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World Cup Poetry Competition!
Posted on: June 10th, 2010
The World Cup 2010 is finally here and we want you to write a poem about it!!
Our fantastic poetry competition starts today – Friday 11th June 2010 - and lasts for a whole month….
Simply write a poem about the World Cup, include your name, age, address and telephone number, and send it to us at:
Streetspeak@hotmail.co.uk (e-mail)
Philippa Duxbury, National Football Museum, Urbis Building, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester M4 3BG (post)
- There are 3 categories:
Up to age 9
Age 10-13
Age 14-18
Entries will be judged by four of our poets – Paul Cookson, Terry Caffrey, Craig Bradley and Mark Mace Smith. Prizes for each category are:
- A replica 1966 World Cup football
- A replica 1966 Jeff Hurst football shirt
- Signed poetry books from each of our four judges
Winning poems will be published on our website. Good luck!!
