From www.nswwriterscentre.org.au
New $5,000 poetry prize - the Blake Poetry Prize
The Blake Poetry Prize 2008
$5,000 prize for new national poetry competition
on the theme of ³Bliss, blasphemy and belief²
The NSW Writers' Centre is delighted to announce that it is joining the
Blake Society, Leichhardt Municipal Council and Wet Ink magazine in
sponsoring a new national poetry prize to be known as the Blake Poetry
Prize, which calls for entries on the theme of ³Bliss, blasphemy and
belief².
The Chairwoman of the NSW Writers¹ Centre, Máire Sheehan, said: ³The aim of
the competition is to give Australian poets another opportunity to achieve
national recognition and a financial reward for their efforts².
This new competition was made possible by the generosity of Leichhardt
Municipal Council, which has a strong commitment to supporting the arts, and
especially writing through the NSW Writers¹ Centre.
"This grant of $5,000 continues our longstanding commitment to the NSW
Writers¹ Centre and the development of arts through the written and spoken
word," Mayor of Leichhardt Council Cr Alice Murphy said.
The NSW Writers¹ Centre is pleased to develop this partnership with the
Blake Society which awards the annual Blake Prize for Religious Art. Blake
Chairman, the Reverend Rod Pattenden, said: ³This exciting new initiative
links visual art and literature, and offers new possibilities for poets to
explore the nature of spirituality in the twenty-first century².
Australia¹s newest literary magazine Wet Ink will join the partnership by
providing the judges for the competition and publishing the winner and
commended entries in Wet Ink, which is distributed nationally and
internationally. Co-managing Editor of Wet Ink, Dominique Wilson, said: ³We
are very excited to be part of this important new prize. Wet Ink is
dedicated to promoting new writers, and this prize enables us to further
support emerging poets through recognising their talents and exposing their
work to a broad audience, both within Australia and overseas².
Download an entry form and conditions here.
Entries close Friday 27 June 2008
Entry fee: $15
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