So far, so good.

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All the competition entries have been collated and will shortly be in the hands of the judges. Entries have been received from all over the United Kingdom, and also from Poland, the USA, India, the Netherlands, Ireland, Israel, France, Italy, Canada, South Africa, Germany, New Zealand, Nigeria, and Mauritius. The most popular painting chosen for poetic interpretation was No.10, shown above.

Meanwhile, here’s some other news.

Lesley Haycock and Victoria Devaney are moving Aval-Ballan to new premises in Balbirnie Craft Centre, Markinch, Fife. If you’re in Scotland during the weekend of 1st and 2nd June, why not drop in to their Open Day. Follow their blog here.

(c) Oversteps Books

Marie Marshall’s brand new collection of never-seen-before poems, I am not a fish, has now been published by Oversteps Books. There are short stories, articles, essays, occasional poems, and snippets of news on her blog – worth scrolling back to find some jems.

Meanwhile the next edition of Decanto is due out soon, so keep your eyes on the Masque Publishing web site. The site also has a wonderful range of poetry books for sale.

The competition is now closed.

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Time has run out and the last entry has been gathered in. We’re just waiting for the last trickle from people whose time-zone tells them it’s still Tuesday… hurry now! Thank you to all the poets who sent us their work. What happens now is that your poems will be collated, and sent to the judges, who then have until 31st July to make their decision about winners.

This news section will stay open, however, so keep following. We’ll post any updates and other news, and maybe other items of interest to poets and readers of poetry here. Meanwhile don’t forget that our artists and judges have their own web sites (links below) and can be found on Facebook and Twitter too.

Last few days to enter the competition…

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… says it all, really!

Poetry news

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Eleven days remain for entries to the competition. Time for some last-minute inspiration?

Competition judge Marie Marshall’s new collection of poems, I am not a fish, will be out soon, published by Oversteps Books. There are a limited number of signed, pre-launch copies available for sale here. The book contains poems which have never been seen in public before, as the collection was written specially for Oversteps. Marie describes it as “A surreal ramble through the psyche in the company of random anthropomorphic figures, including an orang-utan, an elephant, several Japanese beetles, a bat-winged alien with a penchant for the game of cricket, and of course a fish-in-denial.”

We think you’ll enjoy it. If you ask nicely, Marie might well include a personal message along with her signature.

Plenty of time to enter a poem

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The competition has just over a month to run, so there is still plenty of time to enter a poem. The closing date is 30th April.

Meanwhile why not find out more about the artists and judges involved. The Aval-Ballan web site is here, and their facebook page is full of interesting stuff along with all their latest news. If you’re in or near Scotland, why not visit one of the events they’ll be attending? Marie Marshall’s site is here, and she is currently waiting for her second collection of poetry to be published by Oversteps. For what is happening over at Masque Publishing please come along to Lisa Marianne Stewart’s web site.

Entries are arriving

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The latest issue of Decanto is out. Decanto is edited by Lisa Marianne Stewart, who is one of the panel of judges for this competition, and the magazine is, as always, jam-packed with poetry. Please do visit and look around the web site for Masque Publishing, find out what makes Lisa’s publishing enterprise tick.

Entries are beginning to arrive for the competition. We all hope that you are telling your friends about the competition and directing them here. All extra publicity is gratefully received.

The Aval-Ballan Poetry Competition is now open.

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An invitation goes out to all poets writing in English to take part in this competition, sponsored by Scottish arts and design studio Aval-Ballan. To find out more, please take a few minutes to navigate the headings above.

The organisers wish all participants the best of luck.

You may care to ‘follow’ posts here, as we will be using the blog facility to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening.