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And there's a new poetry competition :-
I’m thrilled to tell you that the National Literacy Trust has just launched our first Poetry Prize in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing. We are asking people to write a poem of up to 16 lines, on the themes of reading and/or literature. Poems will be aimed at children/young people.
As we have seen from our recent fantastic research, poetry is particularly popular among more disadvantaged young people who are more likely to read poems outside class than their peers (21.0% vs. 15.4%) – and this has been true for the past five years. The poem that wins this competition will ultimately be used to inspire children through a poster campaign across the country. This prestigious prize also includes an iPad and £250 worth of Bloomsbury books.
It would be fantastic to get your support for this competition and if you could promote it to your writing group. I have taken the liberty of including some tweets below, and some info that you could use on Facebook or in any newsletters you send out. If you have any other ideas then I would love to hear about them. I will also have some leaflets printed shortly, so please let me know if you can make use of them.
Twitter
· New #poetryprize from @bloomsburybooks and @literacy_trust - you could win an iPad and have your poem feature in a poster campaign www.literacytrust.org.uk/poetryprize
· Pen a poem on why you love reading, and it could be used to inspire children across the countrywww.literacytrust.org.uk/poetryprize
· Poets @tbradman and @sarahcrossan are joining the panel for @literacy_trust’s new #poetryprize with @bloomsburybooks www.literacytrust.org.uk/poetryprize
Facebook/newsletters
The National Literacy Trust has just launched an exciting new Poetry Prize with Bloomsbury Publishing! Enter your poems and one of them could feature in a poster campaign across the country. There’s also an iPad and £250 of books up for grabs. All proceeds go to the work of the National Literacy Trust. Open now, closes 31 August 2015 with an announcement of the shortlist on 2 October, National Poetry Day.
I look forward to hearing from you