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15th August 2008 |
£11,000
prizes for poems of any length, on any subject.
fee £6 |
The Arvon International Poetry Competition 2008
The Prizes
£11,000 prizes
for poems of any length, on any subject.
This includes:
The Classic FM First Prize £5,000
The Second Prize
£2,500
The Third Prize
£1,000
And Three
Commendation Prizes of £500
Ted Hughes
Environmental Poetry Prize £1,000 plus special editions of Ted Hughes
publications for the best poem that deals with the environment, in the
broadest sense.
Judges
Poet Laureate
Andrew Motion, Alice Oswald, Moniza Alvi
Cost of entry
£6 per poem
Deadline
August 15th
2008 at 5pm
How to enter
Ring 020 7931
7611 for an entry form
or visit
www.arvonfoundation.org/poetry
to enter online.
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15th August 2008 |
1st £700 entry £4 |
Torbay Open Poetry Competition
For poems of up to 50 lines. First prize £700, second prize £300,
third prize £150. 14-18 years' prizes: £200, £100, £75. Judges:
Sheenagh Pugh, 14-18 years' prize: Helen Mort.
Entry - £4 per poems or 3 poems for
£10, 6 poems for £20. £2 a poem for 14-18 years or 3 poems for £5
Contact: The Administrator, c/o The Mount, Brixham,
South Devon TQ5 8QY
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18th August 2008 |
First prize £250
Second Prize £100
Third Prize £50
One entry only
Max. 20 lines
Entry Fee £3 |
Havant Literary Festival open poetry competition
Adjudicator John Haynes. Prize giving will be on Thursday 25th
September at The Tongues and Grooves concert at the Havant Arts Centre when
winner will be invited to read their poems. For details, rules and entry form
send SAE to: Denise Bennett Competition Secretary HLFS11 The Pallant HAVANT
Hants P09 1BY |
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30th August 2008 |
1st £500 |
Essex Poetry Festival 8th Open Poetry Competition
First Prize £500, Second £200, Third £100
and 3 runner-up prizes of £10 book tokens
This years judge will be Catherine Smith.
Prize giving will be at the Essex Poetry Festival in October
Winners & runners-up will be invited to read their winning poems at the
festival. Winning poems will be published on the Festival website
Closing date 30th August 2008
For details of rules and entry fee visit Essex Poetry Festival website
www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk
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31st August 2008 |
1st ???
entry £3 |
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31st August 2008 |
1st £50 |
Earlyworks Press Competitions 2008 - Rhymers Poetry Competition
Is verse a thing of the past? The Queen's English Society says if it don't rhyme
and scan, it ain't poetry. Contemporary editors say end-line rhymes are
old-fashioned and too obvious. Each side proves
their point by holding up BAD examples of the other side's poetry. Let's
show them some good ones. Send us a rhyming poem - it may be in a traditional
form or a pattern of your own, but must use line-end rhymes.
£50 1^st prize £20 2^nd prize Winners and runners up will be published on
the website. £5 paid
for each one we use.Also regular web-based competitions – poetry, flash fiction,
short story and genre challenges. Full details on the website, or write to
*Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street, Hastings, Sussex
TN34 1HL*
www.earlyworkspress.co.uk
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31st August 2008 |
1st £500
entry £10 |
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1st September 2008 |
1st ???
entry £5 |
Chroma International Queer
Writing Competition
Poem category for poems of up to 50
lines. For a further £15 writers will receive a critique of their
poem/story. Judges: Robert Gluck, Betsy Warland, Sarah Waters and
Stella Duffy. First prize £300.
Entry - £5 for
each poem or story
Chroma Writing Competition, PO Box
44655, London N16 0WQ
Website:
www.chromajournal.co.uk
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1st September 2008 |
1st -
Poetry: place on Arvon
Foundation poetry course (in
conjunction with the Arvon Foundation).
Short Story: £200
Entry fee £4 |
Ilkley Literature Festival Poetry and Short
Story Competition
Judges: Michael Symmons Roberts (poetry)
Mavis Cheek (short story)
The winning authors and runners up will be invited to read at the Festival
in October 2008, and a selection of the winning work will be published
on the Festival website.
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8th September 2008 |
1st £300 entry £3 |
Nottingham Open Poetry
Competition 2008
For poems of up to 40 lines. Sole adjudicator: Julia Copus. First
prize £300, second prize £150, third prize £75. Entry -
£3 per poem or £10 for four poems
Contact: The Competition Secretary, 38 Harrow Road, West
Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7DU
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21st
September 2008
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£50 best poem.
£50 best local poem
£50 best comic poem
Junior prize if sufficient entries
A selection of entries will be included in the F.O.2008 anthology
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Faringdon Online poetry
competition 2008.
Adjudicator: Helen Kidd. Entry
is free to this modest online competition. Short listed poems will be published
on the Faringdon Online Community web site. A selection to be included in the
F.O. Anthology
For details see
http://www.faringdon.org/poetry2008/nvpoetrycomp2008.htm
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30th September 2008 |
first prize £1000; second prize £350; third prize £150
Entry £3.50 |
The McLellan Award for Poetry, for poems in all varieties of Scots and in
English. Judge: W.N.Herbert.
Prizewinners are invited to read on same bill as the judge at the
closing event of a small Arts Festival on the Isle of Arran, on 22nd
November 2008. For further details, rules and online entry forms visit
www.mclellanawards.co.uk or send
for an entry form to Corriegills Farm,
Corriegills, Isle of Arran KA27 8BL. |
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30th September 2008 |
Prize fund $5250
entry $6 (per 25 lines) |
TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID POETRY CONTEST
Fourteen cash prizes totaling $5,250. Top prize $2,000. Submit poems in any
style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries
published online. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning
Writers. Postmark deadline: September 30. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit
online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant
Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is proud to be one of
"101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2007). More information:
www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry |
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30th September 2008
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1st prizes + publication |
THE POETRY KIT - Poetry Competition.
This is a poetry competition with a difference.
First of all, the prize is publication on the front page of Poetry Kit where
it will be seen by the 10 thousand visitors we have each day, there will
also be a few other goodies to show our thanks, but no cash prize..
Secondly although there is no set fee to enter, there is a catch;
To read more about this competition here.
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10th October 2008 |
1st
prize £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250, plus 20
commendations @ £20 each
entry £5 |
troubadour poetry prize
judged by: jo
shapcott & stephen knight
1st
prize £1000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250, plus 20 commendations
@ £20 each and a coffee-house poetry
reading for all prizewinning and commended poets with jo shapcott & stephen
knight on monday 1st december 2008 submission deadline: friday 10th october
2008
By Post:
No entry form required; each poem must be typed on one side of A4 white
paper showing title & poem only; do not show author’s name or any other
identifying marks on submitted poems; include a separate page showing Name,
Address, Phone, E-Mail (opt), Titles and Number of Poems EITHER @ £5/€7/$10
OR @ £4/€5/$8; no staples; entries are not returned.
Deadline:
All postal entries, and postal payments for e-mail entries, to arrive at
Troubadour Poetry Prize, Coffee-House
Poetry, PO Box 16210, LONDON, W4 1ZP postmarked on or before
Friday 10th October 2008.
Prizewinners will be notified by Friday 21st November 2008. Prizegiving will
be on Monday 1st December 2008 at
Coffee-House Poetry at the Troubadour.
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17th October 2008 |
First Prize £200 Second £100 Third £50 |
Leicester Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition. 40 lines max.
Results will be announced on Friday 7th November 2008. Winners will be invited
to read their winning poems at an Awards Ceremony on 28th November.
Winning poems will be published in the Society’s Publication The Stanza.
For further details & rules visit
http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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31st October 2008 |
1st £150 entry £3 |
Newark Poetry Society 9th Open
Poetry Competition
For poems of up to 40 lines. Judge: Adrian Buckner. First prize
£150.
Entry - £3 per poem
Kate Koppana, 20 Whitfield Street,
Newark, Notts NG24 1QX
Website:
www.newarkpoetrysociety.co.uk
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31st October 2008 |
1st £100 |
The Black Horse
Poets Seventh Open Poetry Competition
First Prize £100,
Second Prize £50, Third Prize £20
Closing
Date October 31st 2008
(This Year - submit 4
poems for the price of 2)
The
entry fee is £3.00 for the first poem and £2.00 for the second. 2
further poems may then be submitted, entry free.
Cheques should be made payable to: The Black Horse Poets
Further details;
The
Competition Secretary, 25 Wycliffe Street, Ossett, West Yorkshire,
WF5 9ER |
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31st October 2008 |
1st $1000
entry $20 |
THE 2009 HOLLIS SUMMERS POETRY PRIZE
Named after the distinguished poet who taught for many years at Ohio University
and made Athens,
Ohio, the subject of many of his poems, this competition invites writers to
submit unpublished
collections of original poems. The competition is open to both those who
have not published a book-length collection and those who have.
Submission Period - Manuscripts must be postmarked by October 31, 2008. Those
postmarked later will be returned unread.
Format - Manuscripts of 60 to 95 pages should be typed on standard sized paper
or be a clean photocopy. Do not send your only copy. Name, address, and phone
number should appear on the title page.
Acknowledgments should appear on a separate page. Individual collections must be
the work of a
single author. Translations are not accepted. Manuscripts should be submitted in
final form; revisions
or emendations to acknowledgments will not be considered during the contest.
Multiple submissions to
other publishers are acceptable provided we are informed if the manuscript is
accepted elsewhere. The
manuscript should be submitted in a plain 9 × 11½" manila folder. Please do not
submit manuscripts
bound in ring binders or plastic holders.
Return of Manuscripts - Because we cannot guarantee the return of the
manuscripts, all entries become the property of Ohio University Press and those
not chosen will be recycled. Do not include a self-addressed stamped envelope.
All contestants will be notified following the final selection. Include a
self-addressed
stamped postcard if you wish acknowledgment of receipt.
Entry Fee - Submissions should include a check for $20 made out to Ohio
University Press to help defray
administrative costs.
Judging - The final judge for the competition will be named when the winner is
announced in April. Individual criticism of manuscripts cannot be given.
Prize - The winning manuscript will be published by Ohio University Press the
following year and will be
awarded a cash prize of $1000.
Send all materials to: Hollis Summers Poetry Prize, Ohio University Press, 19
Circle Drive, The Ridges
Athens, OH 45701 |
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31st October 2008 |
1st £300
entry £3 |
Ragged Raven Press Eleventh Poetry
Competition for poems of any length and on any subject. First prize
£300, four runners-up prizes of £50. Selected entries published in
anthology. Entry fee: £3 per poem, £10 for 4 poems. Entry form/details from
www.raggedraven.co.uk
or send sae to 1 Lodge Farm, Snitterfield, Stratford-on-Avon, Warks CV37 0LR
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31st October 2008 |
1st £200 entry £3 |
Leaf Books invites you to
submit poetry of any length and on any subject. Enter online or by post. £3
per single submission; £10 for four submissions. Winner receives £200.
Runner-up receives ten free pocket-sized Leaf Books. All selected entries
will be published in a competition anthology. Closes 31st October 2008.
Download an entry form or enter online at website:
www.leafbooks.co.uk
Email
contact@leafbooks.co.uk for
any further queries.
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31st October 2008 |
1st 150 entry £4 |
Cannon Poets 2008 Competition
The theme this year is 'play'. Entries should be 20 to 40 line poems
that in some way reflect the theme. £150 first prize.
Entry - £4 for the first poem and £2 for each additional poem
Cannon Poets Silver Jubilee
2008 Competition, 22 Margaret Grove, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9JH
Website:
www.cannonpoets.co.uk
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31st October 2008 |
First prize £5,000
Second prize £1,000
Third prize £500
entry £5 |
The Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition 2008
Please
click here to download an entry form and enter
online. Alternatively, if you would like an entry form to
be posted to you, please send an A5 SAE to Competition Organiser
(website), 22 Betterton Street, London, WC2H 9BX.
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1st November 2008 |
1st ??? entry £3 |
Rubies in the Darkness Annual
Poetry Competition 2008
For poems of any length and on any subject. Cheques payable to 'P.G.
Thompson'. Competition judge: Peter Geoffrey Paul Thompson.
Entry - £3 per poem
Contact: 41 Grantham Road, Manor Park, London E12 5LZ
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1st November 2008 |
1st £80 entry £2 |
Carillon Magazine Open Poetry Competition 2008
For poems of 15-20 lines on the theme of silence. Four prizes: £80, £40, £20,
£10.
Entry - £2 for one or up to three
entries for £3
Contact: Graham Rippon, 19 Godric
Drive, Brinsworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire S60 5AN
Email: comps@carillonmag.org.uk |
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15th November 2008 |
1st ??? entry from - £1 |
Barnet Open Poetry Competition
2008
For poems of up to 35 lines.
Categories for adults and for 7-16s.
Judges: Dannie Abse and Katherine
Gallagher.
Entry - £1 for
7-16s, adult fee TBC
For an entry form, please send an SAE
to BBAC Poetry Competition, c/o All Saints Arts Centre, 122 Oakleigh
Road North, London N20 9EZ
Website:
www.artsinbarnet.org.uk
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29th November 2008 |
1st £50
entry £1 |
Mizzmouse Poetry Contest
Open for entries from 1 September to 29 November 2008.
Entries are invited for poems up to 20 lines, any style, any subject. Must
be original work, in English, not previously published. Winning poem
published on the website. Prize : £50. Open to all. Entry fee: £1 per
poem.
Full details on the website:
http://www.mizzmouse.com |
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30th November 2008 |
1st £500
entry £4 |
The
Plough Prize 2008
Deadline:
30th November
2008
Prizes:
1st £500, 2nd £200, 3rd £100 in each
category. Additional prize for best entry by Devon resident not placed in a
main category.
Final
Judge:
U A Fanthorpe
Categories:
Short poem (up to 10 lines), Open (up to 40 lines)
Entry
fee:
£4.00 per poem, four poems
£14, thereafter £3.50. Small surcharge for online entry.
Free check-box critique on
request for every entry received before October 30th. Full long
and short lists published.
email:
admin@theploughprize.co.uk. Details, postal entry form, online entry and
previous winners at:
www.theploughprize.co.uk , or send an SAE to: Poetry Competition, The
Plough Arts Centre, Torrington EX38 8HQ.
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30th November 2008
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1st prizes +publication |
THE POETRY KIT - Poetry Competition.
This is a poetry competition with a difference.
First of all, the prize is publication on the front page of Poetry Kit where
it will be seen by the 10 thousand visitors we have each day, there will
also be a few other goodies to show our thanks, but no cash prize..
Secondly although there is no set fee to enter, there is a catch;
To read more about this competition here.
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1st December 2008 |
1st
£1,750 |
The
Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize
A prize of £1,750 or $3,000, with publication in the UK and USA by The
Waywiser Press is given annually for a collection of poems in English by an
author who has published no more than one previous collection. Submit a
manuscript of 50 to 100 pages with a cheque for the entry fee of £15 or $25
made out to The Waywiser Press by December 1. Full guidelines and the required
entry form can be downloaded from the website:
www.waywiser-press.com/hechtprize.html. Or send an SASE to The Waywiser
Press, 14 Lyncroft Gardens, Ewell, Surrey KT17 1UR, UK |
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30th December 2008
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1st - £250 |
Poetry Competition Torriano
First Prize £250 Second
Prize £150 Third Prize
£75
No entry form required
Poems up to a maximum of 40 lines each to be typed on a single side of A4
paper.
Poems should not have been previously published.
A separate sheet of A4 should contain the titles of poems, name, land and
email
addresses and phone number of entrant • Entry fees: £3 one poem, £5 for two,
£10 for five. Cheques payable to the Torriano Support Fund
Diana Baggs, 1 Havelock Road,Walmer, Deal, Kent CT14 7TE
Enquiries -
Tel:
01304 372914 or email: june.english@btinternet.com |
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Ongoing Competitions |
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2 deadlines each year |
1st £100 |
Cinnamon
Press Poetry Collection Award:
1st prize £100 &
publishing contract. Runners up published in anthology. Submit 10 poems
up to 40 lines. Fee - £16. inc. copy of winners’ anthology. Entries by
post + sae & details - name, address, email, working title, nom de plume
- to: Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog,
Gwynedd, LL41 3SU. Details
www.cinnamonpress.com
Deadlines –
bi-annual: June 30th & November 30th |
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3 deadlines each year |
Prizes of £150, £100 and £50 |
Envoi
International Poetry Competition:
Prizes
of £150, £100 and £50, plus 3 annual subscriptions to runners up.
Previously unpublished poems; any style/theme up to 40 lines;
£3 per poem or
five poems for £12 cheques payable to 'Cinnamon Press’. Entries
by post with sae to Envoi Poetry Competition, Meirion House, Glan yr
afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU.’ Envoi
International Open Poetry
Deadlines –
extended deadline March 20th 2007 (normally February) +
June 20th &
October 20th annually. |
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Ongoing, various |
$$$ |
firstwriter.com Poetry
Competitions - at least one poetry competition running at all times |
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Ongoing |
Publication
fee £5
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Open Poetry Competition
Win Publication Of Your Own Booklet Of Poems
Entry Fee: just £5:00 for a manuscript of up to 28 poems.
The competition is on-going - Winners chosen three times a year.
Further details are available from:
www.webspawner.com/users/arambypublishing |
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Ongoing |
Publication on honours board
FREE
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Mattia Poetry Competition - We are a family oriented
website that promotes poetry. We host a one-of-a-kind, no fee,
international poetry competition that allows our competitors the
opportunity to audition their work, and read others who are doing the
same. We choose from our audition board those that continue on to
our “Fina-List” board. . . a very fun site. Please visit us at: www.mattia.ca |
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Ongoing |
Prize = Poet's Collection published + advrt etc. on web
or equiv. wh'sale £ value, . Also run'r-up prizes. |
Peer Poetry Mag helps poets to match their quality
(via readers votes) in each issue with 60 other modern poets of a good
standard. Check the submission details before entering.
Peer Poetry Magazine 26 Arlington House, Bath St., Bath,
Somerset BA1 1QN
Editor:
Paul Amphlett
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Ongoing on-line comps |
$150
fee $1
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Poem Kingdom run two competitions: 1.) Vie Via Verse, for
entries of any length; three cash prizes awarded; online publication for
winners and 12 finalists; $5 entry fee; final judging is done by a
published, acclaimed poet. 2.) Mini Poems Competition, for entries of 12
lines or less; one in every 30 entries wins $15; $1 entry fee; winner
and three runners-up earn a place in the Showcase. PayPal is accepted.
You must visit the
website for full rules and conditions. Enter
online or by mail to:
Poem Kingdom, Vie Via Verse, P.O. Box
610362, Port Huron, MI 48061-0362 USA
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1st January annually |
$100
fee $15
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No Love Lost Annual International Poetry Contest.
Send 5 poems, previously unpublished, of any styles, any themes, any
length. Submission fee - $15.00 (£7.00) includes purchase of book.
Authors retain copyright. For full details send S.A.S.E. to
Hidden Brook Press 412 - 701 King Street
West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2W7
or e-mail:
writers@hiddenbrookpress.com
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15th February and 15th August annually |
*
fee £2 - £10
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Award (formerly The Haiku Award) -
bi-annual competition for free form and conventional haiku (5-7-5) and
tanka (5-7-5-7-7). Entry: £2.00 per haiku or tanka or £10.00 for a set
of 6. For more information and entry forms visit
www.into.demon.co.uk, or write to
still, 1 Lambolle Place, Belsize Park,
London NW3 4PD
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31st March and 30th September annually |
*
fee £3
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Quantum Leap Poetry Competitions for poems
not exceeding 36 lines. Entry: £3.00 per poem. Details from:
York House, 15 Argyle Terrace, Rothesay,
Isle of Bute PA20 0BD
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April 1st & Oct. 1st Annually |
Prizes: $100.00 Best Poem
$5.00 entry fee for up to three poems
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Reflections Poetry Contest,
details at
http://www.reflections.twoffice.com. $5.00 entry fee for up
to three poems, any length Submit entries to
vdumond@aol.com and send entry fee by
Paypal or submit entries & fee by mail to Wordshop Publications, 38
Windwood Loop, Conway, AR 72034. |
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1st May and 1st October annually |
$100
fee ???
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SEEDS International Poetry Chapbook Anthology
Contest For full details send S.A.S.E. to
Hidden Brook Press 412 - 701 King Street
West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2W7
or e-mail:
writers@hiddenbrookpress.com
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End Feb, June, October |
???
free entry
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Spice Box Open Poetry Competition - Details - Aramby
Publishing, 1 Alanbrooke, Broadway, Knaphill, Surrey, GU21 2RU
thespicebox@aol.com |
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1st June annually |
*
fee -$15
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The Open Window Annual International Poetry
Anthology Contest. Send 5 poems, previously unpublished, of any
styles, any themes, any length. Submission fee - $15.00 (£7.00) includes
purchase of book. Authors retain copyright. For full details send
S.A.S.E. to
Hidden Brook Press 412 - 701 King Street
West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 2W7
or e-mail:
writers@hiddenbrookpress.com
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31st August annually |
Various |
POSTCODE POETRY COMPETITION
The competition’s aim is to find the best poet
within each postcode area in the UK and we accept poems on any subject –
not just about postcodes!
Poems to be no more than 36 lines: 1 x poem - £3.50;
up to 3 poems - £9; up to 5 poems - £12.50; up to 10 poems - £20;
for more than 10 poems please contact
editor@postcode-poetry.co.uk for cost.
For the inaugural competition (2005) contestants
from PR, BS and BA postcodes may submit their first three poems FREE as
a thank you for testing the systems and helping me to promote the
competition (but fully verifiable postal details needed in your
biography to qualify).
Poems may be submitted at any time by email or
snailmail but full details of the competition are available from
www.postcode-poetry.co.uk or by post from Postcode Poetry, 108 Deepdale
Road, Preston PR1 5AR.
The competition will only be judged by the general
public – now how scarey is that?! Up to 120 individual Postcode
winners will receive: publication, virtual trophy, T-shirt, poetry
hamper, poetic licences and public acclaim. The national winner
also gets fed! There could be more – but you’ll have to be in it
to win it!
Introduce others to the competition and reduce the
cost of your own submissions – email or snailmail your postal details to
the editor in order to receive further information on this offer.
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March 1st, June 1st, September 1st, December 1st annually |
US$100 and publication
fee ???
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Voices Anthology - The International Poetry
Competition Details at
http://www.voicesnet.com/ The organisers declare that they are not a Vanity
press. |
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varies |
??? |
Wendy Web Poetry Competitions - Various poetry
competitions for poems on different themes and styles. Email
wwbuk@yahoo.co.uk for details. |