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February 18th – Poetry Workshop with Lesley Saunders
***STOP PRESS*** The Deadline for The Hay Writers’ Circle Poetry Competition 2020 is Tuesday 17th March – Results will be announced in April. All our competitions are open to non-members for a small fee and your entry will be very welcome. Info on … Continue reading
Kate Noakes Announced As Poetry Competition Judge 2020
Hay Writers’ Circle are excited to announce that the superb Kate Noakes has agreed to judge our 2020 Poetry Competition. Kate Noakes is a prize-winning and widely published poet who set up Boomslang Poetry to facilitate poetry readings and workshops in the UK. More about Kate in … Continue reading
A Truth For National Poetry Day 2019
via A Truth For National Poetry Day 2019
Book Launch at The Poetry Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye
BOOK LAUNCH A magnificent night, a full house with standing room only and a fine compliment of poets reading from Seren Book’s publication Poems from the Borders. A huge thank you to Chris and Melanie Prince who hosed the event … Continue reading
New Poet Laureate & Poetry Winners
New Poet Laureate Chosen We are absolutely delighted to congratulate Simon Armitage on his appointment as Poet Laureate. Many of us Hay Writers have long admired his written work (heaving book shelves with signed copies are a testament to this), … Continue reading
Paul Henry To Judge 2019 Poetry Competition
The Hay Writers’ Circle 2019 Poetry Competition – Judge Announced We are delighted to confirm that the poet Paul Henry will be our judge for the 2019 Poetry Competition. Paul Henry is the author of nine books of verse. Originally a songwriter, … Continue reading
Poetry Competition 2018 Results!
Hay Writers’ Poetry Competition 2018 by C. Harris The judge this year was Libby Houston. For the first time this competition was open to selected non-members, those who had attended our very successful poetry workshop in February of this year, … Continue reading
Libby Houston Announced as Poetry Judge 2018
It is with enormous delight that we can reveal that the 2018 Poetry Competition Judge is the incredible Libby Houston. Libby Houston has been a working poet for more than half a century, starting back in the days of the … Continue reading
Landscape, Memory and an Earthquake.
Landscape and Memory Workshop, 17th February 2018. with Dr Rhiannon Hooson. Hay Writer’s Circle felt extremely lucky to have Dr Rhiannon Hooson facilitate an all-day poetry workshop in the comfortable surrounds of Cusop Village Hall. The sold out event was … Continue reading