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 13^th 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.

• Seamus Heaney - Human Chain
• Lachlan Mackinnon - Small Hours
• Sinead Morrissey - Through the Square Window
• Robin Robertson - The Wrecking Light
• Fiona Sampson - Rough Music
• Jo Shapcott - Of Mutability
• On 6 October Seamus Heaney's Human Chain was announced as the winner.

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.