Bristol poets are invited to apply to be the new City Poet. The winner will be required to compose ten poems for specific events and will take part in public performances and community activities between May 2018 and May 2020.
Applicants should be experienced poets living in Bristol who have published work in print or online. In addition to filling in the application form applicants should submit a personal statement of approximately 300 words stating what they feel they would bring to the role plus two poems of up to 65 lines (either new works or poems already published), one of which should have Bristol as its subject matter.
The application deadline is Friday 1 December 2017. The decision will be made in January 2018 with a handover from the present City Poet, Miles Chambers, in May 2018.
The role of the City Poet is managed by Bristol Cultural Development Partnership as part of the Bristol Festival of Ideas in association with the Mayor’s Office. The City Poet is given an annual fee of £5,000 for the core poems.
The judging panel for the City Poet role will include Mayor Marvin Rees and members of his office, representatives from Festival of Ideas and the current City Poet Miles Chambers. For more information visit http://www.ideasfestival.co.uk/about/news/