THE TED SLADE AWARD the award for services to poetry this year goes to Ronnie Goodyer and Dawn Bauling editers and publishers of the Indigo Dreams series of magazines, books and anthologies.  They originally won in 2015 and are the first to win the award for a second time. Jim Bennett, Managing Editor at Poetry Kit said “The joint recipients of the Ted Slade Award for 2023 are the first people to win this award for the second time. Ronnie Goodyer and Dawn Bauling where the first joint winners back in 2015 but such has been their prominence in the fields of poetry publishing that many readers of Poetry Kit have been putting their names forward in the years between.  The growing list of poetry publications contains many of the very best writers, both new and established, and this continues, and both of our recipients find new writers and help nurcher them through their magazines and anthologies.  In this way their work in promoting poets and new poetry continues to grow.  For all that they have done and continue to do we are pleased to award them jointly the Ted Slade Award for Service to Poetry 2023”

THE POETRY KIT 11th INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2024 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.
Prize values   1st £220  2nd £60  3rd £30
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 15th January 2024 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
Competition Judge;  James Bain
James is a spoken word and visual artist, from Glasgow, now living in the North West of England. In 2018 he was poet in residence at Formby Shore. His poetry from this time is collected in  "The New Bridge a collection of poems".
See www.poetrykit.org/comp1.htm

NEW SHORT COURSES FOR 2024
Below you will find our two new short three week courses for January and February.  For a full list please see https://www.poetrykit.org/pkcourse/pkcourses_short.htm  
SPECIAL OFFER -Book any two of our short courses for £50 using the link below, and then please write to us at [log in to unmask]  to let us know which two courses you would like.  https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6ESMVNLE4NG6Q 
 
New in January 2024
A Different Way to See  
Sometimes we want to write a poem but end up dissatisfied with the results this is a short course to introduce you to new ways to see and engage with an object or subject.  Develop a new perspective that will enhance your poetry and build a deeper understanding.  There will be some aspects of poetry explored on this course that you probable have never thought of in the way that we will look at them.  The course will be conducted online over 3 weeks at a cost of £30.
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New in February 2024
Making it Real  
How do you make something in a poem appear real and authentic for the reader?  How can you make something real that is very hard to describe, or make a person in a poem feel like a real person?  How do you avoid cliché and caricature?   These are just some of the issues that we will explore in this short course. The course will be conducted online over 3 weeks at a cost of £30.
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BURSARIES - We have bursaries available for Mentoring and other longer courses and application is easy and non-intrusive.  So if you would like to be considered for one of those packages please write to [log in to unmask]   You can find details of all courses at https://www.poetrykit.org/pkcourse/pkcourses.htm   

AN INTRODUCTION TO POETRY A short introduction suitable for those with little experience or complete novices but who would like to explore their creativity. The course is over 3 weeks and costs £20  (starts January) see https://poetrykit.org/pkcourse/pkcourses_intro.htm

MENTORING PROGRAMMES
There is no better time to start along the road to better writing than right now. You can start 2024 with a whole new approach and a surer pathway to writing success. The Poetry Kit offers a number of great mentoring packages and longer courses.  And all our courses can be taken wherever you are in the world as long as you have email access and there are no time constraints, you can generally work at a time and pace that suits you.  

THE MENTORING PROGRAMME 
Is available to all poets who want to make progress and get help with voice style or precision in producing poems that are original, engaging, and authentic. There are three progressive mentoring programmes available plus two additional programmes for those seeking help with projects or producing collections.  Our personal one to one mentoring programme costs £110   Mentoring consists of 30 lessons and can be completed in approx 20 weeks.  For further details or to enrol on this programme, go to https://poetrykit.org/pkcourse/pkcourses_ment.htm 

MASTERCLASS MENTORING PROGRAMME
Our new Masterclass Mentoring Programme is available to anyone who feels that it is time to move on in their career as a poet.  With a stunning number of tasks and challenges and lots of clear and positive feedback it presents a pathway to improvement and career development enabling our students to produce a portfolio of poems suitable for a collection or for competition entry.   Our masterclass programme is £220.  The masterclass consists of 40 lessons.  For further details or to enrol on this programme, go to
https://poetrykit.org/pkcourse/pkcourses_mclass.htm

You can find details of all courses at https://www.poetrykit.org/pkcourse/pkcourses.htm

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