Competition opens for budding poets
Could you be the Island's next T.E Brown?
Entries are now open for the next Manx Bard.
This year marks 10 years since the position was created, and the new Bard will be the 11th appointed to the prestigious post.
Entries close on 8 August and you must be 18+ and live on the Island.
Manx Radio's Howard Caine has been speaking to former Bard, Michael Manning, about what it's all about:
Annie Kissack was the fifth Manx Bard and highlights what the selection panel are looking for:
The Manx Bard will be inaugurated at an event on Sunday, 24 August.
Entry forms and full details are available by emailing manxbard@gmail.com
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