A reminder to everyone that entries close on the 30th September. No late entries will be considered. Remember that the theme is “ Love in the time of Covid”. Please READ the Terms and Conditions. It is clearly stated that NO CORRESPONDENCE will be entered into.
Due to a request from school teachers who have faced many challenges during Lockdown, we are extending our closing date for competition entries until the 30th September 2020. This applies to the Adult and Youth Categories. Please see our website (www.poetryinmcgregor.co.za) for more Competition details.
Dear Supporters of Poetry in McGregor, It gives me great pleasure to share with you the fabulous news that we are now accepting entries for our annual Poetry Competition. Thanks to the generous sponsporship of Leila Witkin, one of our dedicated patrons, published and unpublished poets can once again participate in our exciting competition. [...]
Due to economic and current global uncertainties our committee have taken the decision to postpone this year’s Poetry festival scheduled for August 2020. Many of our supporters will be as disappointed as we are but we trust this is a wise decision given the unchartered waters we find ourselves in. We were shortly due [...]
“The next Poetry in McGregor Festival Weekend will take place from the 28 to 30 August 2020. Information regarding the theme; submission requirements; the national poetry competition etc will be published in April 2020. Absolutely no correspondence will be entered into until then.”
Our judges take pleasure in announcing the names of the poets who were selected by our external judges as finalists in this year’s Poetry Competition - The Heart of The Moon ADULT CATEGORY Adre Marshall Keith Gottschalk Marieta McGrath Toni Stuart Sue Woodward Rob Leiper Beth Hunt Jane De Sousa [...]
We are happy to announce that the final programme of this year event is now available. You can download the pintable version at this link: Printable Programme You can view the upcoming events and book your tickets directly from the following pages: all the event in order of date: Events page all the events [...]
In this our seventh year, our committee faces many challenges. As you are no doubt aware funding for the Arts in our country is dwindling. Government sponsorship is now being directed to pressing social needs. The Arts and Animal welfare are no longer priorities. Corporate companies are also under pressure to direct sponsorship to [...]
Poetry in McGregor / The McGregor Arts Community Project (NPO #151 -551) is looking for a fund-raiser / sponsorship administrator to join their team. Requirements: good communication skills in English and Afrikaans proficient computer skills especially emailing, Word, Excel and Powerpoint have a connection with the village of McGregor Job description: follow up existing [...]
