The very first PREE Writing Studio is launching in collaboration with the Department of Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies, Mona and the Prince Claus Fund. They're assembling some of the most exceptional Caribbean writers for four days in Kingston, Jamaica: Marlon James, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Kei …
Create inspiring poetry with materials around you! Poetry is everywhere, you just need to find it! Refashion, reorder, and reframe ordinary texts into creative poems using found poetry techniques with local poet Hanan Hazime and East End Arts. Learn more here.
An Afternoon of Opposable Cheer offers poetry readings with the wonderfully brilliant Stuart Ross and Jason Heroux, followed by a Q&A. Learn more here.
From ballads to blank verse and sonnets to slam battles, this event will explore how to take poetry from the page and bring it to life through performance and discussion. The event features performances from Salt poets including Peter Daniels, Kirsten Irving and Tony Williams. Learn more here.
The 2020 Newcastle Poetry Competition - Adult Competition welcomes submissions written in English from anyone aged 18 or over from anywhere in the world. 1st Prize is £1,000, plus a week-long residency in the Contemporary Poetry Archives at Newcastle University during the Newcastle Poetry Festival, May 13-16, 2020. 2nd Prize …