Your chance to have your poem played throughout the UK and be heard by millions.
Singer songwriter Tally Koren, a London Fringe Award Winner, is running a "poetry competition event" as part of the campaign for her single “Calling You”. Her first single “Beauty of the Duty” started as a long poem that was sent to her on MySpace and ended up on the BBC Radio 2 playlist and 40 other UK radio based stations.
GUIDELINES:
Please write a poem with anything to do with the subjects of:
* finding love
* finding your guardian angel
Submit one poem for entry by midnight on the 07.10.12 to [log in to unmask]
If you are one of the ten finalists, you will receive a confirmation and invitation to read at a special event on the Tuesday 9th of October, 7.30pm, at Bar Kick, 127 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JE, London.
The event will be hosted by poet and performer Ernesto Sarezale, the winner of Tally’s “72 Word Poem” competition last year. Ernesto is also the promoter of the literary soirée Velvet Tongue.
On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/348230481936747/
PROGRAM on the 9th:
* The 10 final poets will be invited to read the poems at the first part of the evening
* Ernesto Sarezale will read some of his poems including his piece ‘72 Words’, which won Tally's competition last year
* Tally Koren will sing a few songs and the world premier of the song she composed to Ernesto's ‘72 Words’
* Special contribution by actress Brigit Forsyth
* The winners will be announced at the event and will be posted on all of Tally’s social media sites
PRIZES:
First Prize - Tally will compose a melody to the poem and create a song with the outlook of further use for her in her career.
Second Prize - will receive an invitation for 2 for Tally’s forthcoming big performance. (The invitation for two applies only to the tickets and not for travelling but if the winner is from abroad Tally will send the winner a signed cd instead).
Third Prize - will receive an exclusive signed copy of the ‘Hallelujah (72 Names)’ Album.
Everyone who enters gets a free download. To claim it, go to http://www.tallykoren.com
To watch the video of “Calling You” follow the link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gitjbDjH-98
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