What's coming up?
Our regular open mic continues
Tuesday 8th April '25​​​
Guest poet: Chris Ralls
Come early and bag a slot for the open mic or join our audience and lap up the atmosphere in good company, listening to marvellous poetry from local poets and wordsmiths. All this and more in the wonderful surroundings of The Frontier Bar, Grove Road
Don't miss it!
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It's going to be faaaaab!​
Sussex Modernism at the Towner
July 4th 2025
The Poetry Cafe will be performing spoken word poetry at the Towner art gallery, in response to a summer exhibition on Sussex Modernism.
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We will be selecting 6 poets from our community to perform their work to the public at the gallery during their Towner Late programme.
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More details to follow on this very exciting event
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Edward Wadsworth, Sussex Bypass, 1937
World Poetry Day
21st March 2025
Join us for our World Poetry Celebration held at the Fisherman's club on Eastbourne's seafront.
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Guest Poets, Antony Mair, Kevin Scully and Oenone Thomas are all successful poets in their own right but also have been present and past poets in residence for Cuckmere's Pilgrim's Path - perfect to headline our theme of Journeying.
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The evening will also feature a number of poets from our own talented community,
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The event is free - donations are always very welcome. The club has easy parking, a well stocked bar and a wonderful room for our celebration.
we hope you can make it and join us for what promises to be a fabulous evening of poetry
Writers' Workshops
from February 4th
From February 4th, Pam will be leading a Writers' Workshop on the first floor room at Cafe Old Town from 10am to 12:30.
The workshops will be fortnightly from the 4th Feb and broadly speaking will consist of prompts, discussion and time to write.
The space is quite cosy and so places are limited.
Get in touch via the email or DM me through social media and I'll keep a spot for you.
Enter our National Poetry Day Competition
August 31st deadline.
DEADLINE EXPIRED
COMPETITION RULES
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Poems written on the theme of ‘Counting’
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Email entries should be sent to poetrycafeugt@aol.com (or text 07848026186 for postal address)
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Maximum of three entries per person
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Poems should not exceed 30 lines or 300 words
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Each poem should be on a separate page
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No page should identify the author
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Email subject heading should be NPD Competition Entry
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In the body of the email, please state your age category, contact details and permission (or decline) to have your work published on our website
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Judges’ decisions are final
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Closing date for entries is 31st August 2024
September's Guest Poet
Zara Luther
