Wednesday, March 23, 2011

POETRY CONTEST

DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION

International Poetry Contest in Memory of Papusza

2010.02.17The Ethnographical Museum in Tarnow, Poland announces a poetry contest in to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the poetess Papusza. Poems may be submitted in Polish and in Romani.

Dear Roma and non-Roma poets!

It is my pleasure to invite you to participate in the second edition of the International Contest of Romani Poetry in Memory of Papusza on the title “For the Golden Pen of Papusza”. The contest is dedicated to Romani poetess Bronisława Wajs, called Papusza, who died in 1987 - to commemorate her 100th birthday. The aim of the contest is to support and exhibit the integration and mutual contacts of Romani and Polish culture and looking for the young talents in the field of poetry.

The organizer of the contest is the District Museum in Tarnow (Poland), partners are: Centre of the Roma Culture in Tarnow (Tarnow, Poland), Romani Baxt (Warsaw-Tirana-Paris), INALCO - Institut National des Languages et Civilisations Orientales (France).

The character of the contest is open and is addressed to adults, students and pupils of secondary schools in Poland and abroad. The topics are the inspirations in culture, tradtion and history of Roma. The contest has 2 categories of competition: poems in Romani and poems in Polish. The Contest participants submit no more than 3 poems in the chosen category. Deadline for sending poems is 31st of March 2010.

For the participation form and contest rules please see the Tarnów Regional Museum website.

Natalia Gancarz
The Ethnographical Museum in Tarnow
"Studia Romologica"
natalia@muzeum.tarnow.pl
http://www.stromo.pl/

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