{"id":1343,"date":"2013-11-01T19:52:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T19:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2013-11-01T19:52:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T19:52:27","slug":"unislam-competition-and-u-of-g-student-poetry-publications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/2013\/11\/01\/unislam-competition-and-u-of-g-student-poetry-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Unislam! Competition and U of G Student Poetry Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/01\/unislam.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1352\" alt=\"unislam\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/01\/unislam.jpg?resize=300%2C141&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s been an important week for the poets on our program here at U of G.\u00a0 Firstly, the university&#8217;s slam poetry team took part in the inaugural Unislam! competition, hosted by Birmingham University. <a title=\"Angela\" href=\"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/profiles\/angela\/\">Angela France<\/a>, lecturer in Creative Writing, had spent several weeks coaching the team and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk\/University-Gloucestershire-students-set-poetry\/story-19989215-detail\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">the students featured in the Gloucestershire Echo<\/a> in the run up to the slam. Performers included Danie Schlosser, Adam Magee, Nick Short, and Emmy Summers, and the team alternates were Andy Davis and Rosanna Riches. Yohann Okyemba-Ngassaki went along as a supporter. There were strong performances all around by the U of G team, who were in a tough heat against competition that included the host university. Despite the quality of their poems, the UoG team missed out on qualifying from their &#8216;group of death&#8217;, but as the judges said on the day: it&#8217;s about the poetry, not the points, and the University of Gloucestershire team put in a good showing and did themselves proud.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/01\/pic-poetry-slam.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1354\" alt=\"pic poetry slam\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/01\/pic-poetry-slam.png?resize=300%2C197&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Secondly, three 3rd year students from our course have had their poems selected to be published on <a href=\"http:\/\/peonymoon.wordpress.com\/\">Peony Moon<\/a>, a poetry blog run by Michelle Mcgrane.\u00a0 Next week the blog will be running a project entitled &#8216;Against Rape,&#8217; and work by Caitlin Clarke, Camellia Cressey, Emmy Summers will feature alongside poetry by U of G alumni Sally Clark.\u00a0 Congratulations to all &#8211; and we&#8217;ll provide links and updates when their poems start appearing on the website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been an important week for the poets on our program here at U of G.\u00a0 Firstly, the university&#8217;s slam poetry team took part in the inaugural Unislam! competition, hosted by Birmingham University. 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