Below is information about
The Poetry Kit Ekphrastic Poetry Competition 2021
Upcoming Short Courses
Summer School 6th September 2021 - Replay of August Summer School
Writing Poetry for Children - 6th – 26th September 2021
Writing in traditional forms - 6th – 26th September 2021
Writing Poetry and getting published – 6th – 26th September 2021
Strategies for Writing Poetry – 6th – 26th September 2021
PK Online Longer Poetry Courses
Only 4 weeks left to enter
THE POETRY KIT EKPHRASTIC POETRY COMPETITION 2021
Our competition is for poems based on a painting (this can be broadly interpreted). 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; JIM BENNETT
1st prize is £100 2nd prize is £50
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Entry is by email to [log in to unmask] after an appropriate fee is paid by Pay Pal to the account of [log in to unmask]
all entries must be received before midnight Monday 27th SEPTEMBER 2020
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 are as follows.
1 poem £3.50 3 Poems £8.00 5 poems £10
For more details see https://www.poetrykit.org/PKcomp1.htm
UPCOMING SHORT COURSES
can be booked by paying the fee using the PayPal link below the required course.
Summer School 6th September 2021 - Replay of August Summer School
These year’s 5-week Summer School focuses on contemporary 21st Century Poetry. With exercises, tutorials and reliable feedback the students will explore different poetry styles. They will be introduced to new ways to approach their own poetry and helped to develop skills that will ensure that they will be able to develop further as poets. They will undertake a personal project and get help in identifying their strengths so that they can get the very best from their poetry. The Summer School is online over a five week period at a cost of £45
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The fee is reduced to £30 for anyone who has taken one of our other courses at any time. For the reduced fee please use this link
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Writing Poetry for Children - 6th – 26th September 2021
This is a short online course for poets who would like to write poetry for children. On this workshop course we will look at what works in poetry for children and what does not. Language and imagery, metaphor and how children see the world. Holding a young person’s interest and storytelling through poetry. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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Writing in traditional forms - 6th – 26th September 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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Writing Poetry and getting published – 6th – 26th September 2021
This short online course is for poets who would like to know some of the ways in which they can improve their chances of publication either in magazines or in their own books of poetry. This involves, approaches to writing poetry, promoting and presenting poetry, and finding new markets for your poetry.
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Strategies for Writing Poetry – 6th – 26th September 2021
What do you do when you hit a point when the ideas and ability that you rely on for writing poetry dry up. This happens to most writers from time to time, and on this course, we will look at proven strategies to get past this point. This is a course suitable for everyone even if you do not have a problem as these are strategies to help approach poetry in new ways. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 –
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PK ONLINE LONGER POETRY COURSES
Foundation Course – Suitable for novices £65
Poetry Part One – An intermediate course £80
Poetry Part Two – Advanced poetry Course £95
Mentoring Programme £110
Download our courses brochure https://www.poetrykit.org/pkc.pdf
or go online for more information to http://www.poetrykit.org/pkcourse/pkcourses.htm
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