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Marilyn Donovan

 Canterbury Festival
Poet of the Year

 

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Nominated for the  Canterbury Culture Awards 2011
'Community Pioneer' Award

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Not Only the Dark:
160 poems on the theme of survival

THE JOLLY SAILOR, CANTERBURY

Sunday 12th February 2012 at 6.30pm

 

Following the wonderful reading from Derek Sellen at the Jolly Sailor in January, we are pleased to announce that February's poetry evening will include readings from Not Only the Dark, the phenomenally successful and universally praised anthology published by Word Aid in aid of Shelterbox.

'These diverse, passionate poems celebrate our shared humanity, fragility and strength. They offer shelter to anyone who feels left out in the cold' -Catherine Smith

'Here is a volume of poetry which asks the questions it shouldn't, exploring the small and big things we need to do to survive in a world crying out against the push to reduce us to the bare minimum' John Siddique

There are poems from poets such as Patience Agbabi, Kate Clanchy, Mario Petrucci, Penelope Shuttle, Maggie Harris, Nancy Gaffield, Jan Montefiore and Patricia Debney in the anthology as well as many more names you will have heard of.

It will prove to be a special evening and it is all free ( except the books of course!!). Please come along on the 12th and listen to some great poetry;

And there is an open mic to read your own work!

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SAVEAS CHRISTMAS QUIZ ...

The Jolly Sailor hosted another great SaveAs event with the Christmas Quiz on 21st December. Quizmaster Luigi Marchini kept the unruly teams in order and teams fielded some tough questions. Never has one man done so much to raise the profile of the worldwide origins of brands of beer. Congratulations to The Pessimists who exceeded their own expectations to take first prize.

Quiz Winners

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CLOSING DATE 31 DECEMBER 2011 ...

 

SaveAs Prose and Poetry Competition Awards 2011

 

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POETRY: Poems are welcome on any subject, with a maximum of 50 lines.
This year the poetry prize will be judged by Sarah Jackson, Author of Milk (Pighog Press, 2008),

shortlisted for the Michael Marks pamphlet. prize. New collection forthcoming from Bloodaxe in 2012.

 

 

PROSE: Stories may have any theme, with a maximum of 4000 words.

This year the prose prize will be judged by Nancy Gaffield, Author of Tokaido Road (CB Editions, 2011),

shortlisted for the Forward first collection prize and winner of the Aldeburgh first collection prize.

 

Prizes: 1st Prize - £35, 2nd Prize - £20, 3rd Prize - £10. Plus each winner receives a trophy

 

Deadline 31 December 2011.

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SAVEAS WRITERS

 

Siege of Canterbury Millennial Competition Results

 

Prose competition

Winners:

1st: Marilyn Donovan  Scriptorium    2nd  Jo Field  In the Enemy Camp.

3rd: Patricia Griffin    For Love and Money. Honourable mention:   Jeremy Langrish   1012: The Millers Arms; Backroom Banter Others shortlisted;       Marilyn Donovan   Deliver us from Evil,  Lorraine Hayward 2011: The Fall of the Spirit of Canterbury.

Adjudicator's Report (Prose): Luigi Marchini

 

Poetry competition

Winners:

1st: Derek Sellen  The Siege of Canterbury    2nd: Sonia Overall      Unready    3rd: Nicky Gould   Valkyrie.

Honourable mentions: Gillian Laker Palm Sunday Jo Field Gold is the Colour,  Ron Ogilvie   A Witness Worth of WordsRuth Henderson   The Siege of Canterbury

Adjudicator's Report (Poetry): Chris Hobday

 

 


  


 

 

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SAVEAS POETS SCOOP THE TOP TWO PLACES IN THE CANTERBURY FESTIVAL POET OF THE YEAR 2011 AWARDS!

Winner
Marilyn Donovan
for Mapping a Kingfisher

Second Place
Gillian Laker
for Off-Shore Breezes

CONGRATULATIONS!

3rd Prize: Isabella Devani
To My Ex-Husband

Best Read Prize: Derek Sellen
The Mushroom Pickers

Best Read Runner Up: Felicity Ann Cowie
My knitting is knitting itself

11 of the  29 poets in the longlist were from SaveAs, Deal Writers or from the Jolly Sailor events - a wonderful achievement!

Anthology available from Canterbury Festival Office,
8 Orange Street, Canterbury.