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UPDATED Saturday 1st January 2022

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REGULAR OPEN MIC EVENTS UK Ireland Europe Australia New Zealand USA Canada Africa India Festivals DUE TO THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK MANY EVENTS ARE CANCELLED PLEASE CHECK BEFORE ATTENDING ONE OFF, NEW AND SPECIAL EVENTS	COMPETITIONS POETRY COMPETITIONS Listing of major poetry competitions Short Story and Other Writing Competitions NINTH INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION Now open for entries Previous Competition Results POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER	MAGAZINES Extensive listings of English Language magazines. ONLINE MAGAZINES Print Magazines UK Ireland USA Canada Australia New Zealand Europe India Africa Japan CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

FROM OUR BOOKSHOP Poetry Kit Bookshop BOOK OF THE MONTH Love and Other Fairy Tales Adam Horovitz	POETRY KIT COURSES POETRY KIT COURSES BROCHURE (PDF) "...extraordinary value for money." Wherever you are as a poet we can help you get to the next level. Courses for beginners and experienced poets. Mentoring and critique service also available. PK COURSES WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY	POETS LISTINGS Our Who's Who is changing. In the future each poet will get a page of their own on Poetry Kit's new Who's Who including poems, bio, publication links. This is a new service under development at the moment. For more details info@poetrykit.org Poets on the Internet Who's Who Poetry Blogs General Poetry Sites To be considered for inclusion send a brief bio to info@poetrykit.org

FEATURED POET Lynda Turbet CITN 195 See other past editions at Caught in the Net	POETRY KIT BLOG Ideas for winter 2021 From our archive 1995 interview with Paul Williams TED SLADE AWARD 2021 Now open for nominations READ MORE ABOUT THIS AWARD	OTHER LISTINGS Writers groups / Workshops Courses Funding & Grants Organisation Publishers Speciality Q&A on Poetry Lexicon

UPCOMING SHORT COURSES can be booked by paying the fee using the PayPal link below the required course. BOOK NOW FOR THESE COURSES COMING IN JANUARY Images, short forms, and haiku - 3^rd to 24^th January 2022 This course looks at the role played by images in poetry. It considers their use in short forms and how they can be used to develop engaging and memorable poems. As part of this process, we will be looking at the opportunities and challenges presented by short forms including haiku. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=W48NLELP3TB92 Writing in traditional forms - 3^rd to 24^th January 2022 This three week course looks at new modern ways to use traditional forms. These forms can be ways for poets to grow the tools available and to find new ways to say what they want. These forms can produce memorable and exciting ways to explore modern topics. This is a challenging course that asks poets to look at some traditional forms in new ways. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GY3FNDXNXT3H6 Poetry and Music - 3^rd to 24^th January 2022 This course looks at the interaction between poetry and music, how music can inspire poetry and the use of poetry as lyric. The musical properties of poetry, rhythm and line choices, and new ways to use sonic devices in poetry. We will be looking for many opportunities to develop these ideas into poems. Full feedback and help will be given during the course. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=EFGXHMJ9KG8NY Poetry and Science – 3^rd to 24^th January 2022 This short online course looks at how poetry can interface with different sciences and provide a way to use exciting ideas in poetry, and how poetry can interpret a scientific world view. Starting with geology, and onto physics and astronomy. You do not need a scientific background just an interest in finding new ways to develop poetry. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=2RJQ37ZF587LW FEBRUARY 2022 Poems in the everyday. (NEW) 7^th – 27^th February 2022 The poet interacts with the world in a variety of ways. This short course we will look at how the poet can interact with the world and find poems in everyday events. .We also look at journaling and notebooks. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YBZH2UU6PN6WG The language of shape 7^th – 27^th February 2022 Lines and Stanza. Understanding the way structure influences the way the poem is received. Different ways to engage with line and shape in poetry. Using endstopping and enjambment and caesura to add interest and structure in a poem. Standard and non-standard punctuation in modern poetry. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YRKQFPDXJT2VY Poetry Workshop 7^th – 27^th February 2022 This three week course looks at ways to find subjects, write, edit and publish poems. This is a challenging course that asks poets to look at these issues in a new way. Ideal for those wanting to write more and to have more tools available. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=92UM85FEPMN9Y SPECIAL OFFER Book any two of these courses for £50 using the link below, and then please write to us at info@poetrykit.org to let us know which two courses you would like. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6ESMVNLE4NG6Q

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