Foyle Young Poets - 2019

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Hey guys, I’ve recently entered Foyle Young Poets but I haven’t seen a recent thread about it. Why not start the convo as we wait for the results? :]

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I entered two poems fingers crossed! Good luck!!

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It’s good to see someone else doing Foyle this year (haha somehow the Foyle people haven’t been the most active on CC)! Best of luck to you too :]

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Didn’t do this program but as someone who is an avid writer, I wish you two the best of luck!

Have a nice day.

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Thanks! Although you may not have entered this, I wish you the best for your writing as well

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Anyone get an email yet?

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@scertuik a lot of people have :slight_smile: but foyle doesn’t send everything out at the same time! You could possibly be notified within the next few weeks.

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do you think most people have gotten emails by now?

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ahh haha now I’m so anxious will they announce when all the emails have been sent out?

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hey, @wistfulwords did you get an email? what did it say? :smiley:

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@beachdays1 anyone who got an email can’t officially announce until october 2nd, but my friend who was a foyle young poet last year told me that she got her email 2 weeks after everyone else so all emails probably aren’t sent out yet @hihelloo

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@wistfulwords was your friend in the top 15

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When will all the emails have been sent out?

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@hihelloo did you get the email? i got one just recently, think they’ve sent it to everyone who submitted now.

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yeah I did this morning I didn’t get anything lol

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@hihelloo @wontonandrice I think they sent the email accidentally to winners too but you probably would have received a notification already if you were top 15 or commended

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@wistfulwords wdym they sent the email to winners too?

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I didn’t get anything this year either, but I ended up receiving a regional award for a different contest so things went better than expected. Good luck to everybody who’s participating again next year

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How big of a deal to receive this award?

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@jazhope321 It’s a pretty big deal since it’s international and one of the more major poetry contests. The win rate is also super low (like at ~1%) so I’d call it a big award.