JUDGING BEGINS
We are delighted to announce that thanks to the hard work of our judging panel judging panel, including Staffordshire Libraries and the Lichfield Festival – we have whittled down our poetry competition entries to a long list and they are now with our fabulous judge, the multi-award winning poet, writer, broadcaster, Michael Symmons Roberts.
Over the next month Michael will choose his top ten in each of our four age categories and these forty shortlisted poems will go on display in the Cathedral from November 22 until early January – thanks to our artist in residence Peter Walker.
Michael will announce the top three winning poems in each category at The Word Competition Prize Giving at 17:15 on Thursday 28 November.
And we are proud as punch to say Michael is our closing guest for our first poetry festival. You can hear Michael read from his latest collection and talk a little about what inspires him at An Evening with Michael Symmons Roberts at 19:00 on Thursday 28 November.