2012
Fri
Feb 3
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Leah
Fritz, Hannah Lowe, Marie-Elizabeth Mali & Lorraine
Mariner
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Sat
Feb 4
7
to 9
p m
Poetry
Space , reading, London
The
Poetry Café, Covent Garden
More
information: email
Winners of 2010 & 2011
Poetry Space Poetry Competitions
+ Poets from the Floor
Sat
Feb 4
7:30
p m
Salisbury
House , reading, London
Penelope Shuttle
+ Poets from the Floor
Sun
Feb 5
12:30
- 2:30 pm
No Space But Their Own , reading, Gloucestershire
Reading
from the anthology (all about birds)
At
the Slimbridge Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust
Alison Brackenbury, Anne
Cluysenaar, Ann Drysdale, Angela France, Alwyn
Marriage, Hermione Sandall, Christine Webb
Thur
Feb 9
7
pm
Pink Lane Poetry & Performance ,
poetry / comedy / cabaret / music, Newcastle upon Tyne
Above the Jazz
Café, 25 Pink Lane, NE1 5DW
Entry £3, on the
door.
Tel 0191 232 6505
for more info.
Helen
Burke
Thu
Feb 9
8
to 10 pm
Poetry
in the House , reading, London
Lauderdale
House
Agenda Poets: Timothy
Adès, Clare Best, Gill McEvoy, Christine McNeill, Andrew
McNeillie, Sue Roe, James Simpson
Presenter:
Shanta Acharya
Sun
Feb 12
7:30
pm
Not Only the Dark ,
reading, Canterbury
The
Jolly Sailor
75
Northgate, CT1 1BA
Funding
in aid of ShelterBox
Readers from the anthology
Host: Luigi Marchini
Sun
Feb 12
7:30
pm
Song-Cycle ,
performance, London
East
Finchley Methodist Church
High
Road, East Finchley, N2
(opposite
Creighton Avenue)
Free
entry.
Words by poet Dennis Evans
Composer: Caroline Soresby
Performance: Rose Stachniewska,
soprano & The Red Baroque Instrumental Ensemble
Sun
Feb 12
7:30
pm
Torriano
Meeting House ,
reading, London
LiTTLe MACHiNe, presented
by Hylda Sims
+ Poets from the Floor
Tue
Feb 14
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading, Bromley
All
read 2 poems (not our own).
Programme
Topic:
Love...
Wed
Feb 15
7:30
p m
Words and Ears , reading, Bradford on Avon
The
Swan Hotel
More
information: email
Guest Poet: Sue Sims
Host: Dawn Gorman
+ Open Mic
Thu
Feb 16
7
pm
Falmouth Library ,
reading, Falmouth
Readings
from new collections, Tikki
Tikki Man (Caroline)
and Firebird
(Moira).
Tickets
£3 / £2 (conc), including glass of wine
Moira
Andrew and Caroline Carver
Open
Hat reading during interval
Sun
Feb 19
7:30
pm
Torriano
Meeting House ,
reading, London
Clare Crossman & Katherine
Gallagher
+ Poets from the Floor
Tue Feb
21
7:30
pm
Blue Bus ,
reading, London
Bridget
Penney & Ulli Freer
Tue
Feb 21
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
Fri
Feb 24
8
pm
Fourth
Friday , poetry & music, London
Launch
of 'Notebook in Hand', poems of John Rety
Friends
& Family of John Rety
Music by
City Ramblers Revival
+
Open Mic
Presenter:
Hylda Sims
Sun
Feb 26
7:30
pm
Torriano
Meeting House ,
reading, London
Fawzia Kane, introduced by
Anna Robinson
+ Poets from the Floor
Tue
Feb 28
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading, Bromley
All
read 2 poems (not our own).
Programme
Topic:
Liverpool Poets (Henri, Mitchell, McGough & others)
Wed
Feb 29
3:30
for 4
- 6
pm
A Celebration of Poetry Translation ,
reading, Keswick
St
Herbert Social Centre, High Hill
Free
Entry.
Timothy Adès,
Alistair Elliot, Peter Rafferty & Christopher Pilling
Fri
Mar 2
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Sat
Mar 3
7
pm
Poetry
in the Crypt , reading, London
Cakes
& Coffee!
Elizabeth
Cook, Glyn Maxwell, Cheryl Moskowitz
Presenters:
Mike Bartholomew-Biggs & Nancy Mattson
+ readers
from the floor
Sat
Mar 3
Salisbury
House , reading, London
CANCELLED
- Allen Ashley & Louis Cennamo will now read at
a later date
Sun
Mar 4
7:30
pm
Torriano
Meeting House ,
reading, London
Competition Prizewinners'
Reading
+ Poets from the Floor
Thur
Mar 8
8
pm
Poetry At The Albert ,
reading, Huddersfield
Reading
from Ruby Slippers
The
Albert pub, 36 Victoria Lane, HD1 2QF.
Free
entry. Tel 0871 951 1000 for info.
Helen
Burke
Sun
Mar 11
7:30
pm
Torriano
Meeting House ,
reading, London
Reading
from a posthumous collection of poems by Daphne Rock,
A Tenth of Hydrogen
Reading of Daphne Rock's
poems, introduced by Rosemary Norman
+ Poets from the Floor
Mon
Mar 12
7:30
pm
Salisbury House ,
reading, London
Special
event at the Dugdale Theatre. Booking, Millfield
box office: 0208 807 6680 or download at https://forms.enfield.gov.uk/peo/ Tickets
£10.
Carol Ann Duffy
Tue
Mar 13
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading, Bromley
All
read 2 poems (not our own).
Programme
Topic:
AGM + 1 short poem (open choice)
Thur
Mar 15
tbc
Upstairs at Duroc ,
reading, Paris
Ruby
Slippers reading
The
American Library
10
Rue du General Carou, 75007
Tel
01535 91260 for information
Helen
Burke
Sat
Mar 17
tbc
Scriptophilia ,
words and music, Leeds
Part
of Headingley Literature Festival
Celebrating
and investigating WHY we write.
Headingley
Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART)
Bennett
Road, LS6 3HN
Helen
Burke and Peter Spafford
Music:
Richard Ormrod
Tue Mar
20
7:30
pm
Blue Bus ,
reading, London
Ken
Edwards, John Gibbens & Ken White/David Miller
Tue
Mar 20
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
Fri
Mar 23
8
pm
Fourth
Friday , poetry & music, London
John
Lucas & Mark Gwynne Jones
Music
by Balabustah
+
Open Mic
Presenter:
Hylda Sims
Tue
Mar 27
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading, Bromley
All
read 2 poems (not our own).
Programme
Topic:
Birds and Beasts
Fri
Mar 30
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Sun
Apr 1
6
- 8:30
pm
Pennine Poets ,
reading, York
York
Literature Festival, 2012
Wolfe
Room, upstairs at the Black Swan Inn,
Peasholme
Green £4. Booking: Tel 01904 623568,
York
Theatre Royal Box Office
Pennine Poets: Andrew Boobier,
Julia Deakin, Pauline Kirk & Josie Walsh, with York
poets: Andrian Spendlow & Robert Powell
+ Open Mic for local writers (first come,
first served. You will be invited to make a small donation
to Festival funds)
Sun
Apr 1
7:30
pm
Torriano
Meeting House ,
reading, London
Carol Rumens & Ellie
Evans, introduced by Leah Fritz
+ Poets from the Floor
Sat
Apr 7
Salisbury
House , reading, London
Readers
t/f
Fri
Apr 13
8
- 11
pm
Embryo 71 ,
music / stand up / poetry / cabaret / spoken word, Salford
Eclectic
mix. Studio Salford
The
Kings Arms, 11 Bloom Street, M3 6AN
£5
entry.
more
at www.kingsarmssalford.com
Helen
Burke
Tue Apr
17
7:30
pm
Blue Bus ,
reading, London
Eléna
Rivera & Scott Thurston
Tue
Apr 17
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
Sat
Apr 21
7:30pm
Poetry
in Palmers Green , reading, London
Readers:
Jane Duran & Anne Stewart
+ readers
from the floor
Tue
Apr 24
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading, Bromley
All
read 2 poems (not our own).
Programme
Topic:
(t/f)
Wed
May 2
(t/f)
Poetry
reading, Glasgow
(details
t/f)
Readers: Katherine
Gallagher & Joy Howard
Fri
May 4
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Tue
May 8
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading, Bromley
All
read 2 poems (not our own).
Programme
Topic:
(t/f)
Tue
May 15
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
Tue
May 22
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading, Bromley
All
read 2 poems (not our own).
Programme
Topic:
(t/f)
Fri
Jun 1
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Tue
Jun 12
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading, Bromley
All
read 2 poems (not our own).
Programme
Topic:
(t/f)
Tue
Jun 19
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
Sat
Jun 23
7:30
pm
Poetry
in Palmers Green , reading, London
Readers: Kevin
Crossley-Holland,
Katherine Gallagher, Myra Schneider, Penelope Shuttle
+ readers
from the floor
Tue
Jun 26
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading & buffet, Bromley
Summer
Celebration Reading from guest poet(s) and a slap-up
buffet lunch! Ticket Event. Booking opens late March
2012
Programme
Guest Poet(s): (tbc)
Fri
Jul 6
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Tue
Jul 10
2:30
to 4:30 pm
Shortlands Poetry
Circle , poetry reading, Bromley
All
read 2 poems (not our own).
Programme
Topic:
(t/f)
Tue
Jul 17
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
Fri
Sep 7
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Tue
Sep 18
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
Fri
Oct 5
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Tue
Oct 16
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
Fri
Nov 2
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Tue
Nov 20
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
Fri
Dec 7
6:30
for 7
pm
Camden
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
(+ readers
from the floor)
Tue
Dec 18
6:30
for 7
pm
Lumen
Poetry , reading,
London
Readers
t/f
Presenter:
Ruth O'Callaghan
+ poets
from the floor
go
to:
readings and
performances
competitions and calls for
submissions
courses, workshops and
festivals:
2012
Sat
Feb 18
1
to 5 pm
Poetry
& Voice , workshop, London
£18
/ £14 conc.
For
more information email
Katherine Gallagher
Katherine Gallagher
Sat
Mar 10
10
am to 4
pm
Poetry
Space , writing day, Bristol
Finding
a Voice
at
City of Bristol College, College Green
£30
if you book before Jan 31st, plus a further discount
for Lapidus members and subscribers to Poetry Space
Facebook group.
Limited
to 14 participants.
Philip Lyons
Sat to Sat Mar 17 - 24
Beginning
to Write ,
residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
Price
details here
Christopher North
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Sat
Mar 24
1
to 5 pm
Poetry
& Voice , workshop, London
£18
/ £14 conc.
For
more information email
Katherine Gallagher
Katherine Gallagher
Sat to Sat Mar 31 - Apr 6
Poetry ,
residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
Price
details here
Mario Petrucci
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Fri to Sun Apr 13 - 15
Wenlock
Poetry Festival ,
Much Wenlock
Workshops,
readings, talks and end of festival party. Participating
poets: Fred D'Aguiar, Gillian Clarke, Nick Drake, Carol
Ann Duffy, Ian Duhig, Elaine Feinstein, Lavinia Greenlaw,
Jackie Kay, Liz Lochead, Daljit Nagra, Mario Petrucci,
Christopher Reid, Fiona Sampson - and many others.
Festival
website here
Readers/Presenters
include poetry
p f members:
John Killick, Gill McEvoy, Sue Rose
and
poetry/music by LiTTLe MACHiNe
Sat to Sat Apr 14 - 21
Poetry ,
residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
Price
details here
Jane Draycott
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Sat
Apr 28
1
to 5 pm
Poetry
& Voice , workshop, London
£18
/ £14 conc.
For
more information email
Katherine Gallagher
Katherine Gallagher
Sat to Sat Apr 28 - May 5
Memoir ,
residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
Price
details here
Judith Barrington
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Sat
to Fri May 12 - 18
Making
Worlds , residential course, Languedoc
France
(4 places left as at Oct 11)
Chateau
Ventenac e-mail
Julia
or Tel: 0044 7773 206344 or 0033 6718 94990
Pascal Petit
Sat to Sat May 12 - 19
Creative
Writing ,
residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
(See
Nancy's write-up here )
Price
details here
Nancy Shapiro / Stephanie
Bennet Vogt
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Sat
May 19
1
to 5 pm
Poetry
& Voice , workshop, London
£18
/ £14 conc.
For
more information email
Katherine Gallagher
Katherine Gallagher
Sat
Jun 16
1
to 5 pm
Poetry
& Voice , workshop, London
£18
/ £14 conc.
For
more information email
Katherine Gallagher
Katherine Gallagher
Fri
pm - Mon am Jun 22 - 25
Poetry
Space , writing retreat, Tiverton
at
Coombe Farm Woodlands Trust, Devon.
£250
for three nights, full board. No organised writing activities
however participants are free to offer an activity for
others. Places limited to 14. Some shared rooms. Swimming
pool. 180 acres woodland.
Philip Lyons
Sat to Sat Jun 23 - 30
Painting ,
residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
Price
details here
Jennifer Johnson
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Sat
Jul 14
1
to 5 pm
Poetry
& Voice , workshop, London
£18
/ £14 conc.
For
more information email
Katherine Gallagher
Katherine Gallagher
Sat to Sat Sep 1 - 8
Poetry ,
residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
Price
details here
Mimi Khalvati
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Sat to Sat Sep 15 - 22
Poetry ,
residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
Price
details here
Jo Shapcott
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Sat to Sat Oct 20 - 27
Song
Writing ,
residential week, Almassera Vella, Alicante
Price
details here
Barron & Brady
Hosts:
Christopher & Marisa North
Fri - Mon Nov 2 - 5
Olive
gathering weekend ,
residential, Almassera Vella, Alicante
Price
details here
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
Friday
Night Writers . 6pm for 6:15pm start. Swiss Cottage Central Library,
88 Avenue Road, London, NW3 3HA. Tel 020 7974 4001. Nearest tube:
Swiss Cottage (Jubilee line). A Swiss Cottage Central Library Users
Group event. Library has disabled access. Free admission. Open Mic
includes opportunity to submit for an annual anthology to be published
by Ward Wood Publishing.
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
Word Up Poetry Nights,
from Wed 2nd March, 2011. Cellar Bar, Castle Café, Quay Street,
Cardigan. 8pm. Free
entry. Open mic. Competition – themed for your creative output. Contact
Simone for further info on 01559 370517 / or
e-mail
go
to:
readings and
performances
courses, workshops and festivals
competition
links:
select:
The Poetry Kit
Poetry Library
competitions
and calls for submissions:
unless
specified, poetry p f has no connection
with the competitions
listed
Results
your competition here? e-mail
editor This site receives
no public funding. Listing is free for competitions
run or judged by members. There is a small charge
for listings (which include links & entry form downloads)
by non-members.
deadline
2012
Judge
sometime
this year
Through
a Child's Eyes , anthology call
If you were a child during World War Two and have written
(or could write) a poem about your experiences during the war then Poetry Space
would like to hear from you. The anthology will be published by Poetry
Space in 2013.
Send poems for
consideration by email with
Through a Child's Eyes' in the subject line, or post
to: Through a Child’s Eyes anthology, Poetry Space Ltd,
21 Davis Close, Barrs Court, Bristol, BS30 7BU
Moira
Andrew
Tue Feb
14
Lumen/Camden
Poetry Competition ,
in aid of London Homeless Cold Weather Shelters
Entry
£2.50 or £10 for 6.
Prize: Publication of a small
collection by Ward Wood Publishers. Invitation to read at Camden
& Lumen Open Mic Events & Friday Night Writers
in London
More
here
Carole
Ann Duffy
Mon
Apr 30
Grey
Hen Poetry Competition - for women over 60
Entry
£3 or 4 for £10 1st, 2nd & 3rd Prizes:
£100, £75, £25
Entry Form essential - download
it here: Grey
Hen or write for further details to: Grey Hen
Press PO Box 450, Keighley, W Yorks, BD22 9BG
Katherine
Gallagher and Angela Kirby
Mon
Apr 30
Ware
Poets Open Poetry Competition
Entry
£3 or 4 for £10 + £2.50 each thereafter 1st, 2nd & 3rd Prizes:
£500, £200, £100 + The RedPage Sonnet Prize
More
here
Dean
Parkin
Mon
Apr 30
The
Enfield Mayor's Poetry Competition
Entry
£3 or 4 for £10 1st, 2nd & 3rd Prizes:
£500, £300, £200 Poem inspired by Olympics and Paralympics
£100 Poem on the subject of Enfield £50 (amendment:
not now restricted to residents of Enfield)
More
here
Mario
Petrucci
Sat
May 19
7th
Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize
Entry
£4 or 4 for £15 1st, 2nd & 3rd Prizes:
£600, £300, £150 + 10 Runner up prizes of £25
More
here
Chandler's
Ford Writers
Thu
May 31
The
Frogmore Poetry Prize
Entry
£3 per poem 1st Prize: 200 guinees and a 2
year subscription to The Frogmore Papers
Runner up & shortlisted
prizes & more...
More
here
Janet
Sutherland
Sat
Jun 30
Poetry Space
International Poetry Competition
Open
to poets over 16. Any theme. Max 40 lines.
Entry
£5 for 1st poem, £3 for each additional. 1st Prize: £100;
2nd Prize: £50; 3rd Prize: £25. Publication
in competition anthology. More at: www.poetryspace.co.uk or www.poetryspacecompetition.blogspot.com
Cheryl
Moskowitz
Results
Frogmore
Poetry Prize 201 1 Frogmore
Poetry Prize 2010 Frogmore
Poetry Prize 200 9 Frogmore
Poetry Prize 2008
Poetry on the
Lake,
2006
(later results on Poetry on the Lake website)
Torriano,
2008/9
Virginia
Warbey Poetry Prize 2011(pdf) Virginia
Warbey Poetry Prize 2010(pdf) Virginia
Warbey Poetry Prize 2009(pdf)
Virginia
Warbey Poetry Prize 2008(pdf)
Virginia
Warbey Poetry Prize 2007(pdf) Virginia Warbey Poetry
Prize
2006 (pdf)
Ware
Poetry Competition 2011 Ware
Poetry Competition 2010