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CLPE Poetry Award 2014

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Closing date: 
28 February 2014
Entry: 
Poets who have published abook of children's poetry in 2013.
Prize: 
Winning it

The CLPE is the only award for published poetry for children in the UK and is run by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education.

The judges will be chaired by the eminent poet Roger McGough. Roger will be joined by the 2013 winner George Szirtes, Chris McCabe from the Poetry LibraryExcellent library containing 80,000 volumes on the London South Bank, which covers all twentieth century poetry published in the UK and much in translation. Any UK resident can join. Useful Archive and Lost Quotations feature. www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/index.html Currently running survey about setting up free access poetry magazines library, which you can find at www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/, Anne Harvey, Poetry anthologist and Charlotte Hacking, CLPE's expert teacher.

Established in 2003, the annual Poetry Award is the only award for published poetry for children in the UK. The Poetry Award encourages and celebrates outstanding new children's poetry and is presented annually for a book of poetry published in the preceding year.

The 2013 CLPE Poetry Award winner, sponsored by Travelling Books, was George Szirtes for In the Land of Giants, illustrated by Helen Szirtes (Salt Publishing)

This year's award will be presented in July 2014 at a ceremony at CLPE.

Publishers and poets are invited to submit books of children's poetry by a single poet or collections of children's poetry published in 2013. The winner will join an incredible line-up of past winners from the world of children's poetry including Carol Ann Duffy, John Agard, Jackie Kay and Philip Gross.

Five copies of each entry should be sent to Ann Lazim, Literature and Library Development Manager, CLPE, 44 Webber Street, London SE1 8QW

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Closing date: 
28 February 2014
Entry: 
Poets who have published abook of children's poetry in 2013.
Prize: 
Winning it