Poetry Commissions Wanted!

For the first time there will be a designated poetry tent at the 'Peterborough Arts Festival' over the weekend of the 9-10^th of July and to celebrate this we want to commission three local poets to write a fifteen minute set of new material to be performed on the 10^th of July. There is a fee of £80 to each poet for their work and performance. Please see the guidelines below to apply:

• Please submit an A4 page proposal that includes your personal details and the following headings.

• 50 -100 words about 'You and Your Work' upto this date, please attach any links that relate to your work, for example videos and websites.

• A 200-300 word proposal on your commission idea, there is no set theme so allow your imagination to run wild.

• An example of your work, so either a video or copy of a poem

The deadline is the 31^st of March for sumissions and successful applicants will be contacted in the first week of April. Please email your proposals to Keely Mills on speakeasypoetry@yahoo.co.uk