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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2011 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition The 11th competition will open on Monday 1 November when full details of the theme, closing date, judges and rules for entry will be on the website. The 22nd Aldeburgh Poetry Festival runs from 5-7 November 2010. Don Paterson and Elaine Feinstein (both recently connected with Tower Poetry are in the programme). The full Festival programme of forty-four events (12 free), held in venues throughout the irresistible small seaside town of Aldeburgh, can be found at: www.thepoetrytrust.org. Tickets range from £3 – £14 and can be booked online at www.aldeburgh.co.uk (follow link to Aldeburgh Poetry Festival) or at 01728 687110. Congratulations to Simon Armitage, one of the judges of the Christopher Tower Poetry Competition in 2008, and on the shortlist for the 13th Keats-Shelley Prize Awards where the theme was ice. Full shortlist: Simon Armitage, Chris Edgoose, Charles Evans, Pat Winslow, Annemarie Austin, Gill Learner, Victor Tapner, Maitreyabandhu, Pat Borthwick, Martyn Crucefix, Emma Harding and Judy Brown. See www.keats-shelley.com for further details. Best Collection Shortlist for the 19th Forward Prize for Poetry
The 22nd Aldeburgh Poetry Festival runs from 5-7 November 2010. Don Paterson and Elaine Feinstein (both recently connected with Tower Poetry are in the programme). The |
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.