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Competitions
Northampton-Based Groups / Competitions
Poetry Magazines / Reviews
Colleges / Festivals
Web Sites
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Name |
Web Site | Contact Details | Entry Cost and Prizes | Competition? Closing Date. |
| The Davoren Hanna Poetry Competition | Click here for further details | The Davoren Hanna Poetry Competition, The Muse Cafés, Eason Bookshop, O'Connell street, Dublin 1, Ireland. |
Cost: £4 per poem, (£10 for 2, £3
thereafter) - UK. Prizes: 1st = €6,500 2nd = €2,500 3rd = €1,250 |
31st May 2002 |
| Essex Poetry Festival | http://come.to/the-essex-poetry-festival | John Steer, Essex Poetry Festival Competition, 69 Orchard Croft, Harlow, Essex CM20 3BG | Cost: £3 first poem, £1ea thereafter. Prizes: 1st = £300 2nd=£50 3rd=£20 3xrunner-ups = £10 |
13th September 2002 |
| Bridport Prize | http://www.bridportprize.org.uk | The Bridport Prize, Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR. |
Cost: £5/poem/story Prizes: 1st = £3000 2nd = £1000 3rd = £500 10 Supplementary prizes. Top 5 submitted to Forward Prize. |
30th June 2002 |
| Northampton Literature Group | n/a - see entry form on this site. | Sheila Berry Secretary, Northampton Literature Group, 23 Rowan Avenue, Northampton NN3 6JF |
Cost: £3/poem Prizes: 2x1st = £150 2x2nd = £50 2x3rd = £25 Commended = £10ea |
24th May 2002 |
| Poets Anonymous | http://www.poetsanon.org.uk/ | POETRY PLUS, c/o 193 Green Lane, Norbury, London, SW16 3LZ |
Cost: £3/first poem, £2.00 second poem,
£1.00 for others. Prizes: 1st = £500 Runners up total £300. |
18th May 2002 |
| http://www.poetrylondon.co.uk/ |
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Name |
Town |
Contact |
Telephone / Email / URL |
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Northampton Literature Group - Writing, Poetry, Reading & Theatre |
Northampton |
Sheila Berry |
(01604) 491955 |
|
Barrack Road Creative Writing Workshop |
Northampton |
Sally Spedding |
(01604) 405201 |
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Castle Poets |
Wellingborough |
Ted Harrison |
(01933) 228181 |
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The Chameleons Writers' Co-operative at Nutrac |
Northampton |
Zorina Ishmail-Bibby |
(01604) 639722 |
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Corby Writers Group |
Corby |
Fay Dickinson |
(01536) 460555 |
|
Corby Scribblers |
Corby |
Rita Haas |
(01536) 262084 |
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Daventry Fiction Writing Course |
Daventry |
Judith Allnatt |
(01327) 340109 |
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Developing as a Writer |
Northampton (Barrach Road) |
Madeleine Heaney |
(01604) 251801 |
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Duston Writer's Group |
Northampton (Duston) |
Dorothy Pickering |
(01604) 751637 |
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Kettering Writers & Readers Workshops |
Kettering |
Sally Angell |
(01536) 524050 |
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Nene Valley Writers |
Wellingborough |
Jacky Lawrence |
(01604) 395290 |
|
Northampton Writers Group |
Northampton |
Nick Hamlyn |
(01604) 715163 |
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Turweston Writing Group |
Turweston |
Idrani Gleave |
(01280) 702707 |
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Wellingborough Writers Workshop |
Wellingborough |
Mariann |
(01933) 380446 |
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Name (with link) |
Contact Details | Other Details |
| Dream Catcher |
Subscriptions and Submissions to:- Joe Warner, Co-ordinator, Dream Catcher, 32 Queens Road, Barnetby-le-Wold, North Lincolnshire, DN38 6JH. Phone: (0771) 812 5880 Email: joe. warner@btinternet.com Editor: Paul Sutherland Co-Ordinator: Joe Warner Patron: Ian McMillan |
"Dream Catcher has grown from a small college magazine
based in York to a high quality literary-arts magazine available
throughout the UK, with subscribers and contributors across the globe. Dream Catcher has developed a second home in the city of Lincoln. Dream Catcher organises and takes part in readings and literary events across the Midlands and Yorkshire. Dream Catcher is published three times a year to high production values to make the most of the artists's work.". Each issue contains fifty or so poems by nearly a many authors and about six short stories as well as the work of at least one featured artist in full colour. Every magazine contains an abundance of new talent and established names such as: Jackie Kay, Mimi Khalvati and Ian McMillan. |
| Mslexia |
Mslexia, PO Box 656, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE99 1PZ Tel: 0191 261 6656 Fax: 0191 261 6636 email: postbag@mslexia.demon.co.uk |
"The magazine for women who write". Debate and
analysis, advice and inspiration; news, reviews, interviews; competitions,
events, courses, grants. All served up with a challenging selection of new
poetry and prose. £18.75 per year for four issues. The magazine is published in January, April, July and October. When you subscribe you will be sent the current copy of the magazine straight away, then subsequent issues as they appear. |
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Subscriptions:- |
Poems on web site. |
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Name (with link) |
Description |
Contact Details |
| Emerson
College (Poetry Otherwise) |
Poetry Otherwise Festival at
Emerson College 11-17 August 2002: |
Poetry Otherwise, Emerson College,
Forest Row, East Sussex RH18 5JX. Tel: 01342 822238 Fax: 01342 826055 Email: poetry@emerson.org.uk |
| Essex Poetry Festival | 11th / 12th October 2002. with Carol Ann Duffy, George Szirtes, Stephen Knight, and Michael Laskey. |
The Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford, Fairfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1
1JG. |
| Indian
King Arts Centre (Camelford Poetry Festival) |
Week & Weekend courses in the visual, verbal & performing arts
tutored by professional artists, writers and performers. Camelford Poetry festival 11-13 April |
Telephone: 01840 212111 Email: info@indianking.co.uk Send A5 SAE to: The Indian King Arts Centre, Camelford, Cornwall PL32 9PG. |
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Site name |
Description |
Links |
| Tom Roder Remembered | Site for late poet, Tom Roder, who was in danger of being forgotten. Hence why I created the site, with help of his parents, Carole and Endre. | Home: http://tomroder.org.uk Email: ask@tomroder.org.uk |
| The Poetry Kit | Invaluable online resource for Poets and those interested in Poetry - Events, Magazines, Articles, Listings (Competitions / Funding / Courses / Organisations / Who's Who / Poets / Audio etc.), Reviews, Interviews, and an international newsletter detailed events and competitions with a huge subscriber-base. A definite must. |
Home: http://www.poetrykit.org/ Email: info@poetrykit.org Address: 36 Kings Avenue, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4DT UK Telephone: (44) 20 8 949 0650 (from UK: 02089 490650) Click here for Emailed Newsletter Subscription Competitions: http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm |
| Shropshire Myths | Wish to know a bit more about Uricon, the ancient Roman city mentioned in A.E. Housman's On Wenlock Edge? Also known as Viriconium and situated in Shropshire near Shrewsbury (and the tourist village of Much Wenlock) - this web site plays the most atrocious music you are ever likely to hear in MIDI format, but is a mine of related trivia. | http://www.mythstories.com/lostI.html |
| Association of Small Press Poets | aka Robooth Publications. Site has various resources/links. Membership add benefits such as bi-monthly magazine, free entry into poetry competitions, discount on Voice & Verse magazine, Listing on Web Site. | http://www.smallpresspoets.co.uk/ |
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