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6 days ago | 
northwestend.com | Carole Baldock
I had intended to open with a merry quip: who has my eye-teeth? Unfortunately, although that did apply, this show ultimately left me somewhat underwhelmed. Unlike the rest of the audience, at one point, the girl behind us got so excited, her drink flew out of her hand down my companion’s back.
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3 weeks ago | 
orbisjournal.com | Carole Baldock
Don’t forget to enter Wirral Poetry Festival’s 15th Open Poetry Competition – deadline for entries 30th May. Poems on any subject, of not more than 40 lines, in English,Open prizes adjudicated by Helen Ivory and Martin Figura; Wirral Prizes by Pauline Rowe.Open prizes: 1st prize £250, 4 £25 runner-up prizes.
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3 weeks ago | 
orbisjournal.com | Carole Baldock
May 7The Wigtown Poetry PrizesOnline entry only; over 16sWigtown International Prize: £1500; Runner-up: £200. Fee: £10Wigtown Scots Prize: £500; Runner-up: £200. Fee: £8 Wigtown Scottish Gaelic Prize: £500; Runner-up: £200. Fee: £8Dumfries & Galloway Fresh Voice Award. Fee: £10Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize: 30 copies of a pamphlet of your work. Fee: £25Festival: September 6 – 5 October 5Judges: Lesley Benzie; Elissa Hunter-Dorans; Hugh McMillan; Tom Powwww.wigtownpoetryprize.com/poetry-competition
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1 month ago | 
orbisjournal.com | Carole Baldock
in Kudos Featured Competitions |
FEDERATION OF WRITERS SCOTLANDVERNAL EQUINOX COMPETITION 2025Five categories, poetry (any number of poems, no more than 40 lines each),short stories (any number, between 501 and 2000 words each),flash fiction/mini-story (any number, up to 500 words), Scottish Gaelic and Scots(poetry, line limit as above). Prizes in each category: 1st prize £100, 2nd prize £25, 3rd prize £10Brian Whittingham Memorial Prize £50. Open entry.
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1 month ago | 
northwestend.com | Carole Baldock
We embark on this evening with a little bit of a mystery of our own: do we have press tickets? Fortunately, we did, although not a press night. But no programme so that’s where I could slip up, getting the characters’ names wrong; just have to colour them in. For that matter, when is a review not a review? When a play is not a play. As this hilarious show is based on improvisation, it’ll be totally different every time, so we’ll just try and give you a taste of it. And for it.
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2 months ago | 
northwestend.com | Carole Baldock
Yes of course, this play comes with a trigger warning, pointing out that it’s the original 1981 script. No surprises there – except that it is still as shocking today as it was over 40 years ago, although the emphasis is more on the bawdy humour than the disturbing issues it addresses. Even more shocking, for all the audience gasped at the arrant sexism, things haven’t changed that much. Improved seems far too much to hope for.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
orbisjournal.com | Carole Baldock
November 25Bradt Travel Guides & The Edward Stanford Travel Writing AwardsUnpublished writersThree finalists invited to attend the prize-giving:the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards Presented by Viking in London in early 20251st prize: 4-night break to Pas-de-Calais in northern France, with a tailormade itinerary taking in the region’s towns, coastal villages, countryside and cultural sites.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
orbisjournal.com | Carole Baldock
The 39th Poetry Business International Book & Pamphlet CompetitionJudge: Kim MooreDeadline: 30 November 2024Submission: A collection of 20 pages of poetryPrize: The two winners will receive expert close editing and support in extending their entryif they wish to up to 28 pages for pamphlet publicationunder our award-winning imprint Smith|Doorstop Books. They also receive £500 each, publication in The North magazine,and readings at The Wordsworth Trust and online.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
orbisjournal.com | Carole Baldock
The 2024 National Poetry CompetitionRun annually by The Poetry Society since 1978,one of the most prestigious poetry competitions for a single unpublished poemOpen to all poets worldwide aged 18 or over1st prize: £50002nd: £2000; 3rd: £1000; commendations: £500 each. Top three winners published in The Poetry Society’s journal The Poetry ReviewNotified by the end of February 2025; awards event, Spring 2025Judges: Romalyn Ante, John McAuliffe, Stephen SextonFee: £8, then £5 each.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
orbisjournal.com | Carole Baldock
in Kudos Featured Competitions |
Sonnet or Not 2024Cannon Poets invite you to submit poems of 14 lines –which may or may not keep close to the sonnet form – (or not at all!)First Prize: £500Judge: Deborah Almawww.cannonpoets.org.ukor Hon. Sec. Cannon Poets, 22, Margaret Grove, Birmingham, B17 9JHClosing date 31st October
