Orange Prize and Slavery Poems

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Arts Council England is inviting poets to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act by writing a poem on the theme of enslavement. Deadline of submission is on September 28, 2007.

Eleven poems will be specially commissioned by the Arts Council from some of the country’s leading poets. A twelfth poem will be chosen through a competition.

For more details, visit artscouncil.org.uk.