The Tower Poetry Summer School
Christ Church, Oxford

25 – 28 August 2009

Young poets between 18-23 are invited to apply for the residential school to develop writing and critical skills through a series of exciting and challenging workshops run by Jane Draycott, a UK-based poet with a particular interest in sound art and collaborative and digital work and Frances Leviston, whose first volume of poems was shortlisted for the T.S Eliot Prize.  At the end of the summer school, the students’ work will be edited for publication.

All tuition and accommodation costs will be paid for by Tower Poetry. 

Eligibility

To be eligible, students should be aged 18 or over, and no older than 23, on 25 August 2009. 

Students should be usually resident in the UK

How to apply

To apply, send:

• 3 of your own poems, together with
• a covering letter listing any previous writing achievements, and
• tell us why you want to take part. 

To the address below no later than 13 June 2009.

Please also include:

• your date of birth
• home address
• telephone number (mobile or home)
• email address

and, for those applicants in full or part-time education:

• name, address & phone number of your school, college or university
• name of tutor as referee

Deadline for applications

13 June 2009

Send your application to

Tower Poetry
Christ Church
Oxford
OX1 1DP

Entries by email are not accepted. 

For further information contact 01865 286591 or email info@towerpoetry.org.uk

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