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 commissioned by the Arts Council from some of the country's leading poets including Bernardine Evaristo (pictured). A twelfth poem will be chosen through competition.
The winner of the competition will see their work published alongside the eleven commissioned poems and receive a prize of £500.
The closing date for the competition is 28 September 2007.
See: www.artscouncil.org.uk/abolition2007.
More specifically, http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/aboutus/project_detail.php?rid=0&sid=&browse=recent&id=586