Summer School 2012
The 8th Tower Poetry Summer School for young poets aged 18-23 will be held in Christ Church, Oxford from 28-31 August 2012. The tutors will be Alan Gillis (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) and Kevin Young (Emory University, Atlanta, USA).
Tower Poetry,
Christ Church,
Oxford, OX1 1DP
Tel: 01865 286591
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Congratulations to all who worked on a poem on the theme of 'Promises' and entered the Tenth Christopher Tower Poetry Prize. The winners are Emily Harrison (Cirencester College, Gloucestershire) who won the £3000 first prize with her poem Love Has No Larynx; second (£1000) prize went to Katie Woods (John Taylor High School, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) with Selkie and the third prizewinner (£500) is Megan Owens (Farlingaye High School, Woodbridge, Suffolk) with Jane Loudon. The other short-listed winners, who each received £250 were: Jamie Sutherland (Winchester College, Hampshire) with Dear Dad, Julia Goroszeniuk (St Paul's Girls' School, London) with A Portrait Painted Scarfless, and Hugo Havranek (St Paul's School, London) with Sign Language. |
About Tower Poetry
Tower Poetry exists to encourage and challenge everyone who reads or writes poetry. Funded by a generous 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 challenge people to write their own poetry. Creative writing should be a central element in literary education, and learning about writing poetry can help students to think about ways of reading poetry.
Publications
Poems from the 7th Tower Poetry Summer School 2010
Edited by Daljit Nagra and Jo Shapcott
The Twelve contains 56 poems from the 12 young poets who attended the Summer School.