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Monthly Poetry Southeast London newsletter

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Here’s a selection of items from December issue PoetryNewsSoutheastLondon, plus some new events. Seasonal best wishes for now and the coming twelve months.

Thursday 21 December in SE10

Dusk: Solstice Shorts presented by Arachne Press

Reading of stories, poems and songs on the theme of Dusk, taking place in 12 different places as darkness travels from North East to South West. This event will be broadcast live. Please arrive for 5 pm to get refreshments before it begins!

Starts: 5 pm . Entry: By donation – suggested amount £3 (can be more or less depending how you judge your circumstances)

At: West Greenwich Library Greenwich High Road SE10 8NN

Supported using public funds by Arts Council England, and with the in-kind support of Better Libraries and Royal Borough of Greenwich. They need to match fund grant from the Arts Council – so please give what  you can.

See their website for more information, including other reading sites from Scotland to SW England: https://arachnepress.com/solstice-shorts/dusk-solstice-shorts-2017/

COMPETITION
 
Magma Poetry Magazine 2017/18 Competition open for entries – closing date 15 January 2015. Magma’s 2017/18 poetry competitions are now open for long and short (up to 10 lines) poems.
 
Award-winning poet Mona Arshi is the judge for the Judge’s Prize. The Editors’ Prize is judged by a panel of five Magma Editors. You can enter either or both. !st prize for the Judge’s and Editors’ Prize is £1000, 2nd prize £300 and 3rd prize £150.  Winning poets will be invited to read their poems at Magma Competition Event in Spring 2018.
 
Entry fees: £5 for the first poem, £4 for the second and £3.50 for the third and each subsequent poem. Magma magazine subscribers get reduced fees. You can subscribe to Magma from £18.50 via their Get Magma page. 
 
The competition closes on 15 January 2018. Further details, and electronic submission form (or a paper equivalent) can be found on their website: https://magmapoetry.com
 
PNSeL eNEWS is going… but here are other options.
 
There is currently no official successor to PNSEL eNEWS (of which this is the last full issue, although there may be a late December supplement). But there are other excellent electronic sources of information available, for those who wish to attend or promote poetry events in Southeast and South London (or further afield).
 
Here are ones that I know about. Feel free to suggest others.
 
Poetry Library e-newsletter and website
 
The Poetry Library has an events section on their website. Organisers can register events electronically. If you click link to register (at the top of their website) you will receive monthly summary of events featured on the site. 
 
Poetry London (magazine) 
 
They have a ‘listings’ section on their website which gives information about poetry events, courses etc . Poetry event organisers can submit details electronically. See: http://poetrylondon.co.uk
 
Twitter sites 
 
London Poetry Events: https://twitter.com/HouseofAlpha
Published: December 9, 2017
Filed Under: local poetry events, Poetry, poetry competions, Poetry Magazines, South London poetry events, Uncategorized

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