Home - with Amnesty International
It gives me great pleasure to announce an upcoming competition that I'm putting together with Ade Couper, a representative of Amnesty International's Worcestershire branch and a fellow poet, to promote awareness of Refugee Week, which takes place on 15th - 21st June, 2020.
Amnesty International is a global organisation that works tirelessly to promote and facilitate human rights for all, and Ade and I hope this competition will be a tiny step towards helping that.
The competition itself will open in mid-March and it will remain open until May 1, at which point Ade and I will join forces to read your entries and decide on a shortlist of 10 poems. The poets behind these works will be invited along to a live evening of poetry readings in Worcester City Centre, where the top 3 poems / poets will be announced on the night itself.*
So, to get all the handy details in one place:
All entries should be submitted to the email address: amnestypoetrycomp@gmail.com
All PayPal entries should be sent, via Friends and Family transfer, to: ade.couper@gmx.co.uk
If you have any questions about the competition, please do get in touch using the Contact Form on this website or you can email us directly using the Amnesty Poetry Competition email address listed above.
Warm wishes,
Charley and Ade
*Please note: Given the current health climate in the UK, we're aware that events are subject to change at short notice. While we sincerely hope that things will be different by June, we will also look to make alternative arrangements for a winners' event should that be required.
Amnesty International is a global organisation that works tirelessly to promote and facilitate human rights for all, and Ade and I hope this competition will be a tiny step towards helping that.
The competition itself will open in mid-March and it will remain open until May 1, at which point Ade and I will join forces to read your entries and decide on a shortlist of 10 poems. The poets behind these works will be invited along to a live evening of poetry readings in Worcester City Centre, where the top 3 poems / poets will be announced on the night itself.*
So, to get all the handy details in one place:
- The competition is NOW OPEN and closes at midnight on May 1
- All entries must be written to the theme of 'Home'
- Each entry will cost £2 to submit, with all monies raised going back into the Amnesty International charity
- There is no limit on how many times any one poet can submit different works to be considered
- All poems should be 40 lines or fewer
- This competition is open to a worldwide audience, so we will read and accept entries from anywhere!
All entries should be submitted to the email address: amnestypoetrycomp@gmail.com
All PayPal entries should be sent, via Friends and Family transfer, to: ade.couper@gmx.co.uk
If you have any questions about the competition, please do get in touch using the Contact Form on this website or you can email us directly using the Amnesty Poetry Competition email address listed above.
Warm wishes,
Charley and Ade
*Please note: Given the current health climate in the UK, we're aware that events are subject to change at short notice. While we sincerely hope that things will be different by June, we will also look to make alternative arrangements for a winners' event should that be required.