Caring magazine 48 Caring April 2018 | Page 16

This is caring Creative writing competition Our fifth creative writing competition is now open for entries. Whether you’re an experienced writer or are just beginning to express yourself through words, we’d love to hear from you. As usual, we welcome your poems and short stories on all aspects of caring, but for 2018 we’d particularly like to receive entries on the theme of ‘keeping well, keeping connected’. For example, you may want to explore some aspect of physical or mental health, or write about making new friendships. We are really pleased that Cheryl Moskowitz will be judging the competition for the fifth year running. Cheryl is a poet, novelist, translator, and a facilitator of writing for children and adults. The winning and commended poems and stories will be announced in September 2018 and we will then produce an anthology of these, plus selected entries chosen by our staff, volunteers and trustees, in November. We also plan to hold another celebration event for the competition and will celebrate the winning entries in regional and local media across the UK. Our 2018 competition is once again supported by Specsavers and in association with The Poetry Society and The Reading Agency. Cheryl Moskowitz Proudly supported by If you have any questions email [email protected] 16 carersuk.org