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The Big Scribble is The Big Issue in the North Trust's annual poetry competition. All money raised will go towards supporting vendors as they improve the quality of their lives.
The winning poem will be published in The Big Issue in the North magazine alongside an interview with the writer.
The poems will also be published online here, and on Twitter and Facebook.
- Closing date 18th October 2010
- The theme this year is "Home" in line with National Poetry Day.
- Poems should be no more than 40 lines.
- Judged by Peter Kalu
- A minimum donation of £3 per poem is requested.
- Make your donation here then send poems to jane.logan@thebiglifecompany.com
- Or enter by post, send a cheque made payable to "The Big Issue in the North Trust" and your poem to The BIg Scribble,10 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JN.
Like our very sucessful event last year, we will hold a event where winners will be invited to read out their poems (or hear them being read out if they prefer).
We currently have our fundraising volunteers working hard to find additional prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and these will be announced shortly.
We look forward to reading your poems!
Below is our wonderful poster designed by Sharan Dhaliwal. You can find Sharan Dhaliwal on Twitter and see more of her work on her website here.
Please download the poster here and display it where you can.
Big Issue in the North Annual Poetry Competition Supported By:
(if you want to support the competition in anyway email jane.logan@thebiglifecompany.com)
