[New-Poetry] Arvon calling

[ts mclain]

> "So you've decided to go for it. You've cleared the breakfast dishes off
the dining table, and you're sitting there with your lucky pen. What shall
you write about?"

What? Without any paper?


On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:53 PM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/05/03/bopoems.xml
>
> Arvon Poetry Competition: 'Break every law...'
> Last Updated: 12:01am BST 03/05/2008
> As the Telegraph joins forces with the £5,000 Arvon Poetry Competition,
> Jean Sprackland offers some tips
> Arvon Poetry Competition entry form
>
> Don't be taken in: there is no one way to write a poem, no recipe or
> instruction manual, no winning formula where competitions are concerned.
> It's something you can only learn by doing, and even then it remains a
> slippery and mysterious process.
>
> Jean Sprackland won the 2007 Costa Poetry Award for Tilt
> As the Irish poet Michael Longley said, "If I knew where poems came from,
> I'd go there." But since I once had the privilege of acting as a judge of
> the Arvon International Poetry Competition, I do have a few thoughts that
> might be useful if you are thinking of trying your hand.
>
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