Summer School 2010

The 7th Tower Poetry Summer School (24-27 August) for young poets aged 18-23 will be held in Christ Church Oxford.

 

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Competition 2010

The Christopher Tower Poetry Competition, the UK's most valuable prize for young poets, is once again open for entries, and this year students between 16-18 years of age are challenged to write a poem on the theme of 'Promises'

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Poetry Matters

Poetry Matters is an exciting on-line poetry magazine which provides a fresh, dynamic perspective on poetry issues through a mix of news, reviews and comment.

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Tower Poetry Review

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Welcome to the latest edition of Tower Poetry Review which showcases new poetry from some of the rising young stars in British poetry, as well as the usual stimulating mix of reviews, news and events, and weblinks.

TPR is a downloadable newsletter with a compact format - five issues have been published - and features a selection of the reviews and poetry taken from Poetry Matters, as well as information about forthcoming events around the country, useful weblinks, new publications, and a few other interesting items along the way.

TPR is available free of charge and can be downloaded in PDF format.

pdficon_small We have put together a summary of 'Tower Poetry at Ten' - an anniversary
update of activities - which is available here.

Back issues are also available

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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.

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