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National Poetry Day 2018 is on Thursday 4th October 2018 and the theme this year is ‘Change’.
Andover Radio’s Poet Laureate Daniel Hooks (“The Alien Poet”) has recorded budding poets from around Andover to take part.
“We will broadcast one poem every hour during National Poetry Day”.
Daniel has recorded a wide range of poets from all over Andover. So tune in to listen to the sound of Andover Poetry today.
National Poetry Day 2018 is on Thursday 4th October 2018 and the theme this year is ‘Change’.
Expect an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK – in schools, libraries, bookshops and hospitals, on buses, trains and boats – all celebrating poetry’s power to bring people together. Just look at our events listing to see what’s happening near you.
Andover Radio’s Poet Laureate Daniel Hooks (“The Alien Poet”) is asking budding poets from around Andover to take part. “I would love to hear from people who want to get their poems broadcast.
“Poets will be given the chance to submit poems for broadcast on Andover Radio.
“We will broadcast one poem every hour during National Poetry Day”.
Poems should ideally be 40 seconds long when reading out loud and they must have the theme of ‘Change’. Poets are welcome to come to the Andover Radio studios on Andover High Street to record their works.
For further information or to submit a poem please send an email to daniel@loveandover.com
Author Dan Hooks
From Love Andover Radio
During the school summer holidays, Andover museum held a summer historical writing competition.
It was open to 5 – 15-year-olds. Children were invited to write a fictional piece of creative writing about a character found in the Museum. The historical facts had to be correct using information found in Andover Museum!
50 children signed up for this summer holiday challenge, only 9 children were shortlisted.
6 of those children were invited to Andover museum Saturday, September 14th, 2018, treated to homemade lemonade and biscuits, before finding out the results of the competition.
Andover Town Mayor, Barbara Long and local children’s playwright Cat Randle awarded the prizes to the children.
The overall winner of the competition was Nicola Wheeler.
The judges were gripped by her creation of character and her illustration.
With 3 highly commended awards going to Lilla Stacey, Bradley Ware and Jessica Patterson. Lilla won because of her imaginative drawing, Bradley wrote non-fiction, this was not part of the requirements, however, the judges were taken with his writing style. Jessica’s created excellent lifelike characters and wrote about the Andover Workhouse.A.
Eric Berlin – Futility the Beautiful
Isabel Bermudez – Serenade
Alan Buckley – Clocks
Sue Chamberlain – Remember those lessons you made me go to
Rachel Curzon – Jardin Des Tuileries
Harriet David – Eelcakes
Hugh Dunkerley – Rite
Alan Dunnett – Witch
Inua Ellams – Plight / Fantasy
Inua Ellams – Solider / Ants
Richard Evans – Murmuration
Niall Firth – Faith
Clifford Forde – The Letter Writer
Michael Fraser – Mary Fields
Nicki Heinen – Three Short Poems for Music
Rosie Jackson – An Anchorite Laments the Destruction of her Cell in Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1537
Stephen Keeler – Imbolc
Joanne Key – The Dream Life Of Mr Woodbine
Ruth McIlroy – A Meant Thing To Tell
Paul McMahon – The Night-Birds
Margot Myers – 29 Ratcliffe Highway
Laurence O’Dwyer – Garage League
James O’Hara-Knight – Lessons With Lilith
Cheryl Pearson – Collecting The Eggs
Katrina Porteous – Cubby
Mara Adamitz Scrupe – A Birder’s Cacophony
Ellora Sutton – Remains
The winners will be announced at a special prize-giving event at the Winchester Poetry Festival on Saturday 6 October 2018. Tickets for this event are free and can be booked via the Theatre Royal Winchester Box Office.
Winning and commended poems will also be published in a competition anthology to be launched on the day.
Thank you to everyone who entered their work, and for supporting the Winchester Poetry Prize 2018.
Find out more about The Winchester Poetry Festival here
The team that brought Andover ‘And Now We Tell Our Tale’ are returning to the Lights. Roy Chatfield’s new play ‘It Happened In Hampshire’ will be staged there with a professional cast on Tuesday 5 February 2019. It will also be visiting local schools.
Roy Chatfield
It Happened In Hampshire’ is an irreverent romp through Hampshire’s past, incorporating music, rap and audience participation. Highlights include
The show is family friendly and you can book at The Lights.
The prize is £20 and there is £1 entry. Entries must be 500 words or less and include drawings and cartoon captions. Entry form and rules are at The Andover Museum. Entries close on Monday, September 4th.
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