We are delighted to be collaborating with The Watercress Line heritage railway on their poetry and prose project.

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They are inviting poets and wordsmiths to use the timeline themes on the Railway200 official website as inspiration to write a poem (or prose if preferred) that celebrates the 200th anniversary of train travel in the UK.

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From dining carts to celebrity passengers, trains in films, the environment, 'bed-seats' and 'shunter's poles' - there's lots of imagery to draw from to create your poems. The Watercress Line will be including every piece submitted in a large scale project, with selected submissions featuring in a printed anthology.

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Submissions open: Sunday 1st September 2024
Submissions close: Tuesday 25th February 2025

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Watercress Line Railway200 Poetry Project is a partnership between Winchester Poetry Festival and The Watercress Line

 

 

 

Submit your poems to the project by email: education@watercressline.co.uk

 

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Competition rules

• The competition is free and open to all ages, all abilities and internationally.

• All works submitted must be your own work and can be any type of poetry. ​

• Each entry must be a maximum of 1 side of A4.

• Maximum of 2 entries per person. 

• Entries must be submitted online to The Watercress Line.

• Closing date: midnight GMT Tuesday 25th February 2025.

• All works submitted will feature in an online collection on The Watercress Line website in May 2025. A printed anthology will feature select works and will be available to participants.

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Entries are managed by The Watercress Line, all submissions and queries are to be directed to: education@watercressline.co.uk

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Visit The Watercress Line website

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