2014 Blackened Billy Competition, Tamworth. Early Notice.

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2014 Blackened Billy Competition, Tamworth. Early Notice.

Post by keats » Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:32 pm

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THE 2014 BLACKENED BILLY VERSE COMPETITION

Sponsored by the Australian Bush Poets Association

Put your bush hats on and get writing for the 2014 Blackened Billy Verse Competition, which opens September 1.

The traditional bush verse of poets such as Paterson and Lawson has moved into the modern era and bush poetry now reflects life in all parts of Australia, not just the outback. Suburban trials and tribulations are just as relevant as the daily problems of living in the bush. What makes it bush poetry is the style in which it is written. Bush poetry must have the rhyme and rhythm of traditional bush verse.

The organisers of the competition, the Tamworth Poetry Reading Group, invite poets to enter the Blackened Billy. Entry forms will be available on September 1. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Jan Morris, PO Box 3001, West Tamworth NSW 2340, or email janmorris33@bigpond.com


Entries close on November 30 and the winners will be announced at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January 2014.


The Tamworth Poetry Reading Group
Organisers of The Blackened Billy Verse Competition
and founders of the modern Bush Poetry movement in Australia
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