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Birmingham Poets Laureate 2018-2020: Call for applications
Deadline: Tue 31 Jul 2018
Could you be Birmingham’s next Poet Laureate or Young Poet Laureate? Library of Birmingham and Writing West Midlands are looking for two wonderful poets to fill these honorary posts from October 2018 to September 2020. The Young Poet Laureate must be under 18 on 1 October 2018, and the Poet Laureate will be over 18 on the same date.
You will be asked to help make poetry accessible across diverse communities and to use poetry to help promote the city. This might include writing poems to commission, performing poetry, running workshops, getting involved in cultural events and working with the city’s many poets and poetry groups.
Birmingham’s Poet Laureate and Young Poet Laureate may sometimes be asked to work together. Both will be supported by an experienced local poet (funded by Poetry on Loan), who will provide appropriate guidance and mentoring.
The posts are open to poets who are living, working or studying in Birmingham. Applicants must be poets of a high standard, able to write to commission and perform and talk about their work in public.
Further details and to apply
here
The deadline for receipt of applications is 5pm on Tuesday 31 July 2018.
Shortlisted poets will be asked to attend an interview on Thursday 20 September at the Library of Birmingham.
Recruitment for the Birmingham Poet Laureate scheme 2018 – 2020 is managed for the Library of Birmingham by Writing West Midlands.
The scheme is supported by Poetry on Loan.
Additional Information:
Location:
Birmingham
Region(s):
West Midlands
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