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Call for poetry films: Spelt Magazine
Spelt, a UK-based literary magazine focused on rural life and the natural world, is open for submissions through 25 November for their winter issue. Here are the guidelines.
- Include a cover letter in the body of your email. This should tell us a bit about you (and the poet/filmmaker if different), where your poetry films have been seen and why you think Spelt is a good fit for your work. Also include the title of your poetry film/s and the length in minutes and seconds.
- Include in the body of your email YouTube or Vimeo link/s for up to two poetry films. (Include passwords if necessary.)
- Your poetry film/s should not exceed 5 minutes.
- If your poetry film is selected, we will require it to be captioned.
- Please ensure you have copyright/permissions for all materials used.
- Send your submission to speltmagazine@gmail.com
- Please put POETRY FILM in the subject line of your email.
Poetry film editor Helen Dewbery also has a page of tips for beginning filmmaker-poets.
Zoom workshop on “Poetry Film: How to Say What You Really Mean” with Helen Dewbery
British filmmaker Helen Dewbery, co-editor of Poetry Film Live, is also now Poetry Film Editor for Spelt Magazine, a new print and online journal “celebrating and validating the rural experience” and offering online courses through the Spelt Nature Writing School. Accordingly, Helen is offering a two-hour Zoom course called Poetry Film: How to Say What You Really Mean on the 29th of October.
Following on from the popularity of Helen’s previous Spelt workshop, we’ve invited her back to run another workshop in her new role as Spelt Poetry Film Editor. In this two hour workshop Helen will help you with the practicalities of making a poetry film and the ways in which the medium can be used to enhance the poem.
This workshop is open to any level of writer, from those who have never tried to make a poetry film, to those who want to expand their knowledge.
This is a zoom based workshop which will run on Saturday 29th October 11am to 1pm (UK Time)
The cost is £17.00
You will be emailed a zoom link the day before the workshop.
Spelt remains unfunded and as such if this course does not sell the requisite number of places to go ahead it may be cancelled.
This course has one bursary place attached to it for a writer in receipt of benefits.
If you have any questions, please email speltmagazine@gmail.com
About the facilitator
The facilitator for this course is Helen Dewbery. Helen Dewbery has taught poetry film extensively, in person and online. Her poetry films have appeared internationally at poetry festivals, where she has also presented talks and curations. For seven years she delivered a programme of poetry film events at Poetry Swindon Festival, including events in the community and an outdoor projection. Helen’s work has included the poetry film collection ‘Nothing in the Garden’, the Wild Whispers transnational project and the poetry film magazine Poetry Film Live. She is an associate of the Royal Photographic Society.
Here are the links to register for the workshop and watch Helen’s poetry films at Moving Poems. And finally, a heads up: the next submissions window at Spelt will be open to nature-based poetry films.
