500 Poems, 500 Places Submission Form

The Scottish Makar, Jackie Kay, has taken residency with Young Scot as part of Year of Young People 2018. During the year, Jackie is working with Young Scot to encourage more people to share their voices and express themselves through poetry! 500 Poems, 500 Places is a project to encourage you to create, share and influence others through poetry. By the end of Year of Young People, we want to have 500 poems collected, inspired by the theme of ‘place’.

Place doesn’t just have to mean where you live, or somewhere you visit; place could mean how you perceive yourself, your place in society and the world you live in. Place can be literal, figurative or imaginary; it can be anything that inspires you!

Your poem can be anything from a Haiku to a limerick, you can rhyme or you can free verse. There are so many ways to write a poem, you just need to find what ‘place’ is inspiring. What’s important is that the poem has been created by you!

If you need some help getting started check out our tips for how to write poetry.

1. Please share your poem with us below *This question is required.

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Please write your poem in the box below.
If you have recorded your poem as a video please share the link to it in the space below.

In your poem, what does place mean to you?

2. If you have a photo that reflects what place means to you, please upload it here

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3. About You *This question is required.

What is your name?

What is your email address?

4. ConsentPlease read and agree with the below statements to give your consent.

I hereby give my consent for my poem and associated images to be used by Young Scot for the purpose of 500 Poems, 500 Places

Yes

I acknowledge that all rights and copyrights of this material rests with Young Scot and can be used for any promotional/publicity purpose

Yes

I consent to the information I have provided on this form to be used by Young Scot and involved partners for the purposes of the 500 Poems, 500 Places project and for equality and diversity monitoring purposes

Yes

I understand that I can request that Young Scot remove my contribution at any time in the future without giving a reason. Young Scot and partner will take all the steps it can to remove the image and contribution from social media. However, I understand that others may have copied the image and this it outside of Young Scot’s control

Yes