Saturday, December 14, 2019

Trim Poetry Festival/Competition!

Trim Poetry Festival/Competition/Launch, Boyne Berries 27!

The above festival takes place on both Friday and Saturday the 13th and 14th of March 2020. The submission deadline for Boyne Berries 27 is fast approaching (Wednesday 1st of January) and guidelines for this are posted on their webpage; link to the right. The Friday evening of the festival will include the launch of the magazine and readings from the contributors. Saturday will have a poetry workshop by festival poet, Anne Tannam.

Trim Poetry Competition

The deadline for this one is the 12th of February and the judges are Michael Farry and Orla Fay. There is quite a substantial prize for the winner and runners up and a shortlist of ten will be posted towards the end of February. Those included will be notified and invited to read at the festival on Saturday afternoon the 14th of March. The winner and shortlisted poems will be published in Boyne Berries 27. Be sure to check out all details and guidelines before entering. 


Michael Farry has further info on this on his webpage; link to the right. Also details are on the competition page of the Poetry Ireland website.  

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