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Poetry International teams up with Magamba and Shoko

Zimbabwean poetry competition

February 26, 2014
Are you a poet from or living in Zimbabwe? Poetry International in collaboration with Magamba and Shoko are inviting performance poets to enter no more than two poems for a competition. The winning ten poems will be published in the Poetry International (Zimbabwe) issue in September 2014. The poems will be accompanied by live performance.
The poems will be judged on their freshness, wit, insight, imagery, alliteration, assonance, rhyme, rhythm, simile and metaphor as well as their performance.
 
The shortlisted poets will be expected to perform their poems at an event at the Book Café on Thursday 20 March 2014
 
The selected poets will also be asked to record their poems at a date to be announced.
 
Published poets will receive US$50 for their poem. The poet of the overall winning poem/performance will receive a prize of US$150.
 
Please email your submissions to: farai.magamba@gmail.com and weaver@mango.zw by Thursday 6 March 2014
 
Please ensure that each submission contains the title of the poem, the name of the poet, and a contact phone no. and email address.
© Irene Staunton
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Gemeente Rotterdam
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Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
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