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16 June, 2009 to 08 November, 2009
Raise Your Banners Political Song Festival and Book Fair - 6-8 November 2009
The Raise Your Banners Political Song Festival and Book Fair takes place from 6-8 November at St Peter’s House, Forster Square, Bradford.
The Festival includes a political poetry competition with the theme "Living in 21st Century Yorkshire". Poems can be up to 50 lines, must be original and unpublished, in English and on the above theme.
Entry is free and two copies should be sent to: Raise Your Banners Poetry Competition, c/o Bradford Resource Centre, 17-21 Chapel Street, Bradford. BD1 5DT.
Entries can also be emailed as attachments to: raiseyourbanners@gmail.com with poetry competition in the subject box.
Full details of name, address, email, telephone contact, and title of poem should be included on a separate page. No identification of the author should appear on the poem. There is no entry form. Entries should be received by 01/09/09 and winners and runners-up will be notified by post by 01/10/09. Winning entries will be displayed during the course of the Festival, will be published in the festival programme and, subject to demand, published in an anthology.
Winning entrants will also be asked to read during the course of the Festival.
A copy of the rules and further details is attached and can also be found at the website http://www.raiseyourbanners.org