The Football Poetry Competition
"Racism and Football"

Summary of the winners - full details soon:

The following people have been nominated as winners in the Kick It Out and Black History Month Competitions.

Not all the names of the people below will feature on this website as some are non-football Black History pieces and some footie ones have been put up anonymously by choice, although the authors are known to us.

Overall winner for the commissioned poster was Simon Williams.

£10 book tokens to Joelle Row and Reine Trott. £5 book tokens to Laura Macpherson, Philip Kelly, Louise Simpson, Natalie Slater, Rachel Farrington, Tammi Walker, Claire Fagan, Rowan Quarry, Heloise Trott, Dean Jones, Amy Webber, A. Worsley, R. Woods, A. Ahmed, R. Cleworth, K. Cleworth.

Well done and many thanks to everyone for making the event such a marvellous success.

Yours sincerely, Dan Filipivic, Teacher of English and Poetry - and Spurs fan. Tokens on their way.

For a little help on how to write a poem see our brief
POETRY WRITING GUIDE FOR SCHOOLS and

Rules:
All poems mst be on the subject of "football and racism" - our interpretation is flexible and our normal editorial criteria apply. Remember children will be reading these poems so keep the language appropriate please.

Categories:
There are two categories; "schools" for children to enter work done at school or youth club and "open" for anyone else regardless of age, race or gender.

Prizes - prizes prizes:
There will be prizes of "Kick It Out" T-shirts, book tokens & badges for each category. The best overall poem by a school child will be produced as a traditionally handset commemorative poster.