THE POETRY KIT SPRING COMPETITION 2021
I am pleased to announce the results
of the Poetry Kit Spring Competition 2021.
Congratulations to our winners and those commended by the judge.
We will be publishing the results online at
https://www.poetrykit.org/PKcomp.htm today and a
report will be published on the page at the end of July.
Mary Devine, Competitions organiser,
The Poetry Kit.
1st Place
Lesley Burt, Christchurch, UK
Turner explains colour to Newton during
sunrise at the Cathedral
2nd Place
David Moore, Mason, Ohio, USA
Before I lost it
Commended
Charlie Bowrey, London, UK
Eastbourne pier
Lucy Crispin, Kendal, UK
foreshore
Doreen Hinchliffe, London, UK
Handiwork
James Finnegan, Letterkeny, Co Donegal,
Ireland
Thirteen Thigs I Get From Charles
Wright
Miriam Patrick, W Sussex, UK
A Letter to Alan Lewis
For your information.
Summer School 2rd
August– 5th September 2021 - All new content - ONLINE
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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To take one of our courses nothing is
needed other than a way to connect to the internet and
communicate with us, tablet, phone, laptop etc
Generally there are no set times to
attend or sign in, and this flexibility means that a student can
engage at a time which is right for them. This enables
students from around the world, in many different time zones, to
participate fully. For some courses there is a weekly
timetable, were tasks have to be completed within the week.
On some courses, for those who want to
engage with others, there is the option of a forum for the
purpose of peer review and some discussion. This is through
email and can be a valuable contribution to the overall
experience.
All feedback to students is given
personally and privately by the course leader and this will
always seek to be encouraging, supportive and authoritative.
PLEASE NOTE - This Competition is now closed
This year's competition is for poetry
on any subject.
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.
1st prize is £100
2nd prize is £50
ENTER ONLINE
Entry is by email to
comps@poetrykit.org
after an appropriate fee is paid by Pay Pal to the account of
info@poetrykit.org
all entries must be received before
midnight MONDAY 21st JUNE 2021
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; JIM BENNETT
Jim Bennett lives near Liverpool in the
UK and is the author of 74 books, including books for children,
books of poetry and many technical titles on transport and
examinations.
His poetry collections include;
Drums at New Brighton (Lifestyle
1999)
Down in Liverpool (CD) (Long Neck
2001)
The Man Who Tried to Hug Clouds (Bluechrome
2004 reprinted 2006)
Larkhill (Searle Publishing
2009)
The Cartographer / Heswall
(Indigo Dreams 2013)
He has won many awards for his writing
and performance including 3 DADAFest awards. He is also managing
editor of www.poetrykit.org one
of the worlds most successful internet sites for poets. He
has been nominated for a Pushcart Award on 7 occasions, and
shortlisted for the Basil Bunting Award in 2013. Jim
taught Creative Writing at the University of Liverpool and now
tours throughout the year giving readings and performances of
his work.
Competition Rules
Poems, which must be in English, can be
on any subject and presented in any form or style .
There are no restrictions on content.
All poem must be the unpublished work
of the person entering them into the competition.
The actual given name of the entrant
must be given, even if the poem is to be published under a pen
name.
Poems should not have any indication
within them to allow for the identification of the poet.
There is no length or content
restrictions and a short poem is just as likely to win as a
longer one.
Poems must be entered by email to
comps@poetrykit.org the appropriate fee
is paid through PAY PAL in Pound Sterling (GB Pounds).
Please attach all entered poems in one
attachment using a standard Word file
Closing Date for all entries is
midnight on 21st June 2021
Poems will not be accepted by post.
We cannot accept alterations to the
poem once it has been submitted.
Poems cannot be withdrawn from the
judging process once they have been entered.
In exceptional circumstances we reserve
the right to vary the prizes shown.
Although copyright will remain with the
poet, we reserve the right to publish any shortlisted poem on
our website.
The decision of the judges is final and
no correspondence will be entered into.
HOW TO ENTER;
1 Pay the appropriate fee and
obtain the transaction code.