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	2010
Mondays 6 weeks Feb 22 - Mar 29 18:45 to 20:15	Poetry from Art at the Tate Modern, workshops, London   Shaping Poems - Image-making the 2nd of 3 courses to be taken together or independently (1st: 19 Oct 09 to 23 Nov 09 and 3rd starts 7 Jun 10). Tate Modern, throughout the galleries, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG.   Tel 0207 887 8888 or book online £120 (£90 concessions) per term.   Booking essential.	Pascale Petit (more)
Sat Mar 13 10 am to 5 pm	Writers' Day, workshops, talks, readings, book fair, Carmarthenshire £10 for the day, including light lunch Small additional charge for book display space. Ceridwen Centre Drefach Felindre, nr Llandysul, SA44 5XE. Pre-book with Simone Mansell-Broome 01559 370517 or email Ceridwen centre	Organiser: Simone Mansell Broome
Sat Mar 13	International Women's Week, 3 poetry presentation workshops, York Drama Studio 2, York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk. Cost: £5 each or £12 for 3 Contact: Sue Lister (Real People Theatre) 01904 488870 10.30 am – 12  Pauline Kirk Catching the Spark – finding inspiration 1 – 2.30 pm Sue Lister Bringing Poetry to Life – lifting words from the page 3 – 4.30 pm Rose Drew Poetry as Performance – presenting your poem	Pauline Kirk, Sue Lister, Rose Drew
Sun Mar 14 10 am to 5 pm	Blood in the Country, crime writing workshops, Carmarthenshire £35, including light lunch & refreshments. Limited concessions available. Ceridwen Centre Drefach Felindre, nr Llandysul, SA44 5XE. Pre-book with Simone Mansell-Broome 01559 370517 or email Ceridwen centre	Organiser: Simone Mansell Broome
Tue to Fri Mar 23 - 26	Second Light, residential workshop and readings, Worcestershire Holland House near Evesham. Booking is open to women poets aged around 40 and above, with some experience of writing. Priority is given to Second Light members. £265 for a single room, £220 in a shared room. Booking Form	Tutors: Myra Schneider & Penelope Shuttle
Sat Mar 27	Writing the Bright Moment, workshop, Nr Totnes Haiku & mindfulness (you don’t need to be a Buddhist) Fire in the Head	Roselle Angwin
Sat to Sat Mar27 - Apr 3	Poetry, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Tamar Yoseloff Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Sat to Sat Apr 10 - 17	Poetry, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Vicki Feaver Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Mon - Sat Apr 19 - 24	Hebrides Islands of the Heart Retreat, residential workshop, Isle of Iona Fire in the Head	Roselle Angwin
Sat to Sat Apr 24 - May 1	Memoir, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Judith Barrington Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Sun - Sat Apr 25 - May 1	Chateau Ventenac residential course, Languedoc Chateau Ventenac.  Tel +44(0) 7773 206344 or 0033 671 894990 for details.	Penelope Shuttle
Sat to Sat May 8 - 15	Mountain Walking, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £650 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Gill Round Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Fri - Sun May 14 - 16	Even More Room to Write, creative writing weekend, Carmarthenshire £185, full board, reduced fee for non-residential. Ceridwen Centre Drefach Felindre, nr Llandysul, SA44 5XE. Pre-book with Simone Mansell-Broome 01559 370517 or email Ceridwen centre	Marcus Moore & Sara-Jane Arbury
Sun - Sat May 16-22	Freeing the Imagination, residential course, Languedoc Chateau Ventenac.  Tel +44(0) 7773 206344 or 0033 671 894990 for details.	Pascale Petit
Mon May 17 10 am - 12 noon	Monday Morning Writing Class, workshop, Carmarthenshire Ceridwen Centre Drefach Felindre, nr Llandysul, SA44 5XE. Pre-book with Simone Mansell-Broome 01559 370517 or email Ceridwen centre	Marcus Moore & Sara-Jane Arbury
Sat to Sat May 22 - 29	Painting, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Sue Whitmore Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Sat to Sat Jun 5 - 12	Poetry/Prose, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	John Hartley Williams Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Mondays 6 weeks Jun 7 - Jul 12 18:45 to 20:15	Poetry from Art at the Tate Modern, workshops, London   Art Poems and Editing the last of 3 courses to be taken together or independently (1st: 19 Oct 09 to 23 Nov 09, 2nd: 22 Feb 10 to 29 Mar 10). Tate Modern, throughout the galleries, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG.   Tel 0207 887 8888 or book online £120 (£90 concessions) per term.   Booking essential.	Pascale Petit (more)
Wed to Sun Jun 9 - 13	The Imaginative Ear, residential course, Crete Loutro    Course Fee £250,  see website for transfer, accommodation and flight info	Mimi Khalvati
Sat to Sat Jun 19 - 26	Poetry, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	James Byrne of the 'WOLF' Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Sun Jun 20	Ground of Being, workshop, Merrivale Dartmoor: Eco-poetry & more Fire in the Head	Roselle Angwin
Sat to Sat Aug 28 - Sep 4	Poetry, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Mimi Khalvati Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Sat to Sat Sep 11 - 18	Beginning to Write, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Christopher North Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Fri - Sun Oct 1 - 3	Even More Room to Write, creative writing weekend, Carmarthenshire £185, full board, reduced fee for non-residential. Ceridwen Centre Drefach Felindre, nr Llandysul, SA44 5XE. Pre-book with Simone Mansell-Broome 01559 370517 or email Ceridwen centre	Marcus Moore & Sara-Jane Arbury
Sat to Sat Oct 2 - 9	Painting, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Jennifer Johnson Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Mon Oct 4 10 am - 12 noon	Monday Morning Writing Class, workshop, Carmarthenshire Ceridwen Centre Drefach Felindre, nr Llandysul, SA44 5XE. Pre-book with Simone Mansell-Broome 01559 370517 or email Ceridwen centre	Marcus Moore & Sara-Jane Arbury
Sat to Sat Oct 16 - 23	Poetry, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Penelope Shuttle Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Sat to Sat Oct 29 - Nov 1	Olive Gathering, residential, Almassera Vella, Alicante Details and prices on application	Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North
Sat to Sat Nov 6 - 13	Fiction, residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante 7 nights, £595 all inclusive (save travel to Alicante and insurance).  Private rooms, Spanish cuisine, 3000 book library, wireless internet, transport to and from airport, swimming pool -  non-participatory partners 10% discount. £125 deposits secures reservation.	Mavis Cheek Hosts:  Christopher & Marisa North

Borders Bookstore, N1 Centre, 26 Parkfield Street, London N1 (the shopping mall opposite Angel tube).  6.45-8.15 p.m.   Entrance Free.

British-Australian Studies Conference, University of Exeter, Penryn.   University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Tremough, Penryn, Cornwall. TR10 9EZ.  Start 09:50 a.m.

Buzzwords, The Exmouth Arms, Bath Road, Cheltenham.  First Sunday of every month.  7pm - Writing time: exercises, themes and tips to get you going.  8pm – Guest  poet reading and open mic.  Come at 7pm if you want to write, 8pm if you don’t.  Open mic spots (first come, first served). £3.  Enquiries: 07855 308122 or e-mail

Joe's Friends Café, 10 Northfield Avenue, Northfields, Ealing, W13 9RJ.  7:00 for 7:30.  £4/£3(concessions).  Nearest tube:  Northfields (Piccadilly line), nearest bus: E2 or E3 (almost outside the door)

Langoustine est Morte.  The Poetry Cafe, 22 Betterton St., Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BX.   Start:  7.30.  £4.    More info at myspace.com/langoustine

Petersfield Write Angle Poetry Cabaret meets every Third Tues of the Month at The Square Brewery, Market Square, Petersfield GU32, 7.30pm, £3. Guest Performance Artiste plus Music plus Open Mic make for great fun evening. Guests include John Hegley, Atilla the Stockbroker, and more. They're booked through March 2010. Info on website or call 0783 431 6040.

Poetry Aloud - "We provide any poet who comes to our meetings with a sympathetic platform from which to read their work.  We do not criticise or analyse but offer an encouraging ear. There is, of course, a warm welcome for those who come along to listen. We meet in Bury St Edmunds at 7:30pm on the last Tuesday of each month (except August & December)".  (Poetry Aloud webmaster)

Extended Poetry Course, Ty Newydd, Llanystumdwy, Cricieth, Gwyneth, LL52 0LW.  18-23Aug 08:  Combine the advantages of distance-learning and face-to-face tuition, receive helpful and specific advice from the tutors before, during and after the residential course. Tutorials, workshops and readings.  Participants are invited to submit 6 poems of moderate length to the tutors for a written commentary 4 weeks before the start of the course. Further pieces of work can be submitted for commentary after the course.  Bookings: Tel: 01766 522811   e-mail   web-site  

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31 Mar	Hannah Franks Poetry Competition Write a poem (up to 40 lines) based on one of Hannah Frank's drawings. Entry: £3 per poem for adults, free for under-18s. First prize: £200 (adult), £100 (18 and under). Prizewinners will also receive a framed Hannah Frank print. see Hannah Frank website for rules and application form	David Kinlock
25 Apr (post) 31 Apr online	Build Africa Poetry Competition Cash Prizes:  £150 / £75 / £50 Winners & Highly Commended: publication on web-site and in anthology (more info on website) Entry £3 per poem.	Mandy Pannett
30 Apr	Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition Prizes:  £500 / £200 / £100 + RedPage Sonnet Prize of £100	Robert Seatter
30 Apr	Grey Hen Press, Poetry Competition Open to women over 60. 1st Prize:  £100;  2nd: £75;  3rd: £25 Entry: £3 per poem (£10 for 4) Details and Entry Form	Ann Alexander & Penelope Shuttle
8 May	Templar Open Poetry Competition 2010 pamphlet and collection prizes	Pat Winslow
10 May (postmark)	10th Poetry on the Lake Poetry Competition Suggested theme: "Mediterranean" Categories: Silver Wyvern (1st prize €500, publication in Orbis, 1 year subscription to Orbis); Formal Verse and Short poem. More on prizes, rules & entry costs: Poetry on the Lake Awards: 1 to 3 October, in Orta, Giulio, Italy.	James Harpur, Carole Baldock, Kevin Bailey
19 May	The 5th Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 1st Prize:  £800;  2nd: £350;  3rd: £200 Entry: £3 per poem (£12 for 5) Details and Entry Form (pdf)	Chandler's Ford Writers
31 May	Frogmore Poetry Prize 1st Prize:  200 guineas & 2 year subscription to The Frogmore Papers;     2nd: 75 guineas and 1 year subscription; 3rd: 50 guineas and 1 year subscription; all shortlisted poems will be published in The Frogmore Papers Entry: £3 per poem Details and Entry Form (pdf)	Stewart Conn

Results

Frogmore Poetry Prize 2009
Frogmore Poetry Prize 2008

Poetry on the Lake, 2006

Salisbury House, 2006

Torriano, 2008/9

Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2008(pdf)
Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2007(pdf)
Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize 2006(pdf)

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