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Poetry Prize 2013 | Updates
19.03.2013
With the 30th April deadline for this year's Poetry Prize now on the horizon we thought this would be a good moment to look at some of the achievements of the last few months.
In December the eBook “Poems to Talk About” went to number 3 in the Amazon Kindle Poetry... Read more
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Shona Albouy Wins Poetic Republic Poetry Prize 2012
07.11.2012
The winner of the Poetic Republic Poetry Prize 2012 is Shona Albouy with her poem Spider .
The winner of the first Portfolio Prize was Sharon Black for her two poems Water into Wine and Babel .
Both Shona and Sharon were previously shortlisted in the Poetic Republic Poetry Prize 2010... Read more
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eBook update: 1,404 poems received this year
23.07.2012
1404 poems were received from 786 participants. Poets hailed from 50 different countries.
This year the effect of making commenting compulsory alongside voting significantly increased the number of comments on poems to 9542 (from 1540 comments last year). This means that there is a wealth of... Read more
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Poetic Republic Poetry Prize 2012 is open for entries
30.01.2012
The Poetic Republic Poetry Competition 2012 is open for entries. The deadline is 30th April 2012. Read more
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Francesca McMahon Wins MAG Poetry Prize 2011
24.07.2011
Francesca McMahon wins MAG Poetry Prize for third year. Read more
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State of the Arts 2011 and Future Democracy ‘10
21.02.2011
Review of State of the Arts 2011 and Future Democracy ‘10. Read more
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Surprise winner in innovative MAG Poetry Competition
19.07.2010
The events team at leading landmine charity Mines Advisory Group (MAG), which the competition raises funds for, didn’t quite know what to say.
Organiser of the MAG Poetry Competition, Peter Hartey, was plainly surprised at the result.
But the result was clear –... Read more
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Poetry competitions and e-democracy in the UK
07.02.2010
Can a creative writing competition (the MAG poetry competition) solve one of the central problems of e-democracy?
First of all, if we're a little shaky on what the term e-democracy means (probably most of us) we can clear this up by reviewing (selectively) the discussion topics at the... Read more
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Francesca McMahon wins MAG Poetry Prize 2009
10.08.2009
See homepage for details. Read more
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MAG Responds to Gaza Crisis
13.02.2009
MAG's emergency response project for Gaza is contributing to the post-conflict reconstruction efforts by ensuring as safe an environment as possible for the local population and development agencies. Latest activities (7-13 February) MAG staff undertook nine tasks during the week... Read more
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Awarded “Site of the Week”
29.12.2008
Yes, we were just blown away to be awarded Manchester Evening News "Site of the Week" just in time for Christmas. An unexpected present! Poetry had another Christmas present in the UK with two versions of the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah" fighting for the Christmas number... Read more
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Celebrity Shoes!
29.11.2008
Yes,
MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is holding an online Celebrity Shoe Auction.
Shoes from Tony Blair, Dame Shirley Bassey, Greg Rusedski, Barbara Bach, Jarvis Cocker, Ian Hislop, Geri Halliwell, Lulu, Theo Walcott and many more...
Check out... there must be some poetry somewhere amongst... Read more
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Press Release
20.11.2008
POETRY COMPETITION IN AID OF LANDMINE CHARITY
With landmines still threatening the lives and security of thousands around the world, a UK-based poetry group is looking to use creative writing as a way of raising funds for life-saving humanitarian work.
Peter Hartey, who pioneered the... Read more
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Launch Event 9th July 2008
17.10.2008
Poetic Republic was launched in the Committee Room of Manchester's striking neoclassical circular Central Library on Wednesday 9th July at 6.00pm. 12 of Manchester's finest poets read/performed - including a Canadian and an Australian poet! A great presentation was given by the Head of... Read more
