Oxfam has been linked with poetry for years now. They organise some great sounding poetry readings in the UK with some of the greatest names in poetry.
They have produced a CD called Lifelines which you can by in the shops or online in their ebay shop.
They have an annual competition to produce a calendar with 12 poems, 6 by established writers and 6 by (dare I say it) emerging writers. You can buy this years from Oxfam.
But here's the thing. I entered this competition for 2004 and never heard anything. While doing a little ego-surfing (I know, I know) I found I was shortlisted and appeared in a pamphlet. THEY NEVER TOLD ME. This was 4 years ago. I'm speechless.
2 comments:
How odd, that they didn't let you know! Nice surprise though. I didn't know about the poetry readings - I'm going to look out for the CD :o)
I know. I was thinking, I'd put in all the names in the shortlist in case some others weren't informed too and they'd ego-surf themselves.
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