To celebrate the work of Charles Causley and to encourage young writers to follow in his footsteps, the Charles Causley Trust is again organising this popular annual prize for 2018. It’s free to enter and is open to all young people, aged 5-18, living in Cornwall.Often described as ‘the greatest ... Read More
‘My room is a bright glass cabin'
Saturday: My journey to Cyprus Well has been long and tiring but I arrive to find the afternoon sunlight falling in wide bands across the kitchen.On the table is a vase of blithe spring flowers and in every room a sense ... Read More
Russell Jones was the recipient of second prize in our most recent poetry prize for his poem 'Waggledancers'.To find out more about Russell’s work you can go to his blog.
Russell Jones.© Chrisdonia
Waggledancers
Who knew how the apple was made?
We decrypted rumours, white whiskers
of truth from the textbooks of ... Read More
People have been asking to read the winning poems from this years competition ahead of the awards ceremony in April. Here's Claire Dyer's winning entry 'Trust and the Horse' for you.We’ll share each of the other winning and highly commended poems here every Friday in the lead up to the ... Read More
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2015 Charles Causley Poetry Prize judged by Professor Anthony Caleshu of Plymouth University and shortlisted by a panel drawn from the English faculties of Falmouth, Plymouth and Exeter University – Dr. Kym Martindale, Dr. Miriam Darlington, and Professor Ronald Tamplin.The Winners:1st ... Read More
The Charles Causley Trust was delighted to welcome our prize winning poets to Launceston last week for a super event in the company of Dr Alyson Hallett, Kathryn Simmonds and Jim Causley.The Trust would like to thank everyone for helping to make such a superb evening, and all those who ... Read More