writing competition
Highlights
Poetry Pilgrims
We are delighted to announce the winner and runner-up in the second chapter of our six month-long On Pilgrimage poetry competition, for which the theme was “A Sacred Place“, chosen by volunteer judge Emma Storr. Emma was joined in judging duties by Peter Finch, and together they not only scored but conferred to determine the winner
• Write About Walking In The Dark Showcase
Write About Walking In The Dark Showcase event introduces new writing from 11 shortlisted authors of the walk · listen · create annual writing competition and includes readings of their poetry and prose. Erin Bondo, Krista Carson, Paul Connolly, Elizabeth Fevyer, Eleanor Holmes, Sarah Leavesley/James, Rosaleen Lynch, Isabella Mead Husain, Laura Theis, Penny Walker, and Emily Wilkinson. We are delighted that author and poet Electra
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+10 Urban Tree Festival creative writing workshop (online)
How can we use art to inspire words? Ekphrasis translates as ‘description’ in Greek and, today, an ekphrasis is used to mean a literary description of art. In effect, it is one artist responding to another, using a verbal response to visual representations. But beyond writing about what you see, it is about connecting to an image,
The Chalk Walk: the comfort of the familiar
Like a cosy pair of slippers, a sauce-smudged recipe, or a beloved childhood book – Anne of Green Gables, in my case – a walk you’re at ease with can offer solace. Anne Shirley, the free-spirited orphan in Anne of Green Gables transformed commonplace Barry’s Pond into the more appealing Lake of Shining Waters. And
Walk away, walk away, walk away, we gotta move on to a better day
73,866 lyrics. 103 artists. 50 albums. There’s no shortage of songs with “walk away” imbedded in the melody, concealed in the cadence. So many ways crooners beat rhythms to withdraw, abandon, forsake, maroon, shuck off, disown. Go on the run. Applaud a lucky break. Is walking away as simple as strolling round the corner, or
Walking Home | Opera North
Tune in to an unique series of sound journeys composed by musicians during lockdown for BBC Arts and Arts Council England’s Culture in Quarantine programme – all part of Opera North. Designed to be listened to on headphones while walking, each piece offers a chance to renew your imaginative connections with your environment. Could be
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