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Why is it so popular? Because it’s the one “ we all want to win, published and unpublished poets alike” (past winner Neil Rollinson)
Winning the National Poetry Competition is a wonderful opportunity for a new poet to have the spotlight turned on their work. Since discovering he won the competition in March this year, our 2006 winner has been invited to attend a glamorous prize giving event at Dr Johnson’s House in London, will read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival in July and again at the Wordsworth Trust in October… all this on top of getting £5000.
Barlow describes hearing he’d won as an affirming event that gave him a real sense that theses amazing things do happen to ‘real people’.
If you want to hear what it feels like to win the competition you can hear Mike Barlow talking about just this at
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/06archivenpc/
For more established poets winning the competition is further affirmation for their work. Collette Bryce who won in 2004 was delighted to have her poem selected by three poets she really admired. Her winning poem The Full Indian Rope Trick was the title poem of her second collection published later that year.
This year’s judges are E.A Markham, Michael Schmidt and Penelope Shuttle. All entries are judged anonymously. Any one out there could be the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition 2007 winner – all you’ve got to do is enter before the closing date on October 31 2007.
You can enter the competition on line at www.poetrysociety.org.uk or send a stamped addressed envelope to Competition Organiser (PRREG), 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX.
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To find out more about the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition or to interview Mike Barlow telephone Lisa Roberts or Helen Laing on 0207 420 9895 or email marketing@poetrysociety.org.uk
The Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition 2007 is now open for entries!
Now thirty the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition keeps going from strength to strength. There were over 10,000 entries last year with entries coming from all over the world.Why is it so popular? Because it’s the one “ we all want to win, published and unpublished poets alike” (past winner Neil Rollinson)
Winning the National Poetry Competition is a wonderful opportunity for a new poet to have the spotlight turned on their work. Since discovering he won the competition in March this year, our 2006 winner has been invited to attend a glamorous prize giving event at Dr Johnson’s House in London, will read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival in July and again at the Wordsworth Trust in October… all this on top of getting £5000.
Barlow describes hearing he’d won as an affirming event that gave him a real sense that theses amazing things do happen to ‘real people’.
If you want to hear what it feels like to win the competition you can hear Mike Barlow talking about just this at
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/06archivenpc/
For more established poets winning the competition is further affirmation for their work. Collette Bryce who won in 2004 was delighted to have her poem selected by three poets she really admired. Her winning poem The Full Indian Rope Trick was the title poem of her second collection published later that year.
This year’s judges are E.A Markham, Michael Schmidt and Penelope Shuttle. All entries are judged anonymously. Any one out there could be the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition 2007 winner – all you’ve got to do is enter before the closing date on October 31 2007.
You can enter the competition on line at www.poetrysociety.org.uk or send a stamped addressed envelope to Competition Organiser (PRREG), 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX.
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To find out more about the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition or to interview Mike Barlow telephone Lisa Roberts or Helen Laing on 0207 420 9895 or email marketing@poetrysociety.org.uk
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