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Next Newsletter: submission deadlines (if avail) Mary MacRae, As Birds Do, now available (more) TS Eliot: Mimi Khalvati's latest collection, The Meanest Flower, was in the 2007 shortlist.... 2007 FORWARD PRIZE SHORTLISTINGS (more)
Second Light Network is a network of women poets, aged around 40 and upwards (but see Associate Membership), who are published or beginning to get published and who are serious about developing their work. The Network was founded by Dilys Wood in 1994. As organiser, she is assisted by Myra Schneider (Consultant), a very-part-time administrator, and a 9-member committee which supports the work of the organisation. We aim to promote the work of all women poets, and also to develop and promote the work of members, through publications, readings, one-day courses, residential workshops and festivals. The Network keeps in touch through a twice yearly newsletter which includes reviews of books by women poets, including books and pamphlets by members, articles, information about workshops, courses and readings. The newsletter also includes the winning and commended poems from the Second Light competition which is held annually, and the Launde Bag, a supplement to the mid-year edition. The editor features member poets by invitation. Second Light has published several anthologies in association with established poetry publishers and through its publishing wing, Second Light Publications. (Publications) The Membership numbers over 400 and includes very well-known poets such as UA Fanthorpe, Penelope Shuttle and Mimi Khalvati. Launde: We hold an annual 3-day conference, at Launde Abbey, an Elizabethan Manor House of historic significance, near Oakham in Leicestershire. The Manor House is surrounded by beautiful gardens, parkland and woodland (web-site). There are several workshops, readings and discussions and attendees are invited to bring along their books for sale. A 'Launde' competition is held and the winning poems and a selection of poems from attendees is published in the Launde Bag, a supplement to the mid-year Newsletter. Festival: the annual festival takes place, usually in London for ease of access, late in the year (October/November) over 2 days, with workshops and readings. All events are open to non-members. Members receive priority bookings. Tutors: Past and forthcoming tutors at Launde Abbey and the festivals include Catherine Byron, Anne Cluysenaar, Kate Foley, Katherine Gallagher, Mimi Khalvati, Esther Morgan, Pascale Petit, Myra Schneider, Pauline Stainer and Penelope Shuttle. Other Events: Readings and workshops are arranged throughout the year, across the UK. Second Light Network publications are highly regarded, often going into re-run, and launch readings are popular and usually very well attended. Advance booking is recommended! Other prominent poets who have worked with the organization include Anna Adams, Gillian Allnutt, Moniza Alvi, U.A. Fanthorpe, Elaine Feinstein, Judith Kazantzis, Hilary Llewellyn-Williams, Meg Peacocke, Caroline Price and Anne Stevenson. Please feel free to print the events list for friends and colleagues: Second Light Network events list (pdf) and do let us know if you want to be added to our e-mailing list. 2008 (note: (more...) links open the pdf of the full events list) Aug, Tue 26 to Fri 29: Launde Abbey Tutors: Myra Schneider, Penelope Shuttle. Poetry courses start on Tuesday evening (evening meal provided) and go on to Friday lunchtime (lunch provided). They are for women aged around 40 and above with some experience of writing. Numbers have been around the 25 mark in past years, but most of the work is in smaller groups. Course content includes writing exercises, readings by facilitators and participants, discussions, free time for writing, and workshopping poems. Participants usually write new poems and there is a publication, The Launde Bag, for poems written, workshopped or read at Launde. The charge is £260 for a single room and £210 for a shared room. Nov, Fri 21 to Sat 22: Autumn Festival Not yet open for booking but dates are fixed. The main reading will take place on Saturday 22nd and all the workshops will be in The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, WC1. Men are welcome at the readings. (more...)
NewsletterMembers are invited to send news items (information about events, successes, publications) for inclusion in the Newsletter. The deadline is generally 6 weeks before press-date. Press dates are usually mid-May and mid-November each year. Send items for e-notices for the next Newsletter by e-mail to : Anne Stewart (preferred), or by post to Dilys Wood. (Where you are invited to submit copy, deadlines, when known, will be displayed here and please see formatting guidelines - link pdf) The Feb/Mar 2008 issue is due to be sent out at the end of the first week in March. If you are a member, and don't receive a copy, please let us know! Next: expected November 08 (please submit earlier if possible) Reviews
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2007 FORWARD PRIZE SHORTLISTINGS...
Competition Entry form (pdf) t/fDetails t/f. Winning and commended poems will be published in the Second Light Newsletter and on the Second Light Live web-site.
ResultsThe winning and commended poems will be published in the Feb/Mar 2008 edition of the Second Light Newsletter and on the SecondLightLive web-site (due for launch, March 2008). Judge: Carole Satyamurti (link to Carole Satyamurti web-page) 1st Prize: Pat Borthwick Apple Pie 2nd Prize: Kate Foley Thrift 3rd Prize: Doreen Hinchliffe The Regular read the winning poems (pdf file) Commended: Anne Alexander (2 poems), Jill Dawson, Kate Foley, Jane McLaughlin, Mary MacRae, Denise McSheehy, Anne Stewart, Fiona Ritchie Walker Shortlisted: Astrid Van Baalen, Pat Borthwick, Elizabeth Burns, Tricia Corob, Rhiannon Cree, Clare Crossman, Marilyn Donovan, Doreen Hinchliffe, Maria Jastrzebska (2 poems), Doreen King (2 poems), Gill McEvoy, Shelley McAllister, Jane McLaughlin, Rosemary McLeish, Pat Marum, Margaret Speak, Zoe Williams Judge: Penelope Shuttle link to web-page Winning poem: Pam Hughes Seven Sisters joint 2nd Prize: Anne Ryland Snegurochka Margaret Speak The Photographer's Apprentice read the winning and second prize poems and Judge's report (pdf file) Full Membership is open to women aged over 40, with a concessionary rate available for those with limited means, and Associate Membership is open to women under 40. Members receive twice-yearly Newsletters, other regular information about Second Light events and publications, discount on publications, priority booking, opportunities for publication in Newsletters and anthologies. Associate Members (women under 40) receive the same benefits as members, excepting that full members have priority for publication and the chance to read at SLN events. Current rates: £20 full membership, £13 concessionary full membership (concessions: these are not age-related but are for those who receive benefit relating to low income or are on very low income and not claiming benefit), £13 associate membership. There are also special rates for renewal/join with a selection of books. Donations welcome. Apply to join or renew: Complete the Application (pdf) Organiser: Dilys Wood Consultant: Myra Schneider - web-site Donations welcome. Please send cheque payable to "Second Light" to Dilys Wood, Organiser, Second Light Network, 9 Greendale Close, London SE22 8TG. Links: Second Light Network (lists contributors to Images of Women and My Mother Threw Knives)
Anna Adams Gillian Allnutt Moniza Alvi Catherine Byron Anne Cluysenaar UA Fanthorpe Elaine Feinstein Kate Foley Katherine Gallagher—(and Katherine on poetry p f ) Judith Kazantzis Mimi Khalvati Hilary Llewellyn-Williams Esther Morgan Meg Peacocke Pascale Petit Caroline Price Carole Satyamurti Myra Schneider (on poetry p f) Penelope Shuttle Pauline Stainer
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