Formed over forty years ago, our Writers Circle is based in Felixstowe, Suffolk. Meetings are held in The Room at the Top in Felixstowe Library, normally on the first and third Tuesday of each month commencing at 7.30pm and finishing by 10.00pm. Check this weblog for details of meetings.

There is an annual November to November fee of £30, April to November is £20 and June to November £15. For members preferring to pay at each meeting the charge is £5 per meeting. To contact Felixstowe Scribblers simply email scribblers.1@btinternet.com or the Secretary, catherine.stafford1@ntlworld.com

Tuesday 5 October 2010

SEARCH FOR YOUNG POETS

The search for young poets is on again.

Poetry publishers United Press discovered many talented young poets with their book Poets of the Year 2010. The search is now on again to find young poets for their forthcoming book, Young Poets of 2011.

“Anyone under 16 can submit a collection of up to ten of their poems,” said Peter Quinn, editor of the forthcoming book.

“It’s free to enter and the poets we choose - around 20 - will be featured in the book along with a profile of themselves, their photograph and a collection of their work. Each successful poet will receive 5 copies of the book.

“The aim of the book is to encourage young people to get more involved in poetry. We had some wonderful entries last year and we hope for even more this year.”

If you want to submit something all you have to do is send your collection of poetry along with a head and shoulders photograph plus a 100 word profile of yourself to: Young Poets of 2011, United Press, Admail 3735, London, EC1B 1JB by the closing date of 31st January 2011.

Older poets can still enter United Press’s other two big competitions. The Local Poem Competition, which carries a £1,000 first prize, requires you to write a poem of up to 25 lines and up to 160 words on a local theme. Previous winners have been about a river, towers, a country walk and local history. This competition closes every year on 31st December, and you can send up to three poems (marked “Local Poem”) either by post to the address above, email to info@unitedpress.co.uk, or online at www.unitedpress.co.uk. You can also enter the company’s other main poetry competition, the National Poetry Anthology. The length limit is the same as for the Local Poem competition but your poem can be on any subject. This competition closes on 30th June every year and you must mark your entries “NPA”, and you can enter via the same routes as the Local Poem competition.

To find out more about United Press and their free poetry competitions phone 0844 800 9177, visit www.unitedpress.co.uk or write to United Press, Admail 3735, London, EC1B 1JB.
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