Isle of Man poets have one week left to enter the competition to be the next Manx Bard.
Manx Bards foster an appreciation of poetry and promote the Isle of Man via events they are invited to, poems they are asked to write for occasions and initiatives they run.
The Manx Bard is celebrating 10 years and the new Bard will be the 11th appointed to the prestigious post.
Bard Entries
Entries are invited from poets aged 18+ who live on the Island. Entries should include:
- an entry form, available on the Manx Bard facebook page or by emailing manxbard@gmail.com
- up to three poems of the entrant’s own composition Celebrating 10 years of The Manx Bard www.facebook.com/ManxBard Contact ManxBard@gmail.com
- a proposal, maximum 500 words, for what the entrant would offer/deliver in their year as Manx Bard.
Entrants are highly encouraged to study the full rules, available via facebook or via the same email.
Entries should be emailed in by Friday, August 8.
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