Pure is once again teaming up with the RSPB Wildlife Explorers, Fun Kids and Words for Life to bring you the second annual WildVerse poetry competition.
Children and young people ‘aged up to 19’ are invited to submit their ‘wild poems’ which can be about a bug, a bird, a tree or any kind of wildlife.
The winning entries will be read out on Fun Kids, the UK’s only radio station dedicated for children, between the 27th and 31st December 2011. There are two age categories – under 8’s and 8 years and over - and the main winners will win a Pure Sensia internet-connected digital radio with colour touchscreen, and the four runners up in each category will receive a Pure ONE Flow internet-connected digital radio so they can listen to their poems being read out on Fun Kids.
The competition will be judged by Lauren St John, author of Blue Peter’s Book of the Year 2011 – Dead Man’s Cove. Lauren is a patron of the Born Free foundation and a passionate campaigner for animal conservation and welfare.
For inspiration, check out last year’s winning poems.
Terms and Conditions
- We must receive entries for the competitions by the date stated. Entries must have the correct postage.
- RSPB youth officers will judge the competitions and we will tell winners within 21 days of the closing date.
- Only one entry per person for each competition is allowed.
- All entrants must be under 19 and should ask permission from a parent or guardian before entering.
- Prizes are subject to availability. If in circumstances beyond our control we are unable to provide a prize, we will try to arrange an alternative prize of a similar value. No cash alternative will be offered.
- The RSPB reserves the right to cancel the competition at any time if deemed necessary or if circumstances arise outside of the Society's control.
How to enter
Send your poem to
WildVerse,
RSPB Wildlife Explorers,
The Lodge,
Sandy,
Bedfordshire,
SG19 2DL.
Or e-mail it to wildverse@rspb.org.uk Please include your name, age and address.
Your poem must reach us by Friday 25th November 2011.
Mums and Dads
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