Visiting Writers Celebration

Our YouTube channel has been updated to include a video featuring all the visiting writers from our most recent programme.

Amongst the writers featured in the short film are Martin Figura, Paeony Lewis and Glenn Chandler.

To watch the film please go here.

Anthology Anniversary

Our Open Poetry Competition Anthology is still available to buy.

A new trailer for the book is now available to view on our popular YouTube channel. Please go here to watch the short film.

The book is available to buy by sending £7.00 per copy to our PayPal account. Please note, if you are purchasing the book outside Europe, the retail price is £10.00 a copy.

PayPal reference - norwichwriters@hotmail.co.uk

The Winner's Anthology can also be purchased by sending a £7.00 cheque made payable to Norwich Writers' Circle to:

Mrs M Nisbet
1 Stannard Road
Norwich NR4 7JD
England

Poetry People

Our popular YouTube channel has been updated to include a film featuring a series of images from our recent Open Poetry Competition Prize-Giving Evening.

Please go here to view the short film.

Sell Out Success

Following its launch less than a fortnight ago, our latest Open Poetry Anthology's 1st edition has already sold out.

The book's 2nd edition is now available to buy via our main website. To purchase your copy of the anthology, please go here.

Anniversary Anthology

Our popular Open Poetry Competition Anthology is now available to buy, following its recent launch at the Prize-Giving Evening.

To purchase the book, please go here.

Poetry Prize-Giving

At The Assembly House this evening we held the prize giving for our Annual Open Poetry Competition.

This year's competition, which had over 500 entries, was adjudicated by Martin Figura. The Joy Of Six member commented on the variety of the poems entered, plus also how much he enjoyed judging the competition.

After the compeition prize-winners were announced, a selection of poems from the Anthology were read aloud by the poets to a packed, and very appreciative, Kent Room.

The main competiton winners were:

1st - £300.00

The Explosion

by Howard Wright

2nd - £200.00

Growing Hippastrum

by Gill McEvoy

3rd - £100.00

The Yare At Rockland

by Melissa Collin

In additon to the above, the OPC's sponsored prizes were also announced. The winners in these catergories were as follows:

Family - H G Powell - £35.00

Just Jacaranda

by Wendy Klein

Humorous - John Coleridge - £15.00

For The Good Of Her Health

by Bob Sheed

Minimalist - John Lewis (token) - £10.00

Early Snow

by Tim Lenton

All the winning poems are now featured in our competition's 40th Anniversary Anthology, which was also launched this evening.

The popular Winners' Anthology is also now available to purchase via our website, by going here.

Please visit norwichwriters.org.uk to see the full list of winners.

Room For Poetry

Please remember that our Open Poetry Competition adjudication, which takes on 19th April, will be held in The Assembly House's Kent Room, rather than in our regular meeting place.

Be certain to get to the 7.30pm event, hosted by competition adjudicator Martin Figura, in good time, as it is promises to be one of the most popular meetings in our calender.

We look forward to seeing you there.

A Big Thank You

A big Thank You to everyone who has entered this year's Open Poetry Competition - our 40th.

All the competition entries are currently being adjudicated by Martin Figura, in readiness of the winners being announced at a special event on the 19th April at The Assembly House.

Please return to this Blog for the latest OPC updates.

One Week To Go

There is only one week to enter our popular annual Open Poetry Competition.

This year's competition has a top prize in the Open Category of £300.00, and will be adjudicated by Martin Figura.

To view the Competition's online trailer, please go here. Allternatively, to download an Information Pack, and for more information, please go to norwichwriters.org.uk/poetry.

One Month To Go

You have only a month left to enter our popular annual Open Poetry Competition.

This year's competition will be adjudicated by Martin Figura, and has a top prize in the Open Category of £300.00.

To download an Information Pack, and for more information, please visit norwichwriters.org.uk/poetry. Alternatively, to view the Competition's online trailer, please go here.

Poetry Outline

News of Norwich Writers’ Circle’s 40th Open Poetry Competition has now reached the 35,000+ readers of Outline Magazine.

Details of the OPC, which closes on the 15th February, not the 5th as stated, are featured within the Art & About section of the listings magazine, which is widely distributed for free throughout Norwich.

For more information on the Open Poetry Competition, please visit norwichwriters.org.uk/poetry, or read the magazine article below from the January 2011 issue:

Poetry Please

Entries are flooding in for our 2011 Open Poetry Competition, which was launched earlier this year.

This year's competition is being adjudicated by Martin Figura and features top prizes in the Open Category of £300.00, £200.00 and £100.00.

The competition closing date is 15th February 2011.

To downland an Information Pack, simply visit norwichwriters.org.uk/poetry.

Alternatively, to watch the competition trailer, please go here.

NWC OPC Mix

Visitors to our popular YouTube channel can now a watch video compliation celebrating NWC's annual Open Poetry Competition.

This year's competition is being adjudicated by Martin Figura and features top prizes in the Open Category of £300.00, £200.00 and £100.00.

The competition closing date is 15th February 2011.

To downland an Information Pack, simply visit norwichwriters.org.uk/poetry.

To watch the video playlist, please click here.

A Way With Words

The first Wymondham Festival Of Literature is next weekend.

The inaugural event, which runs from Friday 17th to Sunday 19th September, features a weekend of readings, conversation and music set in the beautiful and historic South Norfolk market town.

Amongst the weekend's highlights is An Evening With Helen Ivory, Martin Figura And Friends. This entertaining evening of readings features Martin Figura, who will be adjudicating this year's Norwich Writers' Circle Open Poetry Competition.

Please visit wymondhamarts.com for more Festival info.

OPC 2011 Launched

Our 2011 Open Poetry Competition has been launched.

The competition - Norwich Writers' Circle's 40th - has the following prizes in the Open Category:

1st

£300.00

2nd

£200.00

3rd 

£100.00

In addition to the main prizes, we also have sponsored ones for Minimalist and Humorous poetry, plus another on The Family.

The competition closes on the 15th February 2011, and this year, as previously announced, will be judged by Martin Figura.

A prizegiving evening, featuring adjudications and readings, will then take place on the 19th April 2011 at The Assembly House. This evening also sees the launch of the Competition's Anthology, which will be able to be purchased from the night onwards.

To read the Competition rules and much more, please visit the dedicated section of our main website by going here.

OPC Adjudicator Announced

The adjudicator for our 2011 Open Poetry Competition will be Martin Figura.

Martin's first poetry collection - The Little Book Of Harm - was published in 2000 and is now in its 4th edition. Another book, entitled Ahem, followed in 2005. Most recently, the last year has seen 2 new collections, Different Words For Toilet and Whistle, both become widely available.

In addition to the above, Martin is also a member of The Joy of Six, with whom he has toured and performed with at numerous events and festivals, from Norfolk to New York.

Watch this space for further details of our latest Open Poetry Competition - NWC's 40th - in the months ahead.