Thanks, Max. I'm up for it! But a slippery theme ... Andrew
2008/5/10 Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>:
> 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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Andrew
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