The Poetry Kit

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SPECIAL EVENTS

There is a full listing of regularly held events and festivals from around the world at the Poetry kit website.- www.poetrykit.org

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Regular Open Mic Events in the UK

Due to the Coronavirus all face to face poetry events are postponed until further notice.

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Online events

SEE OUR PROJECT - POETRY IN THE PLAGUE YEAR 2020

UPCOMING SHORT COURSES FOR JANUARY 2021

(please book early to avoid disappointment)

Poetry Kit’s online short courses are over three weeks and a place can be booked by paying the fee using the PayPal link below the required course.

Writing Ekphrastic Poetry – 4^th- 25^th January 2021

The aim of this course is to look at the different approaches that can be taken to bring new insights to poems that engage with a piece of visual art. During the course poets will be asked to respond to a series of paintings using a variety of techniques. Poems will be workshopped, and full feedback given. The cost of this course is £30

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Writing in traditional forms - 4^th- 25^th January 2021

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 –

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Poetry in changing times - 4^th- 25^th January 2021

This is a short online course for poets who want to look at the way their poetry can stay relevant in changing times. We will be looking at relevance, authenticity and voice as cornerstones for producing poems that engage with change. We will look at personal, scientific and imagined responses. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 -

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6th January 2021	1st £210 entry £3.50	THE POETRY KIT INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2020 This year's competition is for poetry in English on the theme or subject of “home” which can be broadly interpreted and presented in any form or style. There are no style or length restrictions, but it should be stressed that a short poem is just as likely to be selected as a longer one. 1st prize is valued at £210 (this includes membership of our mentorship program) 2nd prize is £50 ENTER ONLINE - Entry is by email to comps@poetrykit.org after an appropriate fee is paid by Pay Pal to the account of info@poetrykit.org all entries must be received before midnight 6^th January 2021 Entries received after this time will be discarded. All entries are judged anonymously so please do not put any identifying features on the poems. Entry fees 1 poem £3.50 3 Poems £8.00 5 poems £10 (pay buttons on link below) See more https://www.poetrykit.org/PKcomp.htm
7th December 2020	1st £1000 entry £5	Mslexia Poetry Competition 2020 Judge Karen McCarthy Woolf 1st prize £2000 2nd £500 3rd £250 Competition for poems in English by women. 1st £1000 2nd £400 3rd £200 plus other prizes. For more information see www.mslexia.co.uk/competitions
7th December 2020	1st £250 plus publication entry £20	Mslexia Pamphlet Competition 2020 Judge Any Wack 1st prize £250 Competition for poems in English by women. 1st £1000 2nd £400 3rd £200 plus other prizes. For more information see www. mslexia.co.uk/competitions
15th December 2020	1st £300 entry £10	The Folklore Prize 2020 Set up in lockdown with the aim to give writers a creative outlet, with backing from the London Arts and Health Forum. Entries welcome from the UK and Ireland. First Prize: £300 Second Prize: £200 Third Prize: £100 Five commendable poems will also receive £25 each The winning and commended poems will win prizes and be published on the Folklore Publishing website and future printed journal in early 2021 - along with additional selected entries. Judges: Piers Plowright, Jehane Markham and Sean Street For more information https://folklorepublishing.co.uk/
30th December 2020	1st £200 entry free	MY CITY, MY HOME is an international writing competition for women in Birmingham, Pakistan & Bangladesh! Entries will be accepted in English, Urdu and Bangla languages. 3 overall winners will each receive £200.00-one in each language: Urdu, Bengali and English Eligibility to enter: • All entrants must be women or girls of Aged 16+ • Submissions may be up to 1000 words • Entrants must be residents or demonstrate a clear connection with locations in Pakistan, Bangladesh or Birmingham (UK) Full details and entry form can be found on Sampad's website www.sampad.org.uk
31st December 2020	1st £20 entry free	StoryTown 2020 Poetry Competition Win the chance to read your poem on the radio, plus book token prizes. StoryTown Corsham is an annual celebration of reading, writing and storytelling. Corsham is famous for its peacocks, which are often found strutting along the town’s cobbled pavements, gathering on roof tops or admiring themselves in shop windows. Meanwhile, their symbolism – everything from vanity to immortality – spreads its feathers far beyond the town, across many cultures of the world. So, the StoryTown 2020 Poetry Competition is inviting poem on the theme of peacocks. There are three age categories: Under 11s, 11-17 and 18 and over The winner in all three age categories will be invited to read their poem on The Poetry Place poetry magazine programme on West Wilts Radio. They will also each win a £20 book token. One runner up in each category will receive a £10 book token. The judge is poet and broadcaster Dawn Gorman, who will read all the entries. For more information see https://www.corsham.gov.uk/index.php
31st December 2020	1st £400 entry £4	Wolverhampton Literature Festival fourth poetry competition Open to poets from across the globe. With the festival moving to the weekend of 12-14 February, we simply had to choose ‘aspects of love’ for this year's theme. Use this as a prompt to explore love in any of its different forms, whether that be love of a person or of a place, whether you write about the joy of love, or the grief for love lost. The Saturday afternoons you give up for your beloved team, or your passion for evenings spent doing yoga or knitting. Write about love in whatever way you fancy, however it inspires you, and send your entries in before December 31st! 1st prize for this competition is £400. 2nd prize, £150. There are three 3rd prizes of £25. Poems will be read, and winners chosen, by our judge Liz Berry. Please visit http://www.wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk/competition.html for more details
31st December 2020	1st €6,000 entry €15	The Moth Poetry Prize 2020 1st prize €6,000, 3 runner-up prizes of €1,000, plus a further 8 prizes of €250 for commended poems. The Moth Poetry Prize is open to anyone (over 16) as long as their poem is previously unpublished. There is an entry fee of €15 per poem. This year’s judge is Nick :aird. Closing 31 December 2020. See www.themothmagazine.com for details.
6th January 2021	1st £210 entry £3.50	THE POETRY KIT INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2020 This year's competition is for poetry in English on the theme or subject of “home” which can be broadly interpreted and presented in any form or style. There are no style or length restrictions, but it should be stressed that a short poem is just as likely to be selected as a longer one. 1st prize is valued at £210 (this includes membership of our mentorship program) 2nd prize is £50 ENTER ONLINE - Entry is by email to comps@poetrykit.org after an appropriate fee is paid by Pay Pal to the account of info@poetrykit.org all entries must be received before midnight 6^th January 2021 Entries received after this time will be discarded. All entries are judged anonymously so please do not put any identifying features on the poems. Entry fees 1 poem £3.50 3 Poems £8.00 5 poems £10 (pay buttons on link below) See more https://www.poetrykit.org/PKcomp.htm

The Folklore Prize 2020