Lines Learned By Heart: The Annual Nicholas Treacy Memorial Recitation Competition
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Sunday, 16th September @ 12.30PM
Horan's Bar Admission: Free (€5 for competition entrants) |
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The annual Recitation Competition is one of our festival highlights. Each entrant must recite “off by heart” a poem previously published and written prior to 1935 - the year Nicholas, a lover of words and reciting, was born.
Judging will be based on presentation, delivery, intonation and recall. The prize is a specially designed wooden book created by local craftsman, Brian Murray.
Further guidelines and entry details are below.
Judge: Lara Bozabalian, a Canadian poet, a spoken word artist, and an impassioned teacher. Lara is author of The Cartographer's Skin and Tourist, and the writer of Crowd the Schoolhouse, a short documentary set to her poetry which won Best Writing at Hot Docs International Film Festival. She has featured at literary festivals in Canada, Singapore and at Tedx, and is the founder of Be Heard, one of Canada's longest running youth poetry festivals. Her poem, The New School, recently appeared in Rattle: Poetry.
Judging will be based on presentation, delivery, intonation and recall. The prize is a specially designed wooden book created by local craftsman, Brian Murray.
Further guidelines and entry details are below.
Judge: Lara Bozabalian, a Canadian poet, a spoken word artist, and an impassioned teacher. Lara is author of The Cartographer's Skin and Tourist, and the writer of Crowd the Schoolhouse, a short documentary set to her poetry which won Best Writing at Hot Docs International Film Festival. She has featured at literary festivals in Canada, Singapore and at Tedx, and is the founder of Be Heard, one of Canada's longest running youth poetry festivals. Her poem, The New School, recently appeared in Rattle: Poetry.
Guidelines:
1. Entry is open to all over 16 years of age.
2. Entry fee of €5 is payable at the event.
3. Each entrant must recite ‘off by heart’ a poem previously published and written by another poet prior to 1935.
4. One recital per entrant.
5. Time limit - 6 minutes max.
6. Prompter will be available to assist - two copies of the poem to be presented to the committee
by the entrant before the session begins.
7. Judging will be based on presentation, delivery, intonation and recall. The Judge’s decision will be final.
8. Register your entry by Sept 10th by e-mail or phone, stating name, contact number and name of poem.
Email: info@shorelinesartsfestival.com or call 087 2931055.
1. Entry is open to all over 16 years of age.
2. Entry fee of €5 is payable at the event.
3. Each entrant must recite ‘off by heart’ a poem previously published and written by another poet prior to 1935.
4. One recital per entrant.
5. Time limit - 6 minutes max.
6. Prompter will be available to assist - two copies of the poem to be presented to the committee
by the entrant before the session begins.
7. Judging will be based on presentation, delivery, intonation and recall. The Judge’s decision will be final.
8. Register your entry by Sept 10th by e-mail or phone, stating name, contact number and name of poem.
Email: info@shorelinesartsfestival.com or call 087 2931055.