the POETRY kit

The Poetry Kit banner

ISSN 1468-3075 Managing Editor: Jim Bennett

UPDATED Tuesday 21st November 2023

Founded by TED SLADE 1939-2004

POETRY KIT COURSES SUBMISSIONS CITN NEWSLETTER BOOKSHELF BLOG

WE ARE HAPPY TO LIST EVENTS, COMPETITIONS AND MAGAZINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE LET US KNOW OF ANY WE HAVE MISSED OR IF ANY OF OUR LISTINGS ARE OUT OF DATE info@poetrykit.org

REGULAR OPEN MIC EVENTS UK Ireland Europe Australia New Zealand USA Canada Africa India Festivals ONE OFF, NEW AND SPECIAL EVENTS	COMPETITIONS POETRY COMPETITIONS Listing of major poetry competitions INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2024 OPEN FOR ENTRIES Previous Competition Results POETRY KIT NEWSLETTER	MAGAZINES Extensive listings of English Language magazines. ONLINE MAGAZINES Print Magazines UK Ireland USA Canada Australia New Zealand Europe India Africa Japan CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS

FROM OUR BOOKSHOP Poetry Kit Recommended Books BOOK OF THE MONTH Seasons in the Sun Annest Gwilym	POETRY KIT COURSES POETRY KIT COURSES BROCHURE (PDF) "...extraordinary value for money." Wherever you are as a poet we can help you get to the next level. Courses for beginners and experienced poets. Mentoring and critique service also available. PK COURSES WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY	POETS LISTINGS Our Who's Who is changing. In the future each poet will get a page of their own on Poetry Kit's new Who's Who including poems, bio, publication links. This is a new service under development at the moment. For more details info@poetrykit.org Poets on the Internet Who's Who Poetry Blogs General Poetry Sites To be considered for inclusion send a brief bio to info@poetrykit.org

FEATURED POET - REPRISE EDITION Barry Fitton CITN 96 See other past editions at Caught in the Net	POETRY KIT BLOG Ekphrastic Poery Exhibition Ideas for winter 2021 From our archive 1995 interview with Paul Williams TED SLADE AWARD 2022 Valerie Darville and Anthony Fisher of Enfield Poets READ MORE ABOUT THIS AWARD	OTHER LISTINGS Writers groups / Workshops Courses Funding & Grants Organisation Publishers Speciality Q&A on Poetry Lexicon


	COURSES FROM POETRY KIT

NEW SHORT COURSES 2023	SHORT COURSES	OTHER COURSES
NEW IN DECEMBER DECEMBER POETRY WORKSHOP Please note that this is a four week course from 1st to 31st December 2023 4 weeks of holiday poetry fun to fit around your shopping and holiday preparations. Poetry exercises that will inspire you to engage with the season like never before. We will be looking to develop poems from the small events and the large, from the personal to nature and the time of year. This will be a fun workshop with the serious intent to produce some fine poetry. The course will be conducted online over three weeks, at a cost of £30 – https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=989FB56VMMRA6 Because we appreciate your support the fee for the December Workshop is reduced to £20 for anyone who has taken one of our other courses at any time. For the reduced fee please use this link. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JBGY8WSKQS96Q	Every month we have many short courses that take place over three weeks. These cover many subjects in poetry from Ekphrastic Poetry to poetry in Times of Change. There is something for everyone and we are adding to our course availability each month. In addition each summer we have our Summer School and in December the December Poetry Workshop. Click link below for a list of all available short courses SHORT COURSES	MENTORING Our most popular course is the longer mentoring programme. This lasts from 3 to 6 months depending on response times from the participant. All mentoring is with Jim Bennett and is individually designed to meet the needs of the participant. The cost of this is £110 but places are limited. For further details or to enrol for this course, go to mentoring (poetrykit.org) POETRY FOUNDATION COURSE PART 1 POETRY COURSE PART 2 POETRY COURSE MENTORING FOR POETS MENTORING FOR WRITERS POETS MASTERCLASS CRITIQUE POETRY OF BOB DYLAN There are other longer courses available and details can be found here Courses

PK Poetry List The Poetry Kit's own e-mail discussion list which is one of the longest established and one of the best poetry discussion lists on the Internet. To join the list go tof jiscmail or email info@poetrykit.org for information. PK List website. PKpages - projects archive Transparent Words Poetry Kit Magazine LUNCH POETRY IN THE PLAGUE YEAR 2020/21 Over 600 poems from 21 Countries Submissions now closed		Follow Poetry Kit on TWITTER To receive the Poetry Kit newsletter click here

style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; " target="_top"