T s eliot prize shadowing scheme
Now in its third year, the T S Eliot Prize Shadowing Scheme invites secondary school students to shadow the judging panel, this year chaired by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion with Lavinia Greenlaw and Tobias Hill. The Poetry Book Society's Shadowing Scheme, run in partnership with the English and Media Centre, through its quarterly magazine for A Level students, emagazine, encourages teachers and students to read poetry outside the set-text lists. On 4th November, soon after the T S Eliot Prize shortlist is announced, three poems from each of the 10 shortlisted collections will be available to download from http://www.poetrybookshoponline.com/. A teachers' guide will be provided at http://www.emagazine.org.uk/ from mid October, and students can take part in an online poll for their choice of winner. As part of the Shadowing Scheme, the PBS and the English & Media Centre will also be running an:A-LEVEL STUDENT COMPETITIONA-Level students are invited to enter our competition to write a 500-word rationale justifying their choice of winning poetry collection for the 2008 T S Eliot Prize. The winning student will receive:tickets to the T S Eliot Prize Readings and the award ceremony in January, and accommodation if needed signed copies of the winning book and the student's choice of winning book the opportunity to meet the T S Eliot prize-winnera year's subscription to emagazine a year's PBS membership. The winning rationale will be published both in the February issue of emagazine and on Guardian Online.HOW TO ENTER3 poems from each of the shortlisted collections will be available from http://www.poetrybookshoponline.com/ on 4th November. Copies of all the shortlisted titles can also be ordered through the website. The deadline for submitting competition entries and voting on the online poll is 8th December. …
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