Indigo Dreams Pamphlet Prize 2016
Closing Date: 14th October 2016
Indigo Dreams Pamphlet Prize
Facebook Chat – OUSA
Sandra Carter, Student Community Assistant at OUSA has sent the following message:
‘With Freshers fast approaching at the end of the month, we were wondering how the Societies would like to get involved.
‘Cath Brown will be hosting a Facebook chat 7-8 pm on 27th September. This will be an opportunity for new students to pose questions about Societies. It would also be a great chance to entice new members. For those of you who haven’t attended one of these ‘online events’ here’s a link to this January’s equivalent chat. https://www.facebook.com/events/618023334991215/?active_tab=posts
‘When the day comes you’ll be able to find the event on this page https://www.facebook.com/OUstudents/events‘
Hope to see some OU Poets joining in the conversation.
Poetry Competition
Second Light Live
Long and short poems invited for this competition.
Deadline 31 August 2016
Follow this link – just a few days left to get yours in!
Poetry Weekend
A special weekend for full members (i.e. 12 month subscription) of the OU Poetry Society.
Wes Magee has published six poetry collections for adults, and more than 100 books for young readers – fiction, poetry, plays, picture books, and anthologies. He is an award-winning author for children and for adults and regularly makes author visits to schools, libraries, and festivals where he performs his ‘Poetry Show’ and gives writing workshops.
OUP182 – deadline
OUP182 – the deadline is tomorrow, 17 August. The editor, Sue Spiers, who has set ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ as the theme (optional) says ‘Come on you sinners, get writing about wrath, poesying about pride, scribbling on sloth, gabbing on greed, elaborating on envy, be loquatious on lust and give me doggerel on gluttony’. Now there’s a challenge!
OUP181
The cut-off date for OUP181 is 8 July. OU Poets, don’t let it pass by without your contributions! It’s a wonderful workshop mag and any comments on your work will appear in OUP182. Barbara Cumbers is editing OUP181 so email your poems to her by Friday 8 July 2016.
Settle Poetry Competition 2016
The judge for this year’s Settle Poetry Competition is John Killick, publisher, poet, writer in residence.
For a copy of the competition rules and guidelines click here.
Deadline: 12 August 2016
Poems About Yorkshire
Wanted: poems about Yorkshire for a new anthology by Valley Press
Scarborough-based Valley Press is calling for submissions for an anthology of poetry about Yorkshire, to be published in October this year, from writers based anywhere in the world.
Poems can be on any subject or topic – a place, an incident, a person, an idea – with only one rule: there must be some connection with the county of Yorkshire. Contributing poets will each receive a copy of the finished book, and a share of £900 in prize money/fees.
Previously published poems may be included but the author must be able to grant Valley Press non-exclusive rights to reproduce them in this anthology (if in doubt, consult your previous publisher).
The anthology will be edited by York-based poet Miles Salter, and submissions (maximum three poems per author) should be sent to milesinyork@hotmail.com, with the subject line ‘Yorkshire Poetry Anthology’, by 5pm on 31 May.
The featured poets will be announced by 1 September, and the book is expected to be launched on National Poetry Day (Thursday 6 October). Funding for the project has been provided by Arts Council England.
Deadline: 5pm 31 May 2016
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OU Poets
OU Poets is a poetry group for students and staff, past or present of the Open University, Milton Keynes UK with around 80 members.
Like other poetry groups, we submit poems to be read and constructively commented on by other members. We do this by post, via email, on our public Facebook page and closed Facebook group for members only, we use Twitter and we meet to discuss our poems and love of poetry at least once a year. We are scattered all across the country, with some in Ireland and other parts of Europe. Our magazine (for members only) contains poems, criticisms and comments and is issued five times a year.
At the end of the year members’ vote for the poems they have most enjoyed from that year’s magazines, and the most popular appear in Openings, our anthology, which has been an annual event for over twenty five years.
Membership is for any student or member of the staff, past or present, of the Open University, who has an interest in poetry. If you fulfil these criteria, you are welcome to apply for membership on our Membership Page
Poetry Space Competition
It is the seventh year of the Poetry Space Annual International Poetry Competition.
Deadline: June 30th 2016
