolton
Yes the Mersey Sound is back in Bolton at the Octagon Theatre Bar, Bolton, Tuesday 12
June 8.30pm.
Forty years ago this year, as Sergeant Pepper hit the
airwaves, Penguin published "The Mersey Sou...
12th June 2007
Comment On Poem Of The Month
Yes you can now comment on Poem of the the Month - though you have to log on first - but then you can comment on not only the latest but any of our previous poems of the month.
10th June 2007
Swap High Heels For Boots At Poetry Cafe
Poets are supporting the Touching Tiny Lives campaign at the Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden on Saturday June 16th.
City girl, Christine
Bennett, is to swap London for the high altitude Peru Inca Trail. S...
8th June 2007
Latest Issue of Parameter Magazine Available
The fourth edition of the eclectic Parameter Magazine is now available and more information can be found about it, along with samples of work, at www.parametermagazine.org
3rd June 2007
June's Poem of the Month
Congratulations to Jane Holland whose poem "Green Man" is Write Out Loud's poem of the month for June. Jane gives interesting background information about writing the poem in her blog entry which can ...
2nd June 2007
Green Man
GREEN MAN Last month's poem of the month writer, Derek Adams, has chosen this month's poem. He says,"It does what I think a poem should do, it tells a big story with few words, it is concise and prec...
1st June 2007
