Arts Richmond Poetry Prize 2025
Supported by Roger McGough
Entries are invited for the Arts Richmond Poetry Prize 2025.
The theme for this competition is Changes.
You may enter poems up to 40 lines in length. There are prizes of £250, £150, and £75.
A judging panel appointed by Arts Richmond will select 40 poems to be judged by Roger McGough who will choose the winning poems. The final 40 poems will be read by actors experienced in the performance of poetry and Roger will present the winning poets with their prizes at an awards event at The OSO Arts Centre in Barnes on Sunday 1st June 2025 at 3pm.
The 40 poems will be published in an anthology to mark the event.
The copyright of each poem remains with the author. However, by entering the competition, authors of the winning poems grant the organisers of the Arts Richmond Poetry Prize the right to publish and/ or use them in promotional displays.
The judges decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
ENTRY RULES
Entries must be entirely your own work.
The competition is for original, unpublished poems, no more than 200 words and 40 lines in length, on the theme of Changes. All entrants must be aged 16 or older.
Each poem must be clearly typed on a single side of A4 paper. The poem title must be written at the top of the page. Your name must not appear on the manuscript.
Deadline for entries: Friday 17th January 2025 at 12.30pm.
The entry fee is £5.00 per poem, three poems for £12.00.
Please Include an Entry Form. This can be downloaded by clicking below.
Payment can be made by BACS (preferred) or cheques, details are in the Entry Form.
We prefer to receive entries by email but we will also accept postal entries. Send entries as Word or PDF attachments by email to Competitions@artsrichmond.org.uk
Please enter Arts Richmond Poetry Prize in the subject line. Don’t forget to attach the entry form.
For poems entered by post please include a completed entry form. We prefer BACs payments but you can also pay by cheque made payable to Arts Richmond. Please send to: Arts Richmond, Room 21 ETNA Centre, 13 Rosslyn Road, Twickenham TW1 2AR.
Diana Armfield Drawing From Observation 2025
Diana Armfield Drawing from Observation is back.
THE PRIZE IS AWARDED IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND, BERNARD DUNSTAN RA.
Diana Armfield RA NEAC studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and Central School of Arts and Crafts. She was Artist in Residence in Perth, Australia in 1985, and in Jackson, Wyoming, USA in 1989. She was elected to the RA the same year.
She started her career in textile and wallpaper design in partnership with Roy Passano.They contributed to the 1951 Festival of Britain and examples of their work are in the permanent collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Diana has lived in Kew for many years. She and her husband Bernard both had their studios in their family home. Diana, still an active artist reached a grand old age of 104 years in 2024
“All professionals, amateurs and even those who say ‘I can’t draw a line’ are welcome to submit their drawings!”
• The drawing must be in monochrome, in pen, pencil, ink or charcoal.
• Each drawing must measure no more than 508 x 406mm (20” x 16”).
• All entries must be drawings from observation without the use of photographs. Entrants will be required to sign a statement to that effect.
• Maximum of three drawings per person.• person.
• NARROW mounts are permitted but not necessary. Each drawing and mount, if used, should have a thin cardboard backing sheet and be covered in clear plastic as if it would go in a browser.
• Please put a label on the back with your surname, title & price if you would like to sell it.
• Framed work not accepted, nor work on canvas.• canvas.
• All entrants must be 16 years or over.• over.
• A panel of judges will select the finalists.• finalists.
• Diana Armfield RA NEAC will select the winner herself.
• Deadline for entries is Saturday 15th February 2025.2025.
• Drawings must be brought to the ETNA-• ETNA-Arts Richmond, Room 21,13 Rosslyn Road, Twickenham, TW1 2AR between Monday 10th February and Saturday 15th February 9.30am -12.30pm-12.30pm
• An exhibition will be held at Patch Twickenham, 42 York Street, TW1 3BW, from 3rd March – 8th March.
£5 ENTRY FEE PER DRAWING
(Max 3 drawings). PAYMENT OPTIONS:
• CASH (delivered to Arts Richmond)
• CHEQUE (payable to Arts Richmond)
• BACS PAYMENT (Co-operative bank - Sort code 08-92-99 /Account 65130096)
Come & Sing Choral Workshop
Join us to let your musical hair down! Sing stunning songs from an iconic show, release your inner Maria and let the hills come alive!
Rogers & Hammerstein’s ‘Sound of Music’
Conductor: Richard Harker
Accompanist: Jonathan Booth
9.30am: Registration
10am: Singing
12 noon: Lunch (Bring your own)
12.30pm: Networking with local choirs and choral societies
1pm: Singing
3pm: Break
3.30pm: Performance for Family and Friends
4pm: Finish
Ticket £25.00 (Include Score H Hire Sound of Music Choral Selection)
Family and Friends Tickets £5.00 on the door or online
Arts Richmond Drama Party September 2024
Featuring the SWAN Awards
Arts Richmond had a record turn out for their annual Drama Party Awards held at the Landmark Arts Centre on Saturday 21st September. You can now download images from the event and a list of the winners and their citations:
