Tag: Helena May
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Register for the Proverse Autumn Reception 2025!
The Proverse Autumn Reception 2025 will be held at the Helena May FRIDAY 28 NOV from 7pm-9/9.30pm – and YOU’RE INVITED! Dr. Gillian Bickley, co-founder with Dr. Verner Bickley, MBE, of the International Proverse Prizes will announce the WINNERS of the PROVERSE POETRY PRIZE 2025 and the SEMI-FINALISTS of THE PROVERSE PRIZE 2025. Books will…
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Proverse Spring Reception 2025
The well-attended Proverse Spring Reception 2025 took place at the Helena May, and we welcomed two poets from Singapore for the first time. First came a heartfelt expression of gratitude for the support received from time to time from Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Next, Proverse authors present were introduced. Then came two sad announcements.…
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Proverse Spring Reception 2025 April 29
The Proverse Spring Reception is just around the corner and taking place at the Helena May 29 April 2025 from 7pm-9pm. We will be launching new books by our authors, including the latest book in our Mingled Voices series of poetry anthologies, Mingled Voices 9. We will also be celebrating the life and literary achievements…
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Proverse Prize Winners Announced!
The winners of The Proverse Prize 2023 were announced at the Proverse Autumn Reception at the Helena May 21 Nov 2024. The winners were Michael Witts for his poetry collection Some Dualities, Matthew Wong-Foreman for his novel Sunset at Lion Rock and Stewart McKay for his debut novella The Ballad of Billy Lopez. The winners…
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Register for the 2024 Proverse Autumn Reception
Our 2024 Autumn Reception will be held at the Helena May 21 Nov from 7-9pm. Books will be launched and the winners of the 2023 Proverse Prize announced! The winners of the 2024 Proverse Poetry Prize will also be announced. There will also be a report on the 2024 Proverse Prize. Registration is open so please act fast to reserve your place! View our…
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Proverse announces 2023 Proverse Prize finalists and launched Mingled Voices 8!
Our latest press release (below) reveals the names of the finalists of the Proverse Prize 2023 and details of the launch of Mingled Voices 8. Thanks to everyone who attended the Proverse Spring Reception 2024 at the Helena May! We look forward to welcoming you to the next one in November, where the winners of…
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Proverse Spring Reception 2024 – You’re Invited!
Spring has officially arrived! You are cordially invited to the Proverse Spring Reception 2024 on Thursday 25 April from 7-9pm at the Helena May, where we will be revealing the Proverse Prize 2024 finalists and launching Mingled Voices 8, our anthology of poems by poets who won places in the 2023 Proverse Poetry Prize! Please…
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Happy Holidays from Proverse!
Our latest newsletter has just dropped and can be downloaded here! Catch up with the latest news about the Proverse Prize and Proverse Poetry Prize winners and finalists, watch our 2023 Autumn Reception on YouTube and read about our three most recent book releases! Wishing all of you a magical Christmas and a happy, fruitful…
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Proverse Prize and Proverse Poetry Prize Announce Winners!
The winners of the 2022 Proverse Prize and semifinalists of the 2023 Proverse Prize were announced at our 2023 Autumn Reception at the Helena May 21 November 2023! Also announced were the winners of the 2023 Proverse Poetry Prize. All winning single poem entries will receive places in our next Mingled Voices anthology, Mingled Voices…
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Proverse 2023 Autumn Reception Tickets On Sale!
Tickets have just gone on sale for our 2023 Proverse Autumn Reception at the Helena May, which takes place 21 NOV 2023 from 7pm-9.30pm. The winners of places in our 2023 Proverse Poetry Prize anthology Mingled Voices 8 and semifinalists of the 2023 Proverse Prize will be announced at the event! Tickets usually sell out…
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REMINDER: Proverse Prize and Poetry Prize 2023 Submissions end 30 June!
The countdown has begun! Submissions for the International Proverse Prize and International Proverse Poetry Prize 2023 close in just 4 days! CLOSING DATE: 30 June! ENTER NOW! The Proverse Prize for single-author book-length fiction, non-fiction, or poetry, previously unpublished in English (may be in translation), founded in 2008, offers a cash prize (HK$10,000) and publication.…
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Proverse Spring Reception 2023
Thanks to everyone who attended and supported our 2023 Proverse Spring Reception at the Helena May 27 April! The poetry readings by some of the poets published in Mingled Voices 7: Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2022 and speeches by 2022 Proverse Prize finalists (the winners will be announced at our 2023 Autumn Reception) were spellbinding.…
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Mingled Voices 7 Launching Proverse Spring Reception 27 April 2023
The winners of the 2022 Proverse Poetry Prize were announced at our Autumn Reception at the Helena May in November. Our anthology of winning entries Mingled Voices 7 will be among the books launched at our Spring Reception at the Helena May 27 April 2023. The book has just landed on Chinese University of Hong Kong…
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