The Christopher Salmon Foundation, in conjunction with Wirral Libraries and Wirral Poetry Festival, is delighted to announce the Christopher Salmon Poetry Competition for 2024.The competition is open for entries from 1st January to 28th March 2024 and is open to those aged 19 years and under, living or being educated in Wirral.
We set up the competition following the sudden death in February 2009 of our youngest son when he was aged just 15. Chris was a pupil of Calday Grammar School and had a real passion and talent for writing poetry. In his memory we set up the foundation and started the poetry competition with the aim of encouraging young people to express themselves through poetry.
Entry is free and a £100 prize will be awarded to the winner in each of the following five age categories, Ages 7 & under (Key stage 1), 8-11 (Key Stage 2), 11-13 (Key stage 3), 14-16 (Key stage 4) and those aged 16-19 in full time education.
The theme for this year’s competition is “Dream”.
We look forward to receiving your entries and thank you so much for your support over the last 15 years, as it has meant a great deal to us to continue to keep Chris’s memory alive.
Yours sincerely
Julie, Rich and Jonny Salmon
The Trustees of The Christopher Salmon Foundation.
Registered Charity no 1132231.
Patrons Ian Rush MBE & Mrs. Tracy Rush