Contest Timeline

Stage 1

Poetry entries are sent to the producers for screening from August until December, 2008.


Stage 2

The judging process kickstarts from December 2008 to February 2009. The results of 10 winning poets from 10 countries are announced in March 2009.


Stage 3

Winning poets are invited to a 2 month poetry residence programme/mentorship programme on situational writing, media relations, perfomance poetry and the crafts of perfomance poetry, arts management and administration from April-May 2009.


Stage 4

Publication of winning poems, project catalogue, cdroms, poetry reading festival and distribution of published material.


Stage 5

Organising comunity based poetry/writing projects in each winning country, winning poets as a agents of coordination. Continuity of poetry tour events, festivals and publications.