Poetry Competition

Download the 2011 booklet
Download the Edition spéciale 2011 booklet 
Download the enrolment form for the 2011 Poetry competition
Please check the criteria

 SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE 2011 RESULTS 
  

IF YOU WISH TO COMPOSE your own poem, please visit Poésie en liberté from 02 January 2012.

IF YOU WISH TO RECITE: Le Concours de Poésie 2011 will be on Saturday 20 August. It is opened to students of French from year 5 to 12. Students choose a poem from the 2011 booklet   OR   the Edition spéciale booklet (above) according to their year level and recite it in front of a jury usually composed of two French teachers. Poems must be learnt by heart. The 2011 Edition will be held at ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE BRISBANE.

To listen to the recorded poems, please click here.
       
► Registration deadline for the traditional Concours de Poésie (recitation): Monday 08 August 2011. Please ensure you register your students by filling the Excel file (see upper enrolment form) and send it back VIA EMAIL . Please mail your payment to the Alliance by the same date. No registration will be accepted without payment and no registration will be accepted after the closing date.

► Fees for the Poetry Competition:
Members: $7.00 if the school or teacher is a current member of the Alliance
Non-members: $10.00
A 10% discount applies to schools new to the competition in 2011 and who register at least 5 students.

► Results and prizes:
Prizes will be awarded to excelling students. Prizes include books, posters, cinema tickets, food vouchers, French products and many more. Students who perform very well will receive a "certificat de mention bien" and all participating students will receive a "certificat de participation". Results will not be mailed to school but will be available on the Alliance's website on Tuesday 23 August. Certificates of participation and prizes will be given out at the Prize giving ceremony on Friday 14 October.