THE POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER July 2004
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CONTENTS
June stats
Special events
Books and Mags
Competition deadlines
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March 2004 STATS
54334 Visitors in June,
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Special Events
Sunday 4th July 2004 - London
A Tribute to Ken Smith (1938-2003)
will be held on
Sunday 4th July
2-5pm
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square
London WC1R
(nearest tube Holborn)
Admission £3
Bring your own bottle
Sponsored by the Arts Council
Friday 9th July 2004 - London
Glam Slam Thank You Ma’am
Friday 9th July 2004 @ 9pm
Apples & Snakes dresses up for the last show of the season with an
evening of glamorous, glitzy poetry. Host Jonathon Meyer will be setting
the pace for a hedonistic literary rollercoaster as a succession of poets
shimmy onto the stage in a high-energy evening of poetry. Performances from
Jared Louche and Melted Demerara.
BAC Café, Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11 5TN Tickets:
Box Office: 020 7223 2223 Book online: [log in to unmask]
www.applesandsnakes.org
Saturday July 10th, 17th, 24th 2004 - Leicester
Writing poetry for schools
Saturday 10th July, 10am – 2pm
27a Access Arts Space, 27 Belvoir Street, Leicester
The inspirational Jacob Sam la Rose offers a practical workshop
looking at how to develop original writing, workshop techniques and giving
practical advice. A chance for poets to develop and extend skills for
working in schools, or to just enjoy working creatively.
Going to plan
Saturday 17th July, 10am – 2pm
27a Access Arts Space, 27 Belvoir Street, Leicester
Raman Mundair, playwright, performer, workshop facilitator and author,
offers advice and training on how to plan effectively for workshops,
particularly those in schools - an essential skill! Resources available.
Working as a writer in prisons
Saturday 24th July, 10am – 2pm
27a Access Arts Space, 27 Belvoir Street, Leicester
Chris Jones leads an active workshop for those who wish to learn more
about the practical elements of working as a writer in prisons. Chris was
the writer-in-residence at HMP Nottingham from 1997 to 1999 and is a highly
regarded writer and tutor.
Each workshop costs £5/£4. To book, please contact Steve Carroll.
Telephone 07870 608875 or email [log in to unmask]
Places strictly limited, so book early!
Sunday July 11th 2004 - Birkbeck College, London WC1E
CPRC Birkbeck / Sub-Voicive Poetry / Brunel University present:
A reading of new poetry by Charles Bernstein
[with an introduction by Robert Hampson, Professor of Modern
Literature at RHUL.]
Date: Sunday July 11th 2004
Time: 2 pm
Venue: The Council Room, Birkbeck College, Mallet Street, London WC1E
7HX
Nearest Tubes: Russell Square, Euston, Euston Square, Warren Street
Admission: £4/£2 concessions.
Contact: Stephen on 020 72444670 or at [log in to unmask]
Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th July 2004 - Croydon
Poets Anonymous - 9th Poetry Plus festival Croydon, Surrey on 17th and
18th July.
Saturday 17 July at the Braithwaite Hall, Croydon Clocktower,
Katharine Street, Croydon, 7.30-10pm. An evening of invited poets, plus an
open mike in the bar. Poets lined up at the moment are Keith Bennett, Wendy
French and Christopher Logue.
Sunday 18 July at the Fairfield Hotel, Lansdowne Road, Croydon, 11am -
9.30pm. Poets reading include Adam Horovitz, Jean Sprackland and Attila the
Stockbroker. There are workshops in the morning led by Keith Bennett and
Brain Dann, a poetry poster competition, the ever-popular aeronautical
poetry competition, plus plenty of reading slots which can be pre-booked and
an open-mike.
The cost of the weekend is £12 (£10 concessions). Further information
and a booking form can be found at www.poetsanon.org.uk .Tickets can be
obtained from Poetry Plus, 365 Holmesdale Road, South Norwood, London SE25
6PN, or from the Croydon Clocktower box office. Any queries to
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Wednesday 21st July 2004 - London W1
SIX POETS FOR OXFAM
Duhig, Petit, Lumsden, Harsent, Khalvati, Swift
Wednesday July 21 2004, 7PM-9PM
Oxfam Books and Music, 91 Marylebone High Street, London W1U 4RB
(nearest tube Baker Street)
Admission free, donations gratefully accepted
29th July 2004 - London SW4
The GAP, Guns And Proses, presents poetry, comedy and music at the
Bread and Roses, Clapham Manor Street, SW4 July 29th at 8pm, with mc's
Samantha Love and Michael Groce seeing over "a common aim to entertain in
the way it should be told, hard, fast furious and cold." Special guest Lock
Stock and Smoking Barrels star Jason Fleming. £3 on the door, open mike.
Further info 07950 373351 and 07940 117846 Part of the Clapham Festival of
Music and the Arts
Sunday 14th August 2004 - Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
http://www.poetrybash.ca
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
The organizers of the 3rd Annual Poetry Bash; short-list nominee for
the 2002 CBC Literary Arts Award, Shelly Hazzard and long standing member to
the League of Canadian Poets, Katerina Fretwell, are pleased to announce
another stellar line-up of talented wordsmiths and performance poets.
Now held in August, the Bash will add to its already stunning roster
of Award Winning & Internationally acclaimed entertainers by welcoming poets
with such diverse talent and background as Governor General's Award nominee,
Barry Dempster from Holland Landing; Penn Kemp of London; prolific author,
June Sammon from Muskoka; Egyptologist, Daniel Kolos of Priceville, and
Saghi Ghahraman formerly of Iran who travels to us from Toronto.
Returning as Co-Emcee and Performance poet is the Sudbury sensation;
painter, poet and creative councellor, Will Morin to help welcome the more
than 20 performers over the two day event.
Singer/songwriter, Dolores Dagenais, fresh from her launch of a new
record label, Blue Newt Music, will wow us with some hits from her debut
album, Mona Lisa's Secret and up-coming second CD. Visit
http://www.doloresdagenais.com.
Try something a little wild! Join us Saturday, August 14th and prepare
to be entertained or try your hand at the open mic at Don
Cherry's/Travelodge, 72 James St., Downtown Parry Sound, upstairs in
Alcatraz, 6:30 pm - 11pm. $5.00 cover charge applies. Then, rejoin us at the
Parry Sound Station Gallery, Sunday, August 15th, 12:30 pm - 5pm, 1 Avenue
Rd., Parry Sound. Donations to the Gallery accepted. For more information as
it becomes available go to http://www.poetrybash.ca. Spread the word!
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BOOKS and MAGS
Jim Bennett's new poetry collection "The Man Who Tried to Hug Clouds"
pub April 2004 by Bluechrome read about it or order from;
http://www.bluechrome.co.uk/
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COMPETITION DEADLINES
Deadlines further ahead are listed at http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm
2nd July 2004 First Prize £300. Second £150, Third £75.
fee £3 - £2
Manchester Cathedral - Sixth International & Interfaith Religious
Poetry Competition 2004. Poems submitted will be ‘broadly religious’ in
nature and, like all good religious poetry, will appeal to those who would
not necessarily describe themselves as religious. Send SAE for entry form
to The Religious Poetry Competition, The Cathedral, Manchester M3 1SX.
16th July 2004 £500 (1st prize), £250 (2nd prize) and £100 (3rd prize)
NEW TRANSLATION PRIZE The Times Stephen Spender Prize for poetry
translation is open to British residents aged 30 or under. Entrants are
invited to translate a poem from any language, classical or modern. The
closing date for entries is 16 July 2004. There are cash prizes (with a
separate category for those who are 18 or under) and the best entries will
be published in The Times and a commemorative booklet. Download details and
entry forms from www.stephen-spender.org or write enclosing a SAE to the
Stephen Spender Memorial Trust, 20 Kimbolton Road, Bedford, MK40 2NR.
24th July 2004 1st prize Eur 1,000 The first prize is Euro 1,000 for a
satirical poem in the spirit of Swift on
a social or political issue. The closing date is July 24th 2004. Full
details of the competition are on the website:
http://www.swiftsociety.com/competition/competition.html
30th of
July 2004 publication The Writers Against Cruelty to Animals project
is open to everyone over 16 years of age. Send a maximum of 5 poems, up to
80 lines in length, or a
maximum of 2 short stories, up to 2,000 words in length, to
mailto:[log in to unmask] . Entries must be saved as Word documents and
sent
as an attachment. Please label all entries 'WACA', and include your
full
name, age, location, email address, and a statement confirming that
the
attached work is your own.
Please visit http://www.artaca.com to find out more about ARTACA's
31st July 2004
1st £150 2nd £50 3rd 25
fee £3 -£5 - £9
Bluechrome Award for Poetry - Entry £3 for 1 poem - £5 for 3 - £9 for
5. All people who enter Five Poems for the competition can additionally
claim a copy of any of the bluechrome or Boho Press Poetry Collections or
Anthologies for absolutely FREE. Just make a note of the title of the book
you would like to receive on the back of your cheque or entry form. Jim
Bennett's The Man Who tried to Hug Clouds is available under this offer.
Details - http://www.bluechrome.co.uk/pcompetition.asp
31st July 2004 Prizewinners course.
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2004.
The Poetry Society with support from the Foyle Foundation, to offer
young poets an opportunity to study alongside leading contemporary poets
Moniza Alvi and Mario Petrucci on a prizewinner's course at the The Arvon
Foundation, Lumb Bank, West Yorkshire. The competition is free to enter.
Any writer between the ages of 11 and 18 can enter the Foyle Young
Poets of
the Year Award 2004 by sending their poem or poems on A4 paper with
their
name, address, school and date of birth written clearly on the reverse
of
every sheet to Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2004, The Poetry
Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX. Poems can also be sent by
email to [log in to unmask] Poets can enter as many poems as they
choose, of any length and on any theme.
All winners and runners-up will receive book prizes donated by
publishers
Bloodaxe and Faber & Faber, plus free youth membership of the Poetry
Society for one year, and will be invited to an awards party on National
Poetry Day, 7 October 2004. The 15 overall winners will be invited to attend
the
prize-winners’ writing course at the Arvon Centre, Lumb Bank in
February
2005.
To receive a free copy of this anthology on entering the competition
simply enclose an A5 self-addressed envelope with a 35p stamp with your
poems. http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/youngnat/ynindex.htm
31st July 2004
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fee £4
East Street Poets Open Poetry Competition - Entry £4 for the first poem
£3 for subsequent. Details from - B Ellis, 15 portman Road, Pimperne,
Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT1 8UT
1st August 2004
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fee £6.50 - £12
Dragonheart Press Poetry Competition - Poems on any subject. Entry
£6.50 per poem or £12 for 3. Details and entry address - Dragonheart Press,
11 Menin Road, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2NL
1st August 2004
$100.00
Fee $3
GIN BENDER POETRY REVIEW 2ND ANNUAL
POETRY CONTEST
3 Winners and 2 Honorable Mentions - Judge: Ryan G. Van Cleave
Entry Fee: $3 per poem / maximum of 5 poems.
See website http://www.ginbender.com for complete guidelines and
the mailing address for entries. Deadline: 08/01/04 postmarked.
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