Poetry Competition - open for submissions!
We are looking for poems that explore the subject of the physical book. Five winning entries will be included in an arts documentary film about the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge. Theme: Submitted poems should be up to one minute in length when read aloud and should focus on the subject of the physical... View Article
We are looking for poems that explore the subject of the physical book. Five winning entries will be included in an arts documentary film about the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge.
Theme:
Submitted poems should be up to one minute in length when read aloud and should focus on the subject of the physical book.
The 5 winning poems will be recorded at a local studio in Canterbury and included in an arts documentary about the Beaney Library. The film was shot during the last 3 months of construction prior to the opening in September 2012.
The film is due to be released in early September and will be screened at the Wise Words Festival.
The film itself also will consider the future of the book next to its modern companion, the E-reader, and this can also be part of the writer’s musings.
Judges: This competition is being run by the Wise Words Festival and Escott & French productions. The winning poems will be selected by a panel who will include a representative from these organisations alongside the current Canterbury Laureate Dan Simpson, Wise Words Festival Patron Jane Gardam and poet John Siddique.
Process:
Last date for receipt of submissions is 12th August 2013.
Writers of selected poems will be notified by 21st August.
Poems should be submitted by email to: [email protected]
Postal entries or deliver by hand to:
Mitch Roberston, Canterbury Museums and Galleries
Beaney House of Art & Knowledge
18 High Street, Canterbury CT1 2RA
A series of images from the up-coming film can be seen below. Please note however that submitted poems should consider the content parameters given above and not just the Beaney building itself. Parallels could be drawn between the new and old parts of the Beaney and that of the old physical book and the modern e-readers.
Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.
