Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of
nature and place and will be given a very wide interpretation by our judge,
Kathleen Jamie.
Not only that, this year RSPB and The Rialto are
additionally working with BirdLife International and the Cambridge Conservation
Initiative. There’s a new prize on offer and prizewinners will be invited to
read their poems at an event with Kathleen Jamie at CCI in Spring 2017.
The closing date for entries is
midnight on 1st March 2017.
As well as offering poets the chance to win considerable
cash prizes and publication of their poems, the competition will raise money
for conservation and poetry. We are working in partnership with leading
independent UK poetry magazine, The Rialto, as we feel the magazine will be the
perfect place to showcase the winning entries.
Prizes
1st PRIZE £1000
2nd PRIZE £500
3rd PRIZE A Place on a Creative Writing Course at Ty Newydd in 2017 (worth £550)
2nd PRIZE £500
3rd PRIZE A Place on a Creative Writing Course at Ty Newydd in 2017 (worth £550)
TWO ADDITIONAL PRIZES
A personal tour with Mark Cocker of his most cherished wild life
places in East Anglia. Mark is one of Britain’s most celebrated writers on
nature.
A personal tour with Nick Davies of his beloved Wicken Fen to
learn about his research there. Nick is
Professor of Behavioural Ecology at the University of Cambridge.
Our judge is celebrated poet and writer,
Kathleen Jamie.
Kathleen was born in the west of Scotland. Her poetry collections to date
include The Overhaul,
which won the 2012 Costa Poetry Prize, and The
Tree House, which won both the Forward Prize and the Scottish Book
of the Year Award. For the last decade Kathleen Jamie has also written
non-fiction concerning land, nature and culture: she is author of the highly
regarded Findings
and Sightlines.
Her most recent collection The
Bonniest Companie appeared in 2015. Kathleen is Chair of Poetry at
the University of Stirling.
The entry fee is £6 for the first poem and £3.50 for
each subsequent entry.
Full details and the facility to enter online can be
found on The Rialto website:
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