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Date:
Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 - 00:00 to Wednesday, 8 January, 2014 - 00:00
Event Type:
Competition
Region:
West Midlands
Location:
Manchester Metropolitan University
A multi-lingual poetry competition that celebrates cultural diversity and the many languages spoken in schools across the UK.
Mother Tongue Other Tongue is supported by Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, and has been adopted as this year’s Laureate Education Project. The competition is free to enter and entries can be submitted by schools, or individuals. There are two categories:
- Mother Tongue – pupils whose first language is not English, or who speak another language at home, are encouraged to submit a poem or song in their Mother Tongue. This can be an original or a ‘remembered’ piece. It can be written in any language, except English. Entries will be judged on a short paragraph in which pupils will explain the piece and its significance to them.
- Other Tongue – pupils learning another language in school are encouraged to get creative with their Other Tongue and submit an original poem for the competition. Entries will be judged by a panel of writers and language experts selected by MMU from both within and without the university.
Winners from across the country will be invited to a national celebration event in November 2013, to be attended by Carol Ann Duffy and other supporting Poets.
For more information please visit: www.mtot.org.uk or email us at mtot@mmu.ac.uk
