Students – enter our Poems Aloud! competition
Do you love poetry? Want to win £100? Enter the University Library’s Poems Aloud! competition, run with the StAnza International Poetry Festival. Open only to University of St Andrews students, the competition asks you to perform, on stage at The Byre Theater Auditorium, a poem you have memorised (from a selection we will send you) to a panel of judges.
If you are interested, email [email protected] to enter by Friday, February 17.
Last year’s winner Juliana Brohmer Hansen who recited ‘Somewhat Unravelled’ by Jo Shapcott
We will send you a set of poems by the headline poets taking part in StAnza 2017. These may include:
Jim Carruth
Robert Crawford
Vahni Capildeo
Sarah Howe
AB Jackson
Jackie Kay
Kathleen Jamie
Alice Oswald
John Agard
Elaine Feinstein
Joan Margarit
A panel of judges will rate the best delivery and pick a winner during the live recital in The Byre Theater Auditorium on March 3 at 3.30pm.
If you have questions or are interested in entering, drop us a line: [email protected]