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📚 LAUREL LONGLIST READINGS W/ CAROLINE BIRD 🌿 📍 Chapel Yorkshire Sculpture Park 3:30–4:30pm (Sat 19 Oct) Join us for a performance by Caroline Bird as we explore the 2024 Laurel Prize longlist, showcasing innovative ecopoetic collections. 🎟️ Free with YSP entry | #SummitFestival

💧 WORKSHOP 3: MINGLING BODIES ✍️ 📍 Hayloft Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 3:45–5:15pm (Sat 19 Oct) Join @CalebParkin for a playful workshop that invites a sensuous re-engagement w/ the environment. Explore watery, otherworldly poems! 🎟️ £29.50 (inc. YSP entry) | #SummitFestival

🌱 THROUGH THE CRACKS: A WORKSHOP WITH CAROLINE BIRD ✍️ 📍 University of Leeds Poetry Centre, 10–11:30am (Sun 20 Oct) Join Caroline Bird for a workshop on writing surrealism in a world of crisis. Explore ideas with wonder, weirdness, and a touch of hope! 🎟️ £20 | #SummitFestival

✍️ 1-2-1 POETRY SURGERIES 🌿 📍University of Leeds Poetry Centre, 10–11:50am (Sun 20 Oct) Join John Whale & Matt Howard for personalized feedback on your poems-in-progress. Explore the page as a space for understanding ecology & gain editorial insights! 💼 £105 per session | #SummitFestival

🌍 LAUREL PLAYBACK ✍️ 📍 University of Leeds Poetry Centre, 12.15–1.15pm (Sun 20 Oct) Join Simon Armitage & a Laurel Prize winner for a reading and conversation with Emma Trott on the role of poetry in times of global emergency. 🎟️ Free with Sunday festival pass #SummitFestival

💧 PANEL 1: BLUE POETICS 🌊 📍 University of Leeds Poetry Centre, 1:30–2:30pm (Sun 20 Oct) Dive into the hydrosphere w/ readings from Niall Campbell, Helen Mort, & Alycia Pirmohamed, exploring the connection between water & words. 🎟️ Free with Sunday festival pass #SummitFestival

🌍 PANEL 2: GEO, ECO, TOPO ✍️ 📍 University of Leeds Poetry Centre, 2:45–3:45pm (Sun 20 Oct) Explore the relationship between physical geography & literary representation w/ readings from Khairani Barokka, Sean Borodale, and J. R. Carpenter. 🎟️ Free with Sunday festival pass #SummitFestival

☣️ PANEL 3: TOXIC STATES 🌿 📍 University of Leeds Poetry Centre, 4–5pm (Sun 20 Oct) Dive into discussions on environmental damage and multi-species entanglement with readings from Rachael Allen, Anthony Vahni Capildeo, and @jwedgwoodclarke. 🎟️ Free with Sunday festival pass #SummitFestival

This year our ceremony will be live-streamed! 5.30pm (BST) on Saturday 19 October 💻 Please click on the link here to view it: poetryschool.com/live-stream

📖 NATIONAL POETRY CENTRE PRESENTS ✨ 📍 University of Leeds Poetry Centre, 6–7:15pm (Sun 20 Oct) Join Nick Barley for a closing session featuring readings from T.S. Eliot Prize shortlisted poet Zaffar Kunial and Karen McCarthy Woolf 🎟️ Free with Sunday festival pass #SummitFestival

Our ceremony will be live-streamed today 5.30pm (BST), don't miss beautiful readings from our shortlist, this year was judged by Mona Arshi, Caroline Bird & Kwame Dawes. 🌿💻 Please click on the link here to view it: poetryschool.com/live-stream

Our ceremony will be live-streamed in 30 minutes! Don't miss beautiful readings from our shortlist, this year was judged by Mona Arshi, Caroline Bird & Kwame Dawes. 🌿💻 Please click on the link here to view it: poetryschool.com/live-stream

Our ceremony is starting now 💻 Please click on the link here to view it: poetryschool.com/live-stream

🌍 COP29 kicks off & The Guardian highlights eco-poetry’s role in the climate crisis. Join our Spring ecopoetry workshops on climate, biodiversity & eco-justice. 🌱 Book now & be part of the change! 🔗poetryschool.com/new-courses/na… 📰 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We’re Open for Submissions! 📢 The Laurel Prize 2025 is now open until 1 May 2025 for collections published 1 June 2024 – 1 May 2025. Judges: Kathleen Jamie (Chair), Daljit Nagra FRSL & Caroline Lucas. Find out more & submit here: laurelprize.com/how-to-enter/

Our 2025 Chair: Kathleen Jamie🌿 We're thrilled to be working with the renowned Kathleen Jamie on this year's prize. Read her full bio here: laurelprize.com/judges/

Here's our 2025 Judge: Daljit Nagra FRSL🌿 We're thrilled to be working with the brilliant Daljit Nagra on this year's prize. Read his full bio here: laurelprize.com/judges/

Here's our 2025 Judge: Caroline Lucas🌿 We're thrilled to be working with the brilliant Caroline Lucas on this year's prize. Read his full bio here: laurelprize.com/judges/

We close for submissions in less than a month! 📢 The Laurel Prize 2025 is open until 1 May 2025 for collections published 1 June 2024 – 1 May 2025. Judges: Kathleen Jamie (Chair), Daljit Nagra FRSL & Caroline Lucas. Find out more here: laurelprize.com/how-to-enter/