For our competition theme this year we are returning to a subject that we have had before:- 

 

This is the year 'Google Maps' have put a street view of every English road, street or lane onto the internet; an undertaking of similar magnitude to the Domesday book of 1086. This has not been popular with everybody, but it is still an awesome achievement. So even if you live far away from East Coker you can now visit the village via the 'street view' in 'Google Maps' and 'walk' along our lanes and almost lean on every farm gate to enjoy the view just as if you were here.

We are looking for descriptive poetry this year. We hope to build a poetic picture of the village in 2010. It can be any aspect of the village that catches your eye. If you can visit the village, do come and have a 'pint' in the Helyar Arms or just walk along the 'deep lane, shuttered with branches' as T.S.Eliot so aptly describes the lanes between East and West Coker and near Culliver's Grave. 

Entries are free and the prize will be announced later in the year, but will, of course, be apt and intriguing. 

If enough entries are received we may produce a small booklet.

You can submit more than one entry.

Everyone is welcome to enter. You don’t have to be a resident of East Coker.

·                  It can be in any form – sonnet, limerick, haiku, etc..

·                  It must be wholly or mainly in English.

·                  It can be typed or handwritten or emailed.

 

Please include your name, address, age (if under 18) and a telephone number. 

 

·        Poems must be original works.

·        The deadline for entries is 1^st October 2010. 

·        The judge’s decision is final.

·        The winner will be notified on or before Tuesday 26^th October.

·        There is no cash alternative to the prize on offer.

·        The organisers reserve the right to make public any part of the entries, with no copyright fee due to the author.

 

Entries should be sent to :-