Co-founded and judged by Spread the Word and Young People's Laureate for London Caleb Femi to celebrate and nurture poetry written by young people in the capital.
Open Until:
Posted: 10/03/2022
Spread the Word is pleased to open a brand new Award that will discover and profile talented young poets in the capital.
Judged by the Young Peoples Laureate for London, Caleb Femi, the
Awards will celebrate talented young poets aged 13 25 living in
London. Were asking poets to create written or performed poems on the
theme of Tomorrow.
Caleb Femi introduces the award and talks about why he chose the theme of tomorrow in a short video on Spread the Word’s site:
The awards are open
until 2 May 2017 for written or performed poems on the theme of ‘tomorrow’.
The Awards are in two
categories: 13 – 17 year olds and 18 – 25 year olds.
There’s more info on the
website including ‘the lowdown’ on timings, format, length, how to entre, more about the prizes and some top tips from Caleb.
Prizes inc £75 vouchers
/ £75 cash (older category), publication of the winning poems and invitation to
attend Caleb Femi’s Poetry Lab Masterclass.
