Poetry Matters: Training Workshop 1
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Please join us for the inaugural session of theĚýĚýtraining workshops,ĚýThursday, October 11, 2018, 10am-1pm, in Research Commons “A” at the McLennan-Redpath Library.Ěý
The Montreal International Poetry Prize is in the process of transferring management of the Prize to Â鶹AV’s Department of English. This season’s workshops will introduce—and provide training in—various dimensions of the work of managing a major international poetry prize.
For the cv, participants may request letters from Â鶹AV’s Department of English attesting to attendance of the suite of five workshops, focused on training in arts entrepreneurship.
About the Montreal International Poetry Prize
Typically drawing 2,000-3,000 entries from 70 countries, the not-for-profit Montreal Prize sponsors a crowd-funded biennial competition, awarding one prize of $20,000 to one poet for a single poem. Founded in 2010 by poet and critic Asa Boxer, the Montreal Prize is the first explicitly global poetry competition, with an international jury of award-winning poets from sites including North America, the Caribbean, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, India, and African nations such as Nigeria and Uganda. Competitions have been covered by the CBC andĚýThe Globe and Mail, and the prize regularly advertises in an array of international print and digital outlets, fromThe Times LiteraryĚýSupplementĚýto Twitter. Inspired by figures from the history of Â鶹AV’s Department of English—such as Canadian poets Louis Dudek and Leonard Cohen—the Prize consists of an Advisory Board, an Editorial Board serving as a jury, a prize judge, and directors.
Topics for Session 1: Introduction to the Montreal International Poetry Prize – genesis and development. Database, data storage, website maintenance, security, privacy.
Speakers: Asa Boxer and Peter Abramowicz, co-founders and co-directors of the Montreal Prize
Please look out for further workshops on
Thursday, November 1, 10am-1pm
Monday, December 3, 10am-1pm.
Organizers:
Michael Nicholson
Miranda Hickman