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NATURE AND

PLACE

POETRY

COMPETITION
2020

The Rialto working in association with the RSPB, BirdLife Interna-
tional and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative
Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place –
these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge.
Closing Date May 1st 2020 .
PRIZES
1st prize – £1000
Artists, Clubs, Festivals, Musicians and the 2nd prize – £500
audience with our updated “One Stop” di- 3rd prize – £250
rectory. The directory will feature: ADDITIONAL PRIZES
A personal tour with Mark Cocker of his most cherished wildlife
• Artists – Musicians places in East Anglia .
• Music Festivals – Cruises - Holidays MARK COCKER is one of Britain’s most celebrated writers on
• Talent Quests – Judges – Comperes nature. His most recent book, Our Place, is essential reading for
• Music Clubs – Venues all environmentalists. He is also author of Birds and People, the
• Promoters – Agents – Managers - Merchandise award winning Crow Country, and of Birds Britannica. He writes
• Photograhers – Graphic Designers and broadcasts regularly in national media and his column in The
• Radio/Announcers/Programs - Recording Studio’s – Filming Guardian has run for more than 30 years.*
Studio’s *The prize does not include the cost of travel or accommodation.
• Vocal Coaches – Songwriting – Chart Writing - Teachers JUDGE
Pascale Petit
What does $25 per year get you? Pascale Petit’s seventh collection, Mama Amazonica (Bloodaxe,
• Listing on the directory (Up to 3 categories per client) Eg; 2017), won the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize 2018
you could be listed as Artist a Musician and an MC – the first time a poetry book won this prize for a work of fiction,
• Links directed to your social media pages. Weekly updates non-fiction or poetry best evoking the spirit of a place. It was also
to your listing shortlisted for the Roehampton Prize and was a Poetry Book Soci-
• Presence on a well established high traffic website looking ety Choice. Her eighth collection, Tiger Girl, due from Bloodaxe in
specifically for your service 2020, won a Royal Society of Literature ‘Literature Matters’ Award
while in progress. Four of her earlier collections were shortlisted
For less than 50c per week, you can be active on the website for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Petit is a recipient of a Cholmondeley
that showcases the music industry. Award and in 2018 was elected as an RSL Fellow.
Contact Tracy today to join this exciting directory and stay top of You can submit up to six poems in one batch, the entry fee for the
mind. Email – dandtrobinson@westnet.com.au first poem is £7 and includes an administration fee, the fee for
each subsequent poem in the batch is £4.
If you wish to submit more than six poems you will need to make a
second submission which will include a second administration fee.
Please note we require poems to be sent as either as a Adobe PDF
or a Microsoft Word .doc or a .docx. Please paste all your poems
into one file which you can upload on the submission page on Sub-
mittable after you’ve made your payment. Please retain all emails
from Submittable regarding your submission and transaction.
If you have any queries regarding the competition please contact
matt.howard@therialto.co.uk

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