To mark International Day Against Racism March 21, 2007 the National
Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI) and the
Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) in association with
Poetry Ireland will hold schools poetry competition on the theme of
anti-racism / interculturalism which celebrates the different cultures
and ethnic groups in Ireland today. This is the 3rd year of the
competition. The competition is open to the pupils of all post primary
schools in Ireland, North and South and it aims to raise awareness
among school goers of the need to combat racism in all its
manifestations. The guest language this year is French. Pupils can
submit poems in Irish, English or French. Deadline for receipt of
entries is Friday, 27th April 2007.
The Schools Against Racism
Poetry Competition Awards Ceremony will be officiated by President of
Ireland, Mary McAleese on the 31st May 2007 at the National Library of
Ireland, Dublin
To Enter Competition
In the Republic of Ireland
Fill out the enclosed entry form, attach it to your poem and send it with three additional copies of the poem and entry fee to: Schools Against Racism Poetry Competition, c/o Poetry Ireland, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.
Closing date for receipt of entries is Friday, 27 April 2007.
In Northern Ireland
Fill out the enclosed entry form, attach it to your poem and send it with three additional copies of the poem and entry fee to: Schools
Against Racism Poetry Competition, c/o Jom Glackin / Kevin Oakes,
Equality Commission for Northerm Ireland, 7 - 9 Shaftesbury Square,
Belfast BT2 7DP
Closing date for receipt of entries is Friday, 27 April 2007
Further Information on Racism and Interculturalism
For
further information and an application form for entries please contact
NCCRI, Third Floor, Jervis House, Jervis Street, Dublin 1.
info@nccri.ie or visit website www.nccri.ie. Alternatively you can
contact Kevin Oakes at Equality Commission for Northern Ireland at
KOakes@equalityni.org or visit website at www.equalityni.org
Schools Against Racism Poetry Competition
Award
- The award is open to any student attending a secondary school
- The winning poems will be chosen from a shortlist
- There will be three winning poems in three categories
- Age Category 12-15: €200 with €450 to the school towards the library
- Age Category 16-18: €200 with €450 to the school towards the library
- Guest Language (French Poems):€200 with €450 towards the school library
- There will be an additional prize for the overall winner: €200 with €450 towards the library
- The
Awards ceremony will take place on the 31st May in the National Library
of Ireland and will be officiated by the President Mary McAleese.
- All
winning poems will be published in NCCRI publication Spectrum and in
the ECNI publication Equality Focus and on the Poetry Ireland website
www.poetryireland.ie/education
Judges
Paula Meehan
Paulat Meehan was
born in Dublin in 1955. Her poetry collections include The Man Who Was
Marked by Winter and Pillow Talk, both of which were shortlisted for
the Irish Times Literature Prize for Poetry. She has written plays for
children and adults. In recent years she was awarded the Marten Toonder
Prize by the Arts Council and the Butler Award for Poetry by the Irish
American Cultural Institute. She lives in Dublin.
Colette Nic Aodha
Colette Nic Aodha was born in Mayo and currently lives in Galway. She is a
secondary school teacher in Presentation College, Headford, Co. Galway and
has published three volumes of poetry in Irish; Baill Seirce 1998, Faoi
Chrann Cnó Capall, 2000, Gallúnach -ar-rópa, 2003, and one volume of short
stories, 2004. The publisher for all four books is Coiscéim, Dublin.
Jean-Philippe Imbert
Jean-Philippe
Imbert lectures in French and Comparative Literatures in Dublin City
University, he has published on contemporary French short-fiction on
Mexican and French Surrealism, and on monsters in art and literature.
He has translated Thomas Kinsella's Tain into French (La Razzia, Paris,
Alfil, 1996), and is currently working on poetry and surrealist gardens.
Conditions of Entry
- There
is a €2/GB£1 entry fee per entrant. Payment is acceptable only by
cheque or postal order. Cheques/ postal orders should be made payable
to Writers in Schools and sent with the poems to Writers in Schools, Poetry Ireland, 2 Proud’s Lane, Off Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.
- Poems should be written in English, Irish or French
- Poems can be any length to a maximum of 40 lines
- Each poem must be typed or clearly written on one side of the paper only
- The name of the entrant must not appear on the poems
