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News…Poetry MattersIn this month's Poetry Matters Simon Pomery gets to grips with Michael Hofmann''s new Selected Poems, Anna Lewis admires Ciaran Carson's For All We Know, and Nicholas Pierpan enjoys John Kinsella's Shades of the Sublime and Beautiful. Applications Open for The Tower Poetry Summer School 2008Tower Poetry is offering young poets between the ages of 18-23 the chance to attend The annual Tower Poetry Summer School to be held at Christ Church, Oxford, between 26-29 August, 2008. The residential school will give 12 young people the opportunity to develop their own writing and critical skills through a series of exciting and challenging workshops run by experienced tutors. Visit the Summer School page for further information and details on how to apply. Christopher Tower Poetry Prize Winners 2008Updated 30 April: Listen to the prize winners read their poems (MP3 download) Updated 21 April: photographs from the prize ceremony at Christ Church College are now available, along with an exclusive digital-only collection of the winning poems (pdf). Thank you to all the entrants for this year’s Christopher Tower Poetry Prize. The theme of ‘Change’ captured the interest of an extremely high number of 16-18 year olds. The winners are: First prize Second prize Third prize Highly commended See Press Release Tower Poetry exists to encourage and challenge everyone who reads or writes poetry.Established following a bequest to Christ Church, Oxford, by the late Christopher Tower, the aims of Tower Poetry are clear: to stimulate an enjoyment and critical appreciation of poetry, particularly among young people in education, and to encourage people to write their own poetry. The Christopher Tower Poetry Prizes, launched in 2000, seek out and encourage young poets. Each year, students between the ages of 16-18 years are asked to submit poems on a set theme, and the prizes have rapidly established themselves as the most prestigious poetry awards in the UK for this age group. Tower Poetry also undertakes work in poetry education through ventures such as the annual Tower Poetry Summer School, conferences, readings, and a range of publishing initiatives. Our website section, Poetry Matters, is home to an impressive and rapidly growing archive of poetry reviews written by leading poets and critics, while young and emerging poets are also given opportunity to showcase their individual talents alongside more established writers. The work of Tower Poetry is always developing and widening in scope- keep an eye on this site for details about forthcoming initiatives. |