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On-Line Open Poetry Competition
£150 First Prize
(Runners-Up Prizes - Subject to entry level)
All shortlisted poems will be published on this website.
All Proceeds go directly to: Action Medical Research
- The competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over.
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Poems should be in English, unpublished, not accepted for publication, and must be your own original work.
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Poems may be on any subject and in any form or style.
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All poems must be submitted electronically and should be embedded in the main body of your email.
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Entry Fee: You may submit up to ten poems for a total fee of just just £5:00.
(Upon receipt of your entry you will be sent a web link to the above charity for payment of your entry fee) -
Please submit your poems to: knaphillvillage@aol.com You must ensure that your name appears with your work and is the same as that submitted with your entry fee. Once we have received your poems we will send you a link so that you can pay your fee directly to the charity.
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The winners will be notified on our website www.theknaphillian.com - No person may win more than one prize.
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Adjudicator: Mal Foster (former editor of WIRE poetry magazine which ran from 1989 to 1997)
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The adjudicator’s decision is final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
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The closing date for entries is now: 30 November 2008.
* Competition Launched 17 June 2008
Action Medical Research
In October our own Karolyne Foster plans to walk the Inca Trail in Peru in aid of Action Medical Research
Our thanks to the Woking Review for the following article:-
As many people succumbed to the temptation of Easter eggs, one woman has maintained a rigid fitness programme which will also pay dividends for charity.
Karolyne Foster, of Knaphill, is planning to follow Peru’s fabled Inca Trail to raise money for Action Medical Research, a charity that aims to find remedies for a variety of illnesses.
The 37-year-old will embark on her expedition on October 11 and hopes to raise more than £3,000 in the process.
Mrs Foster said: “I am quite a large woman and during Christmas I decided to lose weight. Then I saw an advert in the paper about the trek and I thought it would be an ideal opportunity to raise money and get fit".
“The charity provides money for research into various illnesses for people of all ages. The founder of the charity discovered a vaccine to cure polio".
“A lot of people do the same trek for the British Heart Foundation or cancer charities, which are very specific, but this charity helps everybody and I thought it was a worthwhile cause.”
The Knaphill resident has now embarked on a strict diet and training regime to get in shape for the conditions of Machu Picchu. She added: “There are more than 3,000 steps to climb, so I definitely need to build up my strength. I have never done anything like this before so I am very nervous but it would be worse not to take part and be unable to raise the money".
“So far I have raised a little more than £800 from friends and family and because I work part-time in the Crown pub, a collection tin has been placed on the bar for people to contribute to. I have also appealed to businesses for sponsorship but I haven’t much success so far.
“My family has been very supportive and my husband Mal (a former poetry editor) has put a piece on the Knaphill Village website - The Knaphillian about my trek and launched an Open Poetry Competition to help raise funds. “Everyone will be rooting for me, as they know how hard it will be but I will be getting a lot in return and it will be a big lifestyle change.”
For more details, or to support Karolyne’s trek, visit www.action.org.uk or email ksf_in_peru@hotmail.co.uk