Pocket Island Poetry Open

Guernsey Arts are pleased to be working with the Island Games Committee to create a Cultural Programme of engagement to run alongside the Island Games Sporting Competition. Each project is open for all Islanders of competing Islands to submit entries. Through the projects we will be building a collaborative insight into our Islands and an important documentation and legacy of our creative communities.

• Entries are welcomed in all languages with an English translation - Island languages encouraged
• Entries can be in any style of poetry
• Entries are limited to 24 lines and 240 words
• Entries will be judged by a panel of individuals based within Guernsey
• A minimum of one chosen poem from each Island with entries submitted will be included in the "Pocket Island Poetry" booklet
• Highly commended poems will be showcased digitally across the Island in between coverage of the sports events