Eisteddfod Poetry Competition Winner to Appear in "Seventh Quarry" Magazine

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Left Coast Eisteddfod Poetry Competition will be featured in the prestigious international poetry magazine - "The Seventh Quarry". Peter Thabit Jones, the editor of the magazine which is based in Swansea, will feature the winning submission together with an appreciation and a picture of the author.

The current edition of "The Seventh Quarry" includes an article on Jose Garcia Villa written by John Edwin Cowen. Garcia Villa was a devoted admirer of E.E. Cummings and also a dear friend of Dylan Thomas and Caitlin Thomas in New York, when Caitlin joined Dylan on one of the American tours. Also featured in the Poet Profile section is Indian poet, Rita Malhotra.

Also included are submissions by poets from China, England, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Sicily, USA and Wales.

The magazine is now 64 pages and appears twice a year, in January and July. It costs £3.50 per issue or £7 for a year’s subscription (two copies). $10 and $20 for USA subscribers. Further information at www.peterthabitjones.com

Peter Thabit Jones reads from his latest anthology "The Lizard Catchers":-

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