Calling all aspiring poets...!

As part of an initiative to promote Warwickshire as a location for film and TV projects, Film Warwickshire are looking to create a promotional video which can be shown to UK and International film and TV producers as well as other media and tourism agencies. To accompany the video, rather than have a soundtrack they would like to use the spoken word and this is where they are looking to schools.

Film Warwickshire would like to invite schools to write a poem that promotes the creativity of the county by showcasing its emerging literary talent. They would also like the content of the poem to refer to Warwickshire’s leading playwrights and authors and make reference to some of the county’s landscapes and iconic locations.

The poem should inspire people to look more closely at what the county has to offer, and highlight its literary heritage and connections to Shakespeare, George Eliot, Jane Austen and JR Tolkein.  

The winning poem will be voiced by a professional actor and included in the promotional video and published on the Film Warwickshire website. The winning author will also receive a £100 theatre or cinema voucher.

Entries to be submitted by email to jane@space-2.com by 31st May 2017”. (www.filmwarwickshire.com)

*This competition is being run independently of Warwickshire County Council