Foyle
Young
Poets
of the Year Award
2009
Are
you the young voice of Poetry?
Open to young people aged 11-17
Deadline
for all submissions 31st July 2009
Time to get writing! To enter simply go to
www.foyleyoungpoets.org
Those young poets whose work is selected as the most promising will
attend a week long residential course at a prestigious Arvon Centre,
where they will be tutored by this year’s judges, Lemn Sissay
and Selima Hill. Those winners under the age of 14 will receive a
visit to their school from a professional poet. Lemn Sissay has this
message to spur on any would-be young poets out there:
‘Get writing! If you don’t do it now then when will you?
I bet some of you write poetry secretly. Why secretly? You use your
imagination everyday, even if you think you don’t…Write
yourself a dream or a nightmare. Say what you never thought you could
say. Write that secret. Write that lyrical poem. Write that funny
poem. Write if you’ve never written a poem before.’
Enter
Now!!! Good Luck!!!
