Monday 26 May 2008

Oxfam Poems


A competition for a good cause.

Poems for 2009 - Oxfambooks - Poetry calendar competition

Six winning poets will be published alongside six guest poets in the 2009 calendar. This years guest poet are Moya Cannon, Patrick Deeley, Eamon Grennan, Vona Groarke, Dave Lordan and Eilian Nm Chuileanain.

Judge: Patrick Deeley.

Deadline: July 15th 2008

A full set of rules and entry forms are available on their website

3 comments:

Group 8 said...

Thanks for this, EW. I've entered each year, but alas, no luck. Plus I've never seen the calendar as they are always sold out v quick. Any ideas what 'type' of poem they favour?! Probabaly not my type, anyway...
Thanks for the Mitchelstown workshop plug (and compliments!). It went off well.

Group 8 said...

p.s. link not working...

Emerging Writer said...

Download form here.
http://www.oxfamireland.org/shops/news/2008/poems2009competition.shtml

Last day to post is Monday 14th July.
Max 20 lines.
They tent to take mostly freeform. But having said that, maybe a form poem would stand out.
5 Euro per entry, max 3 entries and a good cause.