West Euston poet Norah, was born 19th February 1924 and
died 13 July 2005. The Norah Platt Poetry Prize has two
categories:
ONE PRIZE of £100 for a poet, aged 70 or older
(to celebrate Norah's late start in admitting she was a poet).
2007 Judges Wendy French and
Kim Morrissey
2006 judge: Kim Morrissey
2006 presented by Rose Hacker
THREE EQUAL PRIZES of £20 for a poet aged 12 or younger
(to encourage other young Norahs to start writing earlier).
2007 judges: Heeron Begh, Shahanara Begum and Tony Bloor
2006 judges: Heeron Begh, Shahanara Begum and Tony Bloor
2006 presented by:
Councillor Penny Abraham (Bloomsbury)
Councillor Arthur Graves (Belsize Park)
Councillor Jill Fraser (Mayor of Camden)
 ONE
POEM IS ALLOWED PER POET.
ENTRY
IS FREE.
ALL
POEMS MUST BE UNPUBLISHED.
ALL
POEMS MUST BE ONE PAGE OR LESS.
ALL
POETS MUST LIVE IN THE BOROUGH OF CAMDEN
THE
THEME OF THE POEM IS THE THEME SET BY THE POETRY SOCIETY FOR NATIONAL POETRY
DAY.
2007 THEME:
IF YOU ARE UNDER 13, please write your name, age, the name
of your school and the telephone number of your school on the back
page of your poem. You are allowed to send only one poem to the
contest. We will contact your school if you have won.
70 OR OVER, please write and your name, age and
address the back page of the poem and a self-addressed
stamped envelope if you would like your poem returned.
You are allowed to send only one poem to the contest.
Please include a telephone number or e-mail address so
we can contact you if you have won.
Permission to display the poems on the Presentation Day
is a condition of entering the contest. Winning poets will have the opportunity
to read with our Judges and the Purple Poets.
Please keep a copy of your poem;
we can not be responsible for lost items.
Copyright in all instances remains with the author.
Please mail (or e-mail) your poem
to the West Euston Time Bank.
Norah Platt Poetry Prize
The West Euston Time Bank.
69 -75 Stanhope Street
West Euston, London
NW1 3LD
Telephone: 020 7383 4382
info@westeustontimebank.org.uk
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