Next Writing Day: Saturday 25th July

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Book & Pamphlet Competition 09/10 launched

The 2009/10 competition has now be launched. We're delighted to have Andrew Motion as the judge this year. Deadline is last posting on November 29, 2009.

For more details and an entry form, see here.

North 43 - out now

Our biggest single issue ever, North 43 includes new work by John Lyons, Margaret Speak, John Bosley, the four competition winners and Dave Sheasby (winner of the Sheffield Prize), alongside all the usual features.

See here for more information.

(If you're a subscriber and haven't received your copy yet, do get in touch.)

 

Poem of the Day

This week's 'Poem of the Day' is 'Leaves Are Just Thin Wood', taken from Cliff Yates' Smith/Doorstop collection, Emergency Rations.

 

U A Fanthorpe

Some words on U A Fanthorpe, by Elizabeth Sandie, here.

 

MP3 poetry - 50p!

The Smith/Doorstop audio collection is now available to download in mp3 format from here.

The current catalogue includes Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and Ian McMillan.

Download a whole recording for £5 or choose single tracks for just 50p. (Cassettes of all but Ian McMillan still available.)

 

2008 Competition Winner Announced

Congratulations to Michael McCarthy, who has just been named the overall winner in the 2008 Book & Pamphlet Competition. His full-length collection is due to be published in Autumn of this year.

Pamphlets by the three first-stage winners will be available from July.

• Sally Goldsmith, 'Singer'
• Anna Woodford, 'Party Piece'
• Carole Bromley, 'Skylight'

Dave Sheasby's poem, 'Last', was selected by Michael Longley as the best single poem from a Sheffield entrant, making Dave's poem the winner of the inaugural Sheffield Poetry Prize.

'Last' is currently published here and will also appear in North 43.

 

Classic Poem of the Month

Choose your favourite 'classic poem', and submit it to us along with a sentence or two about why it means so much to you.

If yours is selected, we'll send you a free POETRY BUSINESS PENCIL! ... Read more

The current 'Classic Poem of the Month' is Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess', and was submitted by Trish Harewood.

 

From the Archives of The North...

This month, retrieved from the archives of The North, is 'Funny That', a poem by June Crebbin first printed in issue 6 of The North (1989).