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the Poetry kit
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THE POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER January 2022 |
NEWSLETTER CONTENTS
1 - Editors Notes
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1 - EDITORS NOTES
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Submitting information to The Poetry Kit
To enable the contents and usefulness of the Poetry Kit Newsletter to grow we put it out as an attachment. It will still arrive every month in an email but the bulk of the newsletter itself will be in the attachment. To submit information for inclusion in any area of The Poetry Kit including the Newsletter please see submission details at
http://www.poetrykit.org/infoform.htm
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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 Corona virus all face to face poetry events are postponed until further notice.
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Online events
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3 - COMPETITION DEADLINES - OTHER COMPETITIONS CAN BE FOUND AT
http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm
SEE POETRY KIT LISTINGS PAGE FOR SHORT STORY COMPETITIONS
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| 10th January 2022 |
1st £100 entry £3.50 |
THE NINTH POETRY KIT INTERNATIONAL POETRY
COMPETITION 2022 Our competition this year is open to poems
from around the world written in English and which can be on any subject
or theme. 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. Competition Judge is spoken word and visual artist James
Bain. 1st prize is £100 2nd prize is £50 Entry is by email only 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
10th January 2022 Entry fees 1 poem £3.50 3
Poems £8.00 5 poems £10 For more details and to enter see https://www.poetrykit.org/comp3.htm |
| 9th January 2022 |
1st £200 entry £4 |
Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival Poetry
Competition 2022 Judged by award-winning poet Pascale Petit, this year's Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival Poetry Competition is themed 'Hope in Nature.' There are three age categories with three prizes of £50 for 11 and under, £70 for 12 to 17, and £200 for 18 and over. Poems must be limited to 30 lines long. Entries open 1 December 2021 and close 9 January 2022. see Competitions 2022 (sheptonsnowdrops.org.uk) |
| 10th January 2022 |
1st £100 entry £3.50 |
THE NINTH POETRY KIT INTERNATIONAL POETRY
COMPETITION 2022 Our competition this year is open to poems
from around the world written in English and which can be on any subject
or theme. 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. Competition Judge is spoken word and visual artist James
Bain. 1st prize is £100 2nd prize is £50 Entry is by email only 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
10th January 2022 Entry fees 1 poem £3.50 3
Poems £8.00 5 poems £10 For more details and to enter see https://www.poetrykit.org/comp3.htm |
| 15th January 2021 |
1st £150 entry £3 |
Edward Thomas Fellowship Poetry
Competition 2022, the Edward Cawston Thomas prize. Poems are invited on any subject but of no
more than forty lines. Closing date January15th 2022. The judge will be
the prize-winning poet Jamie McKendrick. Prizes:1st prize £150, two
further £75 prizes and up to six highly commended of £25 Fees £3 per poem with a maximum of three. Postal entries welcome,
cheques payable to Edward Thomas Fellowship, sent with your details and
the anonymised poem(s) to Margaret Thompson, 66 Fairacres Road, Oxford,
OX4 1TG. Emails: Word document,
single attachment per poem Surname A- M:, to Barbara Kinnes,
bjkinnes@gmail.com
Surname N-Z to
margthompson01@gmail.com Fee to the Fellowship’s account, 40-08-21
11250205, initial and surname as Reference, competition as Description,
or with Paypal via www.edward-thomas-fellowship.org
where you can also see details of winning poems of
past years. |
| 28th January 2022 |
1st share of prize fund entry £18 |
2021 Manchester Writing Competition
is now open to entries. £10,000 prizes for the best portfolio of three
to five poems and best short story of up to 2,500 words. Submissions
must be new work, not previously published. Open internationally to new
and established writers aged 16 or over. Deadline: 28 January 2022.
Entry fee: £18 – reduced price entry available. Organised by the
Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. Judged
by Romalyn Ante, Malika Booker and Zaffar Kunial (Poetry) and Hilaire,
Simon Okotie and Nicholas Royle (Fiction). For full details, to enter,
and to read last year’s winners visit the Competition website:
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/writingcompetition/.
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| 31st January 2022 |
1st £1000 entry£5 |
Kent & Sussex Open Poetry Competition 2022The Kent & Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition is now open to all poets aged 16 and over, anywhere in the world. Poems must be original, unpublished, written in English, and no longer than 40 lines.
Prizes: This year’s judge is Richard Skinner, writer and editor of poetry, fiction, life writing, essays and non-fiction. His most recent book of poems is Invisible Sun (Smokestack Books, 2021). Winning poems will be published on the Kent and Sussex Poetry website, and included in our annual Folio publication. Kent & Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition, 2022 | kentandsussexpoetry |
| 31st January 2022 |
1st Pamphlet Publication entry £5 |
The Brian Dempsey Memorial PrizeTwo competitions in one: one for collections, one for individual poems.
Prizes *Open to collections of ten poems by UK entrants. Other prizes are for single poems by UK or international entrants. Judge Konstandinos Mahoney See COMPETITION - D & W PUBLISHING - POETRY BOOKS PAMPHLETS (dempseyandwindle.com) |
| 31st January 2022 |
1st £250 entry £5 |
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry
Competition January 2022 The Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition January 2022 is open to original, previously unpublished poems written in English, on any subject, in any style, up to 50 lines long. Visual poems will also be accepted, as long as they fit on a single page. Poets of all ages living anywhere in the world are eligible to enter. Prizes: £250 (First Prize), £125 (Second Prize), £75 (Third Prize), three £30 prizes (High Commendation), three £20 prizes (Commendation), three £10 prizes (Special Mentions) This quarter's judge is the poet and copywriter Mark Totterdell. See Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition - international, any subject, any style, open to all. Prizing poetry since 2009. (sentinelquarterly.com) |
| 31st January 2021 |
1st cash prize entry free |
Cheshire Prize for Literature 2021 This year’s Cheshire Prize for Literature will focus on the theme of sustainability. There are four genre categories: short stories, scriptwriting, children’s literature and poetry. The competition is open to writers of all ages who have lived, worked or studied in Cheshire (including Wirral and Halton). There are cash prizes available, and winners may be selected to appear in the competition anthology published by the University of Chester Press. Entries will be judged by an anonymous panel chaired by Dr. Simon Poole. See The Cheshire Prize for Literature 2021 | Press Office | University of Chester |
| 31st January 2022 |
1st £600 entry £4 |
Teignmouth Poetry Festival Competition 2022Open to all poets, both UK and international. Entries with Devon postcodes will also be automatically entered for the Graham Burchell Award For Devon Poets.
Open competition prizes
Graham Burchell prizes |
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Poetry Kit Online
Poetry Courses
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performed their poetry in schools and libraries.
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 -
3rd to 24th 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 - 3rd
to 24th 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 - 3rd to 24th
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 – 3rd to 24th
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)
7th – 27th 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 7th
– 27th 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 7th – 27th
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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Poetry Foundation Course
A course suitable for those looking for an introduction to writing poetry. The Foundation Course is an introduction to writing poetry. If want to write and start to understand poetry and to develop the basic skills to help express yourself, then this is for you. You will learn how poetry can help you to see things in a different way and gain confidence in writing about them.
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Poetry Course - Part 1
A course in reading and writing poetry. For the poets who want to develop their skills. If you have been writing poetry and feel you want to take it further, then this course will help you to improve and show you new skills and how to get the best from your writing. Learn more about poetic devices, structure, editing and form. We also look at markets for your poetry and getting published.
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A course in advanced writing skills. To help a skilled poet improve further.
You may have been writing for a while, been published, won competitions, feel you have had some success, This course with exercises designed to help you recognise your style and voice, will help you to maximise the potential
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Mentoring
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Critique
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The Poetry of Bob Dylan
Exploring the lyrics and poetry of Bob Dylan.
We will looking at examples of his writing from periods throughout his career and examining how he uses words to shape the environment of the song. Dylan regularly broke the rules of lyrical writing and in doing so created a body of work that rewards exploration with techniques and possibilities.
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Poetry Kit runs a full range of interesting and challenging courses. In addition to those listed above there are other
courses including Script writing and The Poetry of Bob Dylan.
For a more complete listing of courses and availability please see
http://www.poetrykit.org/pkcourses.htm
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PLEASE NOTE Poetry Kit does not accept paid advertising or exchange links. All listed services are listed because we believe they
offer a good reliable service. There is no charge made or expected for listing at Poetry Kit.
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Poetry Kit on-line courses and critique service. For details see
http://www.poetrykit.org/pkcourses.htm
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A SPECIAL OFFER FROM
DAN MASTERSON - P O E T R Y M A S T E R
~Good Poems Made Better~
Send 4-book poet Dan Masterson a one-page poem of your own making, and he'll comment on it free of charge. Thereafter you may continue working with him on a fee basis if you wish
(and receive a $10 discount for those receiving this mail).
See details at http://www.poetrymaster.com and read his first two books online at http://capa.conncoll.edu
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Please direct all news and queries to info@poetrykit.org
The Poetry Kit - http://www.poetrykit.org/
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The Poetry Kit - e-mail: info@poetrykit.org
Managing Editor Jim Bennett - jimbennett@poetrykit.org
Website - http://www.poetrykit.org/jim/index.htm
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