I would like to encourage Mumsnet subscribers to tell their children to enter this year's John Betjeman Poetry Competition //www.betjemanpoetrycompetition.com. The theme is 'place' and the competition is open to 10 - 13 year olds until the closing date of 31st July. The first prize is £1000. The winner, runner-up, and second runner-up will each win four standard class tickets from St Pancras International to Paris, Brussels or Lille. The top six entrants will win prizes of £50 book tokens.
The John Betjeman Poetry Competition seeks to foster a love of poetry in young people. It is our aim to support literacy and creativity, encouraging children aged 10-13 to explore the world they see around them through rhythm and language. The Patron of our trust is Joanna Lumley.
Each child is invited to send in (by post or online) one poem on the theme of ?place?. They can choose anywhere that is important to them ? from their bedroom to somewhere they visited on holiday, from their favourite park to their favourite building. The subject of their poem could be a city or a garden or a beach or a street. We are asking you to capture in words what that place means to them.
Winners of the poetry competition are invited to read their poems aloud to an audience of judges, entrants, teachers and parents as well as sponsors and press, at a prize giving held in October on the concourse of St Pancras station, next to the bronze statue of John Betjeman by Martin Jennings.
The competition is free to enter. Enter online at //www.betjemanpoetrycompetition.com.
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JBetjeman · 28/03/2011 23:02
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