Contest for Children: British Council's Old Possum's Children's Poetry Competition 2010

Came across this on the British Council Teachers site:

LearnEnglish Kids is once more running the Old Possum's Children's Poetry Competition in partnership with the Children's Poetry Bookshelf.

Children aged between 7-11 years old who live outside the United Kingdom and who are learning English as a second or foreign language will be able to enter the international category of the competition. Judging for the competition will be chaired by British poet Roger McGough. The winning poems will be published on the LearnEnglish Kids and Children's Poetry Bookshelf websites, and all winners will win prizes of books. The competition opens on September 10th 2010 and closes on October 15th 2010. To have a look at last year's winning poems click here: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/your-turn/old-possums-poet...

The competition is open to all learners of English aged between 7 and 11 years old. It is a great opportunity to introduce poetry into your classroom, and to get your pupils writing their own poetry. You'll find ideas for using poetry in your classroom on this page. There is also a teachers' guide (attached below) which has been prepared by UK poet Mandy Coe which has lots of great ideas to help you get started.

You can find more info here: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/teaching-kids/poetry-competition