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Hi guys! I am running another poetry competition (off DA) and thought I'd tell you about it. It has cash prizes (paid via Paypal or similar online bank transfer options) and has some free entry options if you are eligible!


It closes in a few days, so if you have a poem that fits the theme (Embers, Ignite) then go ahead and enter, or get writing!


More information at www.CandleLiterature.com


As we worked on the name CandleLit (@CandleLitPoets on FB, Insta and Twitter) and our tag line ‘Poetry that lights a spark‘ there was a reoccurring image of embers, almost dying, igniting flames like words sparking ideas in the audience at a poetry night. So we decided that we would make that our first competition’s theme, to help you get to know us as much as we get to know you through your entries!


You can interpret this theme any way you like, there are no restrictions on that. You might want to go for the idea of something almost dying out, but surviving. The idea of something giving birth to something new. The idea of rising from the literal ashes. Or fire, the actual entity. Anything you like as long as you feel like it links back to the theme, we can’t wait to read it.


I have run 16 poetry competitions in my life (here on DA!) but this is the first under this new brand of CandleLit and the first with cash prizes so welcome to something new!


We are trying to establish a competition that is exciting, inclusive and accessible.



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I wanted to let my beloved followers know that I have permanently removed the following poems from DeviantART: Spooning, Halo, Roses, The Day The World Went Away, Solemn Timbre, Peppermint, Wildfire, Bridge Closed, In Anticipation of your Unfortunate Demise, Sweet Corn, Daffodying, Copper, The Last Light, Nesting, Being Sewage, White Noise, Marinating in the Pervading Loneliness, and Gangrenous.

You can now find these poems and 18 poems never posted on DeviantART exclusively in my new poetry collection 'Remains'. 

You can purchase 'Remains' by Kathryn O'Driscoll here: www.lulu.com/shop/kathryn-odri…

I hope you guys enjoy it. I worked really hard on it and I'm so proud of it. Love you all! <3 <3 <3 
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[link] To see the details and buy tickets. I believe he's visiting a couple other places but this is the furthest south he goes so if you wanna come, do! I am a regular at Raise the Bar gigs and they are always SO welcoming, so friendly, so safe. So I am so freakin excited that Shane Koyczan is coming to Bristol! 

If you, somehow, dont know who I mean:



Bout 75 more tickets available at the early bird price (just a tenner!) so grab one now :D
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Hey guys,

So I won't be leaving the site but there will be some changes in the next few months. I will begin withdrawing work from the site. I have a lot of older stuff on here which is very poor quality, and I put it up originally out of transparency. I wanted people to see that I used to SUCKKKKK so they'd know that if they thought they sucked it would get better. But now that writing is becoming more professional for me, I need to clean up my act.

So poems that are absolute trash will be taken down.


On the other side of that equation, poems I really like might be taken down too. As I will be polishing them and submitting them for publication, or including them in my poetry collection that I will release late Spring / early Summer.


I know my poetry has helped a lot of you through difficult times, and you telling me that inspired me to push myself forward. So as a thank you for all of your support, I thought the least I owed you was some fair notice.

If there are works you particularly love, feel free to make a copy (although write down that they were by me, Kathryn O'Driscoll, somewhere! XD) for your own personal reading / enjoyment. Maybe let me know.

Some things (like 'Stitches' for example) are an iconic part of my life here on DA and won't be removed. So my gallery won't be empty, but it will be a small selection of good pieces. 


This is hard for me. I've been on DA for almost a decade. You guys feel like family. But everything evolves. You guys gave me the strength to do that. To take myself as a writer seriously.


And I'm hoping that some of you will want a copy of my book sometime soon ;) 


:blowkiss:

Love always,

Kate


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