The Hawk’s Well Theatre has just announced details of its first ever Children’s Poet of the Year Competition, entitled The Cat and the Moon. Through the month of May the Hawk’s Well Theatre will be searching for all budding poets aged between 8 and 10 years old. All any aspiring young poets have to do is write a poem five lines long called The Cat and the Moon and send it, along with an application form, to the Hawk’s Well Theatre, Temple Street, Sligo.

Closing date for entries is 1st June 2012 and the winner will be announced in June. The prize for the winning poet is a specially designed trophy and a free place on the Hawk’s Well Summer Drama Camp with Fiona McGeown from Monday 2nd to Friday 6th July. The winning poem will also be printed and displayed in The Cat and the Moon shop, Castle Street, Sligo, and in the Hawk’s Well Theatre. It will also be published in the local press

The judges for the competition are The Speks, a band of musicians who live on Glasses Island and play music all day!

Full terms and conditions and an application form are available on the Hawk’s Well website.

Good luck everyone!