Competition: Creative Writing about Mental Health

[Sudden Productions]

Competition: Creative Writing about Mental Health

When you hear the words mental health, what comes to mind? Often people think about people or events that are related to experiences of a mental health problem or mental disorder.

Mental Health applies to all of us, if we feel good most of the time or if we have a mental health problem or mental illness.

Creative writing is a great way to express your ideas about this topic.

Before you start, think of three things that you do that increase your feelings of mental health.

Your creative piece should be about what you feel, think of, or have experienced about mental health.

Perhaps you could write about what mental health is and some things to improve mental health or feel “good”. Alternatively you could describe an experience or event in your life, which was particularly positive for your mental health. If you want to write about your thoughts on a mental health problem or mental illness, that’s OK too.

Rules:
• Open to all
• Two prizes will be awarded to two different winners
• At least, one winner will be under 25 years of age.
• Competition closes Tuesday 24th March 2009. All entries to be received by this date.
• A maximum of three poems per entrant
• Each poem must not exceed 50 lines
• Poems must be related to mental health
• Poems must be unpublished
• Judging will be done by a panel of 5 young people developing TELL ME LIES with Sudden Production
• Judges decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Prizes:
• Two prizes each of 4 Free tickets for any of the performances of TELL ME LIES at the Patrick Centre from the 30th of March to the 4th of April
• Each winner’s prose or poetry will be published on Sudden Productions website
• Each winner’s prose or poetry will be published in the programme of TELL ME LIES
• Free copy of the Programme of TELL ME LIES for each winner

How to Enter:
• E-mail your entry to [e-mail]
Please fill in the following contact details in the main body of the email and attached your poem as in a regular e-mail.
Name:
Address:
Title of entry:

This Creative Writing about Mental Health Competition is open to all and is organised by Sudden Productions as they preparing to premiere their new play TELL ME LIES at the Patrick Centre from the 30th of March to the 4th of April 2009.

TELL ME LIES is a piece of new writing supported by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, The Arts Council of England, Birmingham City Council and Legal and General. The play aims at challenging stigma around mental health and mental illness.

For further information, contact: Carole-Anne Le Foll - Email: [e-mail]
Web: www.suddenproductions.co.uk

[AB]

Hi. interesting competition. thanks for letting us know. If you would like to collaborate and publish any competitions or simple writing tasks here just stick them up or give me a shout. will be sure to enter myself as well.