Anthologise: A National Poetry Anthology Competition for Secondary Schools
Spearheaded by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, this Laureate Education project is intended to encourage the wider reading, appreciation and enjoyment of poetry by pupils in schools.
Open to all schools in the UK, groups of any size are invited to work together to create an anthology of poetry, using the resources and guidelines provided on www.anthologise.co.uk.
The judges are the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, National Poet for Wales Gillian Clarke, Scots Makar Liz Lochhead, John Agard, Grace Nichols and Cambridge Professor of Children’s Poetry Morag Styles.
The Anthologise Competition has extended its closing date by one week.
The Competition closing date is now the 8th March 2012.
The winning anthology will be announced in June 2012 and the winning school will be visited by the Poet Laureate.
The anthology will be published by Picador, with a foreword by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall and Carol Ann Duffy The Poet Laureate.
Our Flagship schools are:
Alexandra Park School, London
The Chase, Malvern
Chesterton Community College, Cambridge
Chorlton High School, Manchester
Hayesfield Girls School, Bath
Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
The Perse Upper School, Cambridge
Harrogate Grammar School Independent Academy Trust
Read a message from The Poet Laureate, and find guidelines and advice from poets and anthologists to help you put together a good anthology.
Download posters/flyers and the competition entry form.
For teachers, here are links to the curriculum and resources
Please read the Terms and Conditions for entering the competition.
