by franco | Sep 17, 2017 | News
New pamphlet press will support international poetry talent Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre has launched a new poetry pamphlet press which will recognise and support outstanding poets from across the world. The press, entitled ignitionpress, launched online on Friday 15...
by franco | Feb 26, 2017 | News
There was standing room only when Shanta Acharya, Duncan Forbes, Peter Phillips and Andrea Witzke Slot read their poems at the Lumen Centre. You can read their poems from the latest issue at Guest Poets and Guest Poets Archive. To see some photographs of the event,...
by franco | Sep 11, 2016 | News
Seamus Heaney HomePlace opens 30th September 2016 Seamus Heaney HomePlace, a major new arts and literary venue dedicated to the poet, author and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) is set to open on Friday, 30th September 2016. Built and owned by Mid Ulster...
by franco | Sep 4, 2016 | News
Judge: Mario Petrucci Three prizes: £500, £250, £100 Postal entries: £4 for one poem – £10 for three. Online entries: £4.50 per poem Competition opens: 1 Nov 2016 /closes: 31 January 2017 Competition rules and details will be available from 1st November at...
by franco | Jul 10, 2016 | News
What’s on my mind? Facebook asked me. Well, how to tell people about the Torbay Open Poetry Competition and its prizes. I dislike using extravagant words and OTT phrases. Yet the prizes are worth winning: first prize: £700 PLUS a free ticket to everything at...
by franco | Jun 19, 2016 | News
Posted on Fathers Day Though these two poems are not specifically about Fathers, they both mention the role Fathers played in the poets’ lives. Do read them and send in your comments.
