25 – 28 August 2009 , Christ
Church, Oxford
Young poets between 18-23 are invited to apply for the
residential school to develop writing and critical skills through a series of
exciting and challenging workshops run by Jane Draycott, a UK-based poet with a
particular interest in sound art and collaborative and digital work and Frances
Leviston, whose first volume of poems was shortlisted for the T.S Eliot
Prize. All tuition and accommodation
costs will be paid for by Tower Poetry.
At the end of the summer school, the students’ work will be edited for
publication.
To be eligible, students should be usually resident in the UK;
younger than 18 and no older than 23 on 25
August 2009.
Applications must be received by 13 June. Entries by email are not
accepted.
For more information and details on how to apply, visit www.towerpoetry.org.uk/summerschool