Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
Well that’s it for another year – the winners have been chosen, I’ve sent them all emails to notify them, and it’s just a matter now of getting the prizes out to everybody. And trying to overcome the desire to run screaming from the room every time my inbox goes ting … But enough of …
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we are now well and truly done! (Sorry.) (Ish) Yes, we have finally made it to the end of the 24-Hour Poem competition for 2019. Congratulations to everyone who managed to get a poem written, and commiserations to those who could not. If you’ve sent your entry in but haven’t got a response yet, don’t …
Not the best simile I’ve ever constructed, but hey, it’s the best I can manage right now. (Although I’d be very happy to hear any suggestions for other three-quarter things – leave your suggestions in the comments!) Just six hours to go before the competition is over. We’ve got seventy-odd entries in so far, so …
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Halfway point! By now some of you may well be feeling despair at ever getting it done. I hear you: I too have felt this pain, and it’s why I switched to running a competition rather than entering one. (Although this year’s issues have called that choice into question as well …) Persist! Courage! You’ll …
(or at least it was when I started typing this post.) So, competition update. We’re nine hours in, and I have the first two entries already. That’s seriously impressive. All the more so because the form manager I was using for people to upload their entries to has decided that now is a good time …
