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Poetry Kit Newsletter
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by e-mail on the 1st of every month, provides competition details
and deadlines.
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31st January 2012 |
1st £300
entry free |
Inspired by Tagore an international writing competition.
Tagore was a hugely influential South Asian poet and
many sampad projects have celebrated his legacy or
been sparked by a line of his poetry. Entry forms
with full details can be downloaded
here. or email
inspiredbytagore@sampad.org.uk The closing date
is 31 January 2012 and any writer from the age of 8
onwards, with an interest in South Asian Culture,
can enter.
There are 2 categories: one for writers aged
between 8 and 15, one for writers aged 16 and over.
Entries can be poetry, short stories or
reportage, and writers can submit up to 6 pieces of
work, maximum length 400 words, using Tagore’s
poetry and writing as a starting point.
All winners will be notified by May 2012. The
winning entries will be published in a book that
will be launched in 2012 and winners will be given a
copy of this book.
There will be a special prize for the overall
winners:
Best writer in 8 to 15 category will receive £200
and best writer in 16 and over category will receive
£300. All winning writers will be published. website
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here.
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31st January 2012 |
1st £250
entry £3 |
The Slipstream
Poets competition
For poems up to 60 lines.
Prizes - £250; £100; £75; 2
x £10.
Additional local prize for
West Sussex entrants
Entry fees: £3.00 per poem or 4 for £10, 6 for £12
Summary: Slipstream Poets
invite entries for their Open Poetry Competition 2012 on the theme
‘ Encounters’
Winning poems will be
published on the web site
Adjudicator - Fay
Marshall.
Winners will be notified
individually and all results published on the Slipstream web site by
the end of March 2012
For
further details, rules and entry form see www.slipstream-poets.co.uk
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31st January 2012 |
1st £5000
entry £??? |
2012 Hippocrates Awards for Poetry and Medicine
www.hippocrates-poetry.org
£5000 first prize - one of the
highest value awards in the world for a single poem
Judges: broadcaster Martha Kearney,
US poet Marilyn Hacker, scientist Rod Flower, FRS
Deadline: 31st January 2012 |
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31st January 2012 |
1st £100
entry £ 3 |
Healing Poems Poetry Competition |
Closing Date: 31-Jan-12
For poems up to 40 lines. 1st Prize
- £100, 2nd Prize - £50, 3rd Prize - £25. The prizewinning poems
will be published in the next Bards at Blidworth and Beyond
Anthology.
Entry Fee: £3.00
Contact: Competition Secretary, 18 Hillside
Road, Blidworth, Notts, NG21 0TR
Tel:01623
794068
Website:-
http://www.thynkspublications.co.uk/competitions
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31st January 2012 |
1st £100
entry £3 |
Swale Life Poetry Competition January 2012
For poems up to 50 lines. First Prize: £100.00, Second Prize:
£50.00, Third Prize: £30.00. High Commendation Prizes: 2 x £10.00.
All prize winners will be published in Swale Life Online Magazine on
30th November 2011 and published in forthcoming anthology. Judge:
Mandy Pannett. A third of net entry fees and all profits from the
sale of the anthology will go to Diversity HouseEntry Fee: £3 per
poem, £12 for 5 poems. £16 for 7 poems and £22 for 10 poems
Send cheques in GB£ only payable to Eastern Light EPM
International, together with poems and Entry Forms or Cover Note to
Unit 136, 113-115 George Lane, South Woodford, London E18 1AB,
United Kingdom.
Enter online or download Entry Forms at
http://easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity/swale-life-poetry-competition/jan-12/
www.swalelife.com
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31st January 2012 |
1st £100
entry £3 |
Serendipity Poetry Competition |
Closing Date: 31-Jan-12
For poems up to 40 lines. 1st Prize
- £100, 2nd Prize - £50, 3rd Prize - £25. The prizewinning poems
will be published in the next Bards at Blidworth and Beyond
Anthology.
Entry Fee: £3.00
Contact: Competition Secretary, 18 Hillside
Road, Blidworth, Notts, NG21 0TR
Tel:01623
794068
Website:-
http://www.thynkspublications.co.uk/competitions
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31st January 2012 |
1st £1,500
entry £5 |
Kent and Sussex Open Poetry Competition
Adjudicator:
Mimi Khalvati, £1, 500 in prizes (first prize £800).
Closing date:
31st January 2012.
Entry fee: £5 per poem.
All
entries are read by the adjudicator.
1. The competition is open to anyone aged 16 and over. Typed, please and no longer than 40 lines.All poems are judged
anonymously and should not bear your name, nor any other form of
identification. On a separate sheet of A4 paper you should give a:
your name, address and – if you have one – e mail address, a list of
poems submitted, and where you heard about the competition. Please
enclose a sae for receipt of entry if required (marked RECEIPT) or
for results sheet (marked RESULTS - published April 2012).
Any number of
poems may be submitted on payment of the appropriate fee: £5 per
poem. Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to KENT &
SUSSEX POETRY SOCIETY. The winners will be notified by post. No
person may win more than one prize. The prize-winning poems will be
published in the Society’s Poetry Folio in July 2012 (available £3 from the address below).
Entries should be addressed to:
The Competition Organiser, 26
Courtlands, Teston, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 5AS. See
http://www.kentandsussex.poetrysociety.org for more details.
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31st January 2012
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1st value £1000
entry £3
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Terry Hetherington
Young Writers Award 2012
Entries are open for the 2012 Terry
Hetherington Young Writers Award, worth £1,000.
Competitors should be resident or studying in Wales,
and aged between 18 and 30 on 31 January, 2012.
Please submit 1 to 3 poems, and/or a piece of
prose up to a maximum of 3,000 words, on any subject.
Writer and broadcaster
Jon Gower
is on the judging panel, and will offer individual feedback on
entries.
The awards ceremony will be held at the Dylan
Thomas Centre next June, in association with Parthian Books.
Entries, with a £3 entry fee (cheques to be
made payable to Cheval) should be sent to:
Aida Birch,
59 Dan Y Graig Road,
Neath, SA11 1UA
Or: Jo Furber, Dylan Thomas Centre,
Somerset Place,
Swansea
, SA1 1RR
Deadline: 31 January, 2012
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31st January 2012 |
1st £100
entry £3 |
Provocations Poetry Competition
Poems up to 40 lines that relate to a favourite painting or
sculpture. Include reproduction of the chosen artwork with entry.
First prize, £100; second, £75 and 3rd, £50. Judges Chris Kinsey and
Paul Francis. Part of the Bishops Castle Arts Festival 2012.Entry
Fee: £3 for first poem, £2 for each subsequent poem
Cheques to be made payable to Bishops Castle Tourism CIC
Send entries with name and contact on separate sheet to:
Bryan
Podmore, Bryncyn Cottage, Church Stoke, Montgomery, Powys, SY15 6EN
Email:
info@bishopscastleartsfestival.co.uk
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1st February 2012 |
1st x2 publication, and £300
entry £20 |
Flarestack Poets Pamphlet Competition 2012
Closing date: 1st February 2012
Entry
fee: £20 per entry
Judges: Meredith Andrea and Jacqui Rowe
The
judges will read all entries, which will be submitted anonymously.
Two winners' pamphlets will be published in
late spring 2012. Each will receive £300 and 20 copies of their
winning pamphlet.
A selection of outstanding individual poems will be
published in an anthology.
Winners and authors of poems in the
anthology will be invited to read at a launch event in the West
Midlands. For full competition rules, go to:
http://www.flarestackpoets.co.uk/page17.htm
For further
enquiries, please contact:
flarestackpoets@gmail.com
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10th February 2012 |
1st £350
entry £4 |
Words by the Water/Mirehouse Poetry Competition
- Theme: There is no joy but calm - Tennyson.
For poems up to 40 lines. Judge: Helen Dunmore. First prize,
£350. The winning poem and eight highly commended poems will be
displayed on the Mirehouse Poetry Walk and on the Mirehouse website.
The eight commended poets will receive a box of new books worth
£100.Entry Fee: £4.00
Contact:
Mirehouse Poetry Competition, Droridge Farm, Dartington, Totnes,
Devon TQ9 6JG
Cheques payable to Words by the Water
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14th February 2012 |
1st Chapbook published
entry £2.50 |
Ward Wood Publishing is proud to announce the
2012 Lumen/Camden Poetry Competition
judged by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy
All proceeds to the London Homeless Cold Weather
Shelters
This is your chance to have your poetry published
in a 20-page pamphlet while also supporting the homeless. The
competition will be judged by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
Entry Rules:
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The winner will have a collection of their
poems published in a 20 page chapbook and will receive 50 copies
of their collection delivered free within the UK and will be
invited to read from their work at the Camden and Lumen Open Mic
Events and Friday Night Writers in London.
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The competition will be judged by The
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy
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The winner will be selected on the basis of
just one poem.
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Maximum length of each entry is 40 lines
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All entries must be previously unpublished
work
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The entry fee is £2.50 per poem or £10 for six
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Everyone is eligible to enter
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All profits from both the competition and
pamphlet sales will go to the London Homeless Cold Weather
Shelters
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The closing date is February 14th 2012
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The Pamphlet will be published by Ward Wood
Publishing
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International entrants, without a UK bank
account should use pay pal (see
below)
Payments:
By Post:
Send your poems and a cheque
(payable to Cold Weather Shelter) to Ruth O’Callaghan, 49 Ripley
Gardens, Mortlake London, SW14 8HF.
In Person:
Take your entry to one of the
Camden and Lumen open mic events and hand it to Ruth, who will pass
it on to Carol Ann Duffy
Online: Go to the Competitions page on
www.wardwoodpublishing.co.uk
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15th February 2012 |
1st $250
entry $8
(entry by post) |
The W.B. Yeats
Poetry Award
These are complete guidelines. No entry form required. First
prize $250, second $100, honorable mentions. Unpublished poems in
English up to 60 lines on any subject, each (judged separately)
typed on an 8½ x 11-inch sheet without author’s name; attach
3×5-inch card(s) with name, address, telephone, e-mail. Entry fee:
$8 for first poem and $7 each additional. Send with payment in U.S.
dollars to WB Yeats Society of NY, c/o National Arts Club, 15
Gramercy Park South, NY, NY 10003-1796. Include SASE to receive a
copy of the judge's report, posted on our Web site mid March.
Winners and honorable mentions receive Yeats Society membership and
are honored at a ceremony in New York. Authors retain rights, but
permit the Society to publish or broadcast winning entries. Deadline
for the 2012 competition is February 15, 2012. Awards will be
presented in April. This year's judge is Bill Zavatsky.
Previous judges include Marie Ponsot, Eamon Greenan, Grace Shulman,
Alice Quinn, Harvey Shapiro, and Samuel Menashe.
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21st February 2012 |
1st £300
entry £3 |
Norwich Writers' Circle 41st
Annual Open Poetry Competition
Adjudicator: Helen Ivory. Prizes: Open Category, 1st - £300.00, 2nd
- £150.00, 3rd - £75.00. Also sponsored prizes: H G Powell - The
Family - £35.00; John Coleridge - Humorous - £15.00; Hilary Mellon -
Minimalist - £15.00.Entry Fee: £3.00
All entry cheques and postal orders must be made payable to:
Norwich Writers' Circle, Account Payee Only.
(IRC accepted from outside the UK)
Please send all entries to: Open Poetry Competition Secretary, 1
Stannard Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7JD
http://www.norwichwriters.org.uk/poetry/rules.htm
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28th February 2012 |
1st publication
entry £22 |
STRAID COLLECTION AWARDS
28th February 2012 - Closing Date
1st Prize x 3: Publication of
up to three full Collections
All entrants receive a
Templar Short Collection
Collections launched at readings at the Derwent Poetry Festival
November 2012
Results: May 2012
Fee: £22 (£25 online submissions);
Length: 36 or more pages (40 lines per page)
Judge: Alex McMillen.
No translations.
Online entry, emailed as attachment to
straidaward@templarpoetry.co.uk
Or
SEND TO: Straid Collection Awards, PO BOX 7082, Bakewell,
Derbyshire, DE45 9AF
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28th February 2012 |
1st £500
entry £4 |
Grace Dieu Writers' Circle
Poetry Competition 2012
Maximum 40 lines. 1st Prize: £500; 2nd Prize:
£200; 3rd Prize: £100; 4th Prize: £75; 5th Prize: £50.
Judge: Peter Branson.
Entry Fee: £4 for one poem or £12 for 4, £3 for
each additional entry over four
Full details and entry forms can be found on our
website at
www.gracedieuwriterscircle.co.uk
Alternatively to receive a competition leaflet,
please send a SAE to:
The Competition Organiser, 23 Henson Way,
Sharnford, Leicestershire, LE10 3PN
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28th February 2012 |
1st £1000
entry £4 |
The STAFFORD POETRY COMPETITION
2012
First prize £1000
Five runner-up prizes of £50
The competition is open to anyone, of any age, wherever they live.
Entries must be in English. There is an entry fee of £4.00 for the
first poem submitted, and £3.00 per poem for any further poems.
In Olympic Year 2012 we are celebrating the inspiration of Ancient
Greece, and the role of Shugborough Hall,
Stafford, in the 18th century Greek Revival.
We are offering an extra prize of £100 for the best poem with either
of these titles - “Arcadia” or “Olympics”. (For more information
visit www.heardmusic.co.uk)
The competition will be judged by Michael Hulse. (http://literature.britishcouncil.org/michael-hulse)
The Stafford Poetry Competition is an open competition organised by
Staffordshire Libraries and supported by Stafford District Arts
Council.
RULES
1) Poems should be no more than 40 lines. Entries must be the
original work of the entrant and must be previously unpublished in
any form (print, electronic or other media).
2) All entries must be received no later than 28th
February 2012.
3) Entries must be in English, typed in a plain font with no
illustrations or decoration, on plain white A4 paper. The author’s
name or address must not appear on the poem itself but on a cover
sheet.
4) Copyright in all entries is retained by the writer. By entering
the competition the authors give permission to Staffordshire
Libraries and Stafford District Arts Council to reproduce their
work, with the author’s name, in displays, promotional material and
on their web pages.
5) The competition organisers will not publish any details of
addresses of entrants but may refer to their town or county of
origin.
6) The judges’ decision is final. We hope to announce the winners on
May 1st.
7) The organisers will acknowledge receipt of entries only if
entrants include a stamped addressed envelope.
8) Winners will be notified by the organisers and details of winners
will be published in the local press and on
www.staffordshire.gov.uk
9) Other entrants will not be notified directly and poems will not
be returned.
10) Entry to the competition is regarded as acceptance of all of the
above rules.
11) Entries should be posted to: Stafford Poetry Competition, Shire
Hall Library, Market Street,
Stafford
ST16 2LQ.
They must be accompanied by
a) a cover sheet giving the name and address of the entrant and the
title(s) of
the poem(s) entered, and
b) a cheque payable to “Staffordshire County Council” for £4.00
(plus £3.00
each for any extra poems) or postal order.
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29th February 2012 |
1st £300
Entry fee: £3 for each poem or £10 for 4 poems.
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Battered Moons Poetry Competition
for UK residents. Adjudicators:
Michael Symmons Roberts
(finals) and Cristina Newton
(preliminary). The 3 winners and 4 commended poets will be
invited to read their poems at the Swindon Festival of Literature
on Friday 11th
May 2011, when Michael Symmons Roberts will hand out prizes
and read his work. Winning and commended poems will appear in the
Battered Moons Poetry Pamphlet and websited. For poems up to 40
lines. Supported by the Swindon Festival of Literature and
Artswords.
Website:
http://www.batteredmoons.com
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29th February 2012 |
1st Publication of pamphlet.
entry £10 |
Thynks Poetry Pamphlets Competition
on the theme of 'Memories'
For small poetry collections of up to
25 pages and up to 40 lines per page.
The winner will
have their collection published and they and two runners up will
receive £25 plus publication in the Bards at Blidworth and Beyond
2012 Anthology.
Entry Fee: £10
Contact: The
Competitions Secretary, 18 Hillside Road, Blidworth,
Nottinghamshire, NG21 0TR
Website:-
http://www.thynkspublications.co.uk/competitions
Email:
thynkspublications@yahoo.co.uk
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1st March 2012 |
1st £130 plus publication in Prole
Entry fee: £3 |
The second Prole Laureate poetry competition.
The competition will be judged by Andrew
McMillan.
As well as the winner, there will be two
runners up, each winning £25 and possible publication.
Winners announced in our April 2012 issue of
Prole and on our website, April 30th 2012.
Full details at:
http://www.prolebooks.co.uk/page6.html |
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1st March 2012 |
1st Trophy
entry £5 |
The Poetry Box International
Horror, Gothic-Horror & Dark Poetry Silver Trophy Cup Competition
2012
To celebrate the launch of a new
UK-based Horror, Gothic-Horror and Dark Poetry Monthly Magazine
- 'The Poetry Box Horror & Dark Poetry ScrapBook' - edited, compiled
and published by the founder of The Poetry Box Studio in Hampshire,
LK Barley Robinson - The Poetry Box International Horror,
Gothic-Horror & Dark Poetry Competition 2012 is a new competition in
these unusual poetry genres and the Winners and Finalists Entries,
and a number of Commended Entries, will be published in
the inaugural Issue - Publication Date: 1 April 2012. Prizes:
First Prize Winner - The Poetry Box Horror & Dark Poetry Silver
Trophy Cup and Award-Winning Certificate. The 2nd and 3rd Place
Finalists will receive Award-Winning Certificates and Prize Cheques
of £25.00 each. The 4th and 5th Place Finalists will receive
Award-Winning Certificates and Prize Cheques of £20.00 each and
Highly Commended Entries will receive Highly Commended Certificates.
All Winning Entrants will receive a copy of the inaugural First
Edition Issue of 'The Poetry Box Horror & Dark Poetry ScrapBook
Magazine' - which will include their published Winning Entry/s.
Rules:
The Poem/s Must Be Horror, Gothic-Horror or Dark-Themed. Length of
Poem: 60 Lines Maximum per poem - One Poem Per A4 White Paper Page,
Typed, Single Line Spacing. Poet's Personal Details To Appear
On The 2012 Competition Entry Form available via website -
www.ThePoetryBox.co.uk.
Entry Fee is £5.00 per Poem, up to a maximum of 4 Poems per
Entrant. All Entrants agree that their Poems may be selected for
inclusion in The Horror & Dark Poetry ScrapBook Magazine for up to
one year after the Competition Deadline (1 March 2013). Further
Details:
www.ThePoetryBox.co.uk. The Poetry Box Studio is Open To
The Public Every Wednesday between 9.00am to 6.30pm with Live Poetry
Readings Performed By a Programme of Visiting Poets Between
10.30am-11.15am in the Garden of the Studio. On Display within
The Poetry Box are Poetry Prints, Poetry Posters, new and secondhand
Poetry Books and Gothic-Horror and Horror Props, Postcards and
miscellanea. Address: The Poetry Box, 'Ramshackles' 2 Downview,
Nyewood, Petersfield, Hampshire GU31 5JA, Tel: 01730 821030,
Email:FairyTaleRhymes@aol.com
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1st March 2012 |
1st specialist publication
entry
€4 |
BARE HANDS INTERNATIONAL POETRY & PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2012
We’ve launched a competition. Not just any competition. Let me tell
you why
Promoting your work is not an easy feat. You can do things online
but it’s nice to have something in print, something you can put on
your wall, like a postcard…
So the idea is the winning poems and photographs of the competition
will be turned into a beautiful postcard (we pride ourselves on our
design) AND we will distribute these postcards to leading
independent bookshops in Dublin, London, Edinburgh, Paris, Berlin,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Melbourne, Sydney, Toronto &
Vancouver. We’re not kidding. They’ll be free so people can just
pick them up!
There will be two winners in each category - two poems and two
photographs - so two different postcards will be created. We will
make 2000 of each. Your work will be sent all around the world. The
winning entries will also be published on our website too.
The theme is BARE HANDS - MARCH 1st 2012
Entries are €4 for one entry.
Multiple entries are accepted.
To pay simply click the BUY NOW button on our site http://barehandspoetry.tumblr.com/
All competition entries should be emailed to
barehandspoetry@gmail.com
Poetry entries -
Poems must be unpublished and not be entered into any other
competition. Poems should be no
longer than 20 lines long
(has to fit on the postcard!) Send your poem within the body of an
email (no attachments please). Put your name at the end of the poem.
Mark the subject field COMPETITION ENTRY POETRY.
Photography entries -
Photographs must not have appeared in any online or print journal.
Put your name in the body of an email. Attach your entry as a jpeg
and mark the subject field COMPETITION ENTRY PHOTOGRAPHY.
The winners will be announced at the end of March.
Postcards will be created and distributed in May!
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2nd March 2012 |
1st: £5,000
entry |
2012 Cardiff International Poetry Competition
Prizes – 1st: £5,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250; 5 runners-up: £50 each
Judges: Patrick McGuinness and Sinéad Morrissey
To receive an
entry form contact Literature Wales: 029 2047 2266
post@literaturewales.org
To download an entry form visit:
www.literaturewales.org/cipc/ Closing Date: Friday 2 March
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2nd March 2012 |
1st £3000
entry fee £0 |
Christopher Tower Poetry Competition 2012
Judges Christopher Reid, Don Paterson and Peter McDonald.
Prizegiving will be at lunchtime on Thursday 19 April at Christ
Church, Oxford. Winning entrants will be notified by 30 March
2012.
First Prize £3,000 Second £1,000, Third £500 4 runner-up prizes of
£250
Winning schools receive £150Winning
poems will be published in a pamphlet and on the Tower Poetry
website. For further details, rules & entry form visit
http:// towerpoetry.org.uk/prize
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4th March 2012 |
1st Publication
entry free |
Ruthless Rhyme Competition
from Sheldrake Press
Deadline: 4th March 2012
Prize:
The winner of the competition will have their poem published in our
soon-to-be-launched blog. A selection of poems by runners-up may
also be published on-line. The winner will then be invited to write
further Ruthless Rhymes on seasonal themes throughout 2012, for
publication in our blog.
Cost: Free
Details: Are you a budding
writer or a keen poet? Would you like to see your work published
on-line? We are running a competition to find the best short poem in
the style of a Ruthless Rhyme, a humorous verse form invented by
Harry Graham. For examples of Harry Graham’s work and for full
details of the competition, please go to our web-site,
www.sheldrakepress.co.uk
and follow the link on our home page.
Rules: Entries must be
received by Sunday 4th March 2012, sent to
press@sheldrakepress.co.uk with your name, contact details and
the subject heading Ruthless Rhyme Competition. The competition will
be judged by our editorial staff, chaired by Simon Rigge, and the
result will be announced at
www.sheldrakepress.co.uk
on Monday 19th March 2012. If you are a graduate or are graduating
in 2012 and wish to be considered for the six-month internship
prize, then please also attach your c.v. to your entry. |
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16th March 2012 |
1st £1500
entry free |
Girton College Jane Martin
Poetry Prize
Judges will include Bernard O'Donoghue and Gwyneth Lewis. The winner
will receive £1,500 and the opportunity to read at a high-profile
poetry event. Maximum of four poems per entrant. See flyer for full
details.Entry free, More information and entry details at:
http://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/2012/
The Jane Martin Poetry Prize, Girton College, Huntingdon Road,
Cambridge CB3 0JG
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30th March 2012 |
1st £50
entry £3 |
Queen Mother Memorial Poetry
Competition
A candidate may submit any number of poems on any subject. The
poem(s) should follow the length and format as 3 verses, 3 lines per
verse, 10 words per line. There is also an Under 18's section for
stories. Stories can be on any subject. Maximum number of words 250
words. Prize Details 1st prize: £50.00 and a certificate (Both
sections) Possible publication in magazines.Entry Fee: £3 or £10
for 4 poems
For more information goto website at
http://sites.google.com/site/royalpoetrycompetition/competitiondetails
Email:
kumbi.johnson@googlemail.com
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31st March 2012 |
1st £500
entry £3
(online entry available) |
Awel Aman Tawe Poetry Competition on Climate
Change
For poems up to 40 lines on theme of Climate Change. Judges: Carol
Ann Duffy (English entries) & Elin ap Hywel (Welsh entries). Adults:
1st £500; 2nd £100; 3rd £50. Children: 1st £50; 2nd £30; 3rd £20. £3
per poem or 4 for £10 (adults); £1 per poem or 4 for £3 (children)
More details at:
www.awelamantawe.co.uk
Cheques payable to Awel Aman Tawe.
Awel Aman Tawe Poetry Competition, 76-78 Heol Gwilym,
Cwmllynfell, Swansea, SA9 2GN
You can also enter online and pay via paypal on the website.
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31st March 2012 |
1st £150
entry £3 |
Flash 500 Humour Verse Competition
Entry fee: £3 for the first poem, then £2.50 for each poem
thereafter
Line Length: Up to 30 lines
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
First: £150 plus publication
Second: £100
Third: £50
Website:
http://www.flash500.com/index_files/humourverse.html
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31st March 2012 |
1st £100
entry free |
Dor Kemmyn announces its second poetry competition
with a prize of a hundred pounds for the winner, with second and
third prizes too. The competition will be judged by Bert Biscoe – a
poet and politician in Cornwall. All poems must be on the theme of
‘Belonging’. Please e-mail entry to
info {at} dorkemmyn.org(.)uk
or send a copy to Dor Kemmyn c/o Diocesan House, Kenwyn, Truro TR1
1JQ.
For further information see website at
http://dorkemmyn.org.uk/future-events/dor-kemmyns-second-poetry-competition/
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31st March 2012 |
!st £800
entry £35 |
Rubery Book Award
which closes on the 31st March 2012. The award is for independently
published and self published books. All genres welcome. We have
prestigious judges. First prize is £800 and the guarantee that a top
London literary agent will read the book.
For more information
our website is
www.ruberybookaward.com
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31st March 2012 |
1st $3000
entry $15 |
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest
Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad
20th year. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up
to 5,000 words. Accepts fiction and nonfiction. Entries may be
previously published. Submit
online or by mail. Winning entries will be published online.
First Prize $3,000, Second $1,000, Third $400, Fourth $250, 6 Most
Highly Commended Awards of $150 each
Entry fee $15
See guidelines and read past winning entries at
http://www.winningwriters.com/tomstory
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1st April 2012 |
1st $1500
entry free |
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Final judge: Jendi Reiter
11th year. Submit one humor poem online, any length. Entries may be previously
published. Winning
entries will be published online.
First Prize $1,500, Second $800, Third $400, 12 Honorable Mention
awards of $75 each
No fee
See guidelines and read past winning entries at
http://www.winningwriters.com/wergle
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1st April 2012 |
1st 75$
entry free |
Peggy Zuleika Lynch Competition
Adults and
Children, Submit your poem now:
1. 32 line limit, in the subject
line of your e-mail submission put contest
2. by e-mail, add
contact info ten lines below poem to
forrestpoetry@live.com
3. or by snail mail to: 301 N. 19th, Lamesa, TX 1st Place Adult. 18
and over, $75, 1st Place Children, under 12, $75.00, 1st Place young
people 14 - 17, $75.00
THERE IS NO ENTRY FEE!
Be sure to
include your name, e-mail and snail address, and your age. We are
open for submissions at this time. This is an open form contest.
Anyone is eligible to enter the contest, there is no fee.
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6th April 2012 |
1st £300
entry £5 |
Buxton Poetry Competition 2011
Theme this year is 'Welcome to Britain'. Judges
are Ann and Peter Sansom. Prizes: Open - £300, £200, £100 plus other
prizes. Children and Young People - booktokens. Categories: Open
(ages 19 and over), Youth (ages 12 - 18), Children's (11 and
unders).
Entry Fee: £5 per poem in the Open Category, Childrens and Youth
- FREE
All entries must be sent by post with a completed entry form to
the address on the form.
For more information and to download an entryform please visit
www.derby.ac.uk/buxtonpoetrycompetition.
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13th April 2012
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1st £100
entry £2
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Poetry-next-the-Sea Open Poetry Competition 2012
Adjudicator: Graham High
The competition is open to anyone over the age of 16.
You may enter up to three unpublished poems .
Entry:
1 Poem = £2
2 Poems = £4
3 Poems = £5
Winners and commended poets have the opportunity to
read their work at our Competition winners’ event on Sunday 13th
May 2012.
1st Prize: £100
2nd Prize: £75
3rd Prize: £50
For full conditions of entry plus entry form go to
www.poetry-next-the-sea.com
or for other festival
queries contact
lizndave@lradley.fslife.co.uk
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15th April 2012 |
1st
€400
entry £5 |
Poetry on the Lake 12th
International Competition.
First Prize €400, 2 x €200, 3 x €100, other prizes.
3 categories. Adjudicators: Gillian Clarke (open),Carole Baldock
(Formal), Christopher North (Short). Suggested (not
obligatory)theme:’ Beastly’. Awards and readings at Celebration end
of September.
Full details
http://www.poetryonthelake.org/page2.php
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30th April 2012 |
1st £100
entry £3 |
Grey Hen
Poetry Competition 2012
is for women over 60.
Poems up to 40 lines on any theme.
Judges: Katherine Gallagher and Angela Kirby.
Prizes: £100, £75, £25.
Entry Fee £3.00 per poem, £10 for 4.
Rules and entry form (essential) from
www.greyhenpress.com
or write for further details to Grey Hen Press, PO Box 450,
Keighley, W Yorks BD22 9BG
Closing date 30th
April.
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30th April 2012 |
1st £600
entry £4 |
Ver Poets Open Competition 2012
Adjudicator: Mimi Khalvati
Closing Date: April 30th 2012
Prizes: 1st- £600
2nd - £300
3rd - £100
Entry Fee: £4 per poem, 3 for £10, £2 per poem thereafter
Poems on any theme of up to thirty lines. Two copies of each.
Full details and entry form at
www.verpoets.org.uk/competitions
or
SAE to Competitions Secretary, 181 Sandridge Road, St Albans AL1 4AH
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30th April 2012 |
1st £2000
entry £7 |
Poetic Republic Poetry Prize 2012
1st
Prize (Single poem) £2,000
1st
Prize (Portfolio)
£1,000
Peer review online poetry competition judged by the entrants
themselves.
The event will culminate with a collaborative eBook
publication featuring the best poems and comments as chosen by the
participants.
Any subject or style: Poetry or Prose Poetry, Maximum 42 lines,
Entry fee £7.
To
find out more and to enter online please visit:
www.poeticrepublic.com
Closing date: 30th April 2012
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30th April 2012 |
1st £500
entry £3 |
Mayor of Enfield's Poetry Competition
Judge Mario Petrucci, 1st Prize £500, 2nd £200, 3rd £100. Special
£50 for a poem on Enfield & £100 for poem inspired by the Olympic or
Paralympic Games 2012.Entry Fee: £3 per poem for first 3 poems
£10 for 4
The Mayor's Poetry Competition, Enfield Council, Civic Centre,
Silver Street, Enfield EN1 3XA
Email: poetry@chela.co.uk
See
www.enfield.gov.uk/poetrycompetition2010 for more details
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30th April 2012 |
1st £1000
entry £6 |
The Rialto/RSPB Nature
Poetry Competition
Judges:Sir Andrew Motion and Mark Cocker. For nature themed poems up
to 40 lines. First prize £1000, then £400, then £300. Also
publication in Rialto and an additional prize of a personal tour
with Mark Cocker of his most cherished wildlife places in East
Anglia.Entry £6 for first poem. £3 per poem thereafter.
Online entry at:
http://www.therialto.co.uk/
Entry form available at various outlets, bookshops or from the
RSPB
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30th April 2012 |
1st £200
entry £3
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SOUTHPORT WRITERS’ CIRCLE INTERNATIONAL
POETRY COMPETITION 2012
ADJUICATOR: Alison Chisholm
First Prize: £200, Second Prize: £100, Third
Prize: £50 (In addition: £25 Humour Prize: £25 Local Prize
RULES: Please read carefully
1. Poems should bear no identification of the
poet. Local entrants
(Liverpool and Preston Postcodes) should mark poems
with an ‘L’. Please enclose a separate sheet of A4 paper
with your full contact details and list of titles
submitted.
2. All entries must be typed on A4 paper, in
English, and
must be the original, unpublished work of the entrant.
3. Each entry should be accompanied by the
appropriate fee
of £3 per poem or four poems for £10. Cheques/Postal orders
should be in
sterling
and payable to SOUTHPORT WRITERS’
CIRCLE.
4. A
maximum of 40 lines per poem is allowed.
5. The
closing date for entries will be 30th April 2012.
6.
Please keep a copy of your poem(s) as manuscripts
cannot be returned.
7. The
adjudicator’s decisions are final and no
correspondence will be entered into. Entrants who
enclose an S.A.E will receive a copy of the adjudicator’s
report.
No application form is required. Envelopes should
be marked ‘POETRY COMPETITION’ and sent to:- Southport Writers’
Circle, 18 Ditchfield, Formby, Merseyside, L37 4EQ please DO NOT
send entries by recorded delivery.
We now also accept entries online please visit
www.swconline.co.uk
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30th April 2012 |
1st £500
entry £3 |
Ware Poets Open Poetry
Competition 2012
For poems up to 50 lines. 1st prize, £500; 2nd prize £200 and third
prize £100. Judge Dean Parkin. Also The RedPage Sonnet Prize of £100
awarded to best sonnet.Entry Fee £3, £10 for 4, £2.50 thereafter
in the same submission.
The Competition Secretary, Ware Poets Competition 2012, Clothall
End House, California, Baldock, SG7 6NU
Cheques payable to Ware Poets Competition
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30th April 2012 |
1st £2000
entry £7 |
Poetic Republic Poetry Prize
1st Prize (Single poem): £2,000. 1st Prize (Portfolio):£1,000. Peer
review online poetry competition judged by the entrants themselves.
The event will culminate with a collaborative eBook publication
featuring the best poems and comments as chosen by the participants.
Any subject or style including prose poetry. Maximum 42 lines.
Entry Fee: £7
To find out more and to enter visit:
www.poeticrepublic.com
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1st may 2012 |
1st £100
entry £3 |
East Grinstead Town Council
Jubilee Literary Competition
First prize: £100, and a commemorative Jubilee plaque; Second prize:
£50 and a commemorative Jubilee plaque. Open to anyone who lives or
works in, or has a connection to, Sussex. Winning entries will be
published on the East Grinstead Town Council website. Names, contact
details and titles on a separate piece of paper. Poems up to 40
lines long can be humorous or serious, on a theme connected to
Sussex, or the Queen's Jubilee, and containing one of the following
words: Service, reign, queen, soldier, sixty, Sussex, England.
Entry £3 each submission, £10 for four.
Entries to: East Grinstead Town Council Jubilee Literary
Competition at East Court, East Grinstead, RH19 3LT.
See
www.eastgrinstead.gov.uk
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12th May 2012 |
1st Prize £250
entry £3 |
Northampton Literature Group’s
14th Annual Open Poetry Competition 2012
£1260 Prize Fund
Free Verse (Category A) Rhyming Poetry
(Category B)
1st
Prize £250, 2nd Prize £150, 3rd Prize £50
plus three
Highly Commended £10 each
Judge is acclaimed Poet John Whitworth
who has published nine books of poems (one of them for children)
and one book on how to write poetry!
Humorous Poetry (Category C)
1st Prize £150, 2nd Prize £100, 3rd
Prize £50
Judge is Award-Winning Northamptonshire Poet Jayne Osborn
Entry fee for all three categories is £3.00 per poem or 4 £10
Entry forms, rules, enter online - see our Northampton Literature
Group website
.
www.northamptonliteraturegroup.org.uk
or send s.a.e. to Pat Archer NLG 7 Cattle Hill, Great Billing, Northampton NN3 9DU
Closing date for entries Saturday May 12th 2012
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15th May 2012 |
1st £100
entry £4 |
Mary Charman-Smith Poetry Competition
For poems up to 45 lines on any subject. In any form or in free
verse. Prizes: £100 first prize and the runner up will receive £25.
Judge: Mary Charman-Smith. Enter online or by post. Entry fee: £4
for one poem, £9 for three poems.
http://www.marycharmansmith.co.uk/competition.html
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15th May 2012 |
1st $50
entry $5 |
ARTISTS
EMBASSY INTERNATIONAL’S NINETEENTH ANNUAL DANCING POETRY CONTEST
Entries must be receive by May 15, 2012
Over
$1,000 in prize money to be awarded
All prize winners will
receive a certificate suitable for framing, a ticket to the Dancing
Poetry Festival 2012, and be invited to read their prize winning
poem at the 2012 Dancing Poetry Festival, at The Palace of the
Legion of Honor - San Francisco, CA. Three Grand Prizes will receive
$100 each plus the poems will be danced, and videotaped for you.
Each Grand Prize Winner will be invited on stage for photos with the
dancers and take a bow in the lime light.
Six First Prizes will
receive $50 each
Twelve Second Prizes will receive $25 each
Thirty Third Prizes will receive $10 each
CONTEST RULES
Line
Limit: 40 lines maximum (for ease of choreography). No limit on
number of entries.
Poetry must be suitable for family audiences.
Send TWO typed, clear copies of each entry
Show name,
address, telephone number, e-mail and how you heard about us on ONE
copy only
(The anonymous copy goes to the judges. Judges
decisions are final.)
Poems must be in English or include English
translation
Entry Fee: One poem for $5 or 3 poems for $10
Make checks out to Artists Embassy International
Poets outside
the USA, please send an international postal money order in US
dollars or US currency
No poems will be returned.
Send all
entries and fees to arrive by May 15, 2012, to
AEI Contest Chair,
Judy Cheung
704 Brigham Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95404 |
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15th May 2012 |
1st £220
entry £3 |
THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2012
sponsored by the Frogmore Press
www.frogmorepress.co.uk
The winner of the Frogmore Poetry Prize for 2012 will win two
hundred guineas and a two-year subscription to
The Frogmore Papers. The
first and second runners-up will receive seventy-five and fifty
guineas respectively and a year’s subscription to
The Frogmore Papers. Shortlisted poets will receive copies of
selected Frogmore Press publications.
Conditions of Entry
1
Poems must be in English, unpublished, and not accepted for
future publication.
2
Poems should be typed and no longer than forty lines.
3
Any number of poems may be entered on payment of the
appropriate fee of £3 per poem.
Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to
The Frogmore Press.
4
The following methods of payment are acceptable: cheque drawn
on UK bank; British postal order; sterling.
5
Each poem should be on a separate sheet, which should not
include the name of the author.
6
The author’s name and address should be provided on an
accompanying sheet of paper.
7
The winner, runners-up and shortlisted poets will be notified
by post. All shortlisted poems will appear in number 80 of
The Frogmore Papers (September 2012), which will be available at
£5.00 from the address below, and on the Frogmore Press website.
8
To receive a copy of the results, please enclose an s.a.e.
marked ‘Results’.
9
Poems cannot be returned.
10
Closing date for submissions: 31 May 2012.
11
Copyright of all poems submitted will remain with the authors
but the Frogmore Press reserves the right to publish all shortlisted
poems.
12
The adjudicator’s decision will be final and no
correspondence can be entered into.
13
Entries should be sent to: The Frogmore Press,
21 Mildmay Road, Lewes, East Sussex BN7
1PJ.
14
The submission of poems for the Prize will be taken as
indicating acceptance of the above conditions.
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31st May 2012 |
1st £1500
entry $15 |
Sports Poetry & Prose Contest
Final judge: Jendi Reiter
2 First Prizes of $1,500 each, 2 Second Prizes
of $500 each, 10 Honorable Mention awards of $100 each
Entry fee $15
New contest! Submit an entry of 1-2 poems or
one work of prose on a sports-related theme, up to 6,000 words in
all. In the prose category, fiction and nonfiction compete together.
Entries must be original and unpublished. Winning entries will be
published online. See guidelines and submit online at
http://www.winningwriters.com/sports
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31st May 2012 |
1st Publication of pamphlet
entry £10 |
Thynks Poetry Pamphlets Competition on the theme of 'New Beginnings'
For small poetry collections of up to
25 pages and up to 40 lines per page.
The winner will
have their collection published and they and two runners up will
receive £25 plus publication in the Bards at Blidworth and Beyond
2012 Anthology100.
Entry Fee: £10
Contact: The
Competitions Secretary, 18 Hillside Road, Blidworth,
Nottinghamshire, NG21 0TR
Website:-
http://www.thynkspublications.co.uk/competitions
Email:
thynkspublications@yahoo.co.uk
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31st May 2012 |
First Prize £5000
entry fee £7
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The Bridport Prize is an annual international creative writing
competition for poetry, short stories and flash fiction. The closing
date for entries which may either be sent online or by post is 31st
May. The Bridport Prize is one of the top prizes of its kind in
terms of both prestige and prize money. It has been the first step
in the careers of many established poets and novelists.
First Prize £5000 Second £1000, Third £500 10 Highly commended of
£50
For further details, rules & entry form visit
http://www.bridportprize.org.uk |
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1st June 2012 |
1st £100
entry |
Wirral Festival of Firsts
Open Poetry Competition
2012
This year
we have THREE categories!
1.
Open Poetry Competition
A poem on any subject, no more than 40 lines.
First Prize: £100. Two runners up: £50 each
2. Humorous
Poetry Competition
A humorous or comic poem, no more than 40 lines
First Prize: £100. Two runners up: £50 each
3. Under 16’s
Poetry Competition
A poem on any subject, no more than 40 lines,
by anyone aged 16 years or under, on 31 August
2011.
First Prize: £50 in book vouchers.
Four runners up: £25 in book vouchers each.
Submission guidelines
·
Please type poems on 1
side of A4 paper,1 poem per page.
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Please send a separate
sheet listing your contact details and the title(s) of your
poem(s).
·
No on-line or email
entries possible.
·
Remember to include your
entry fee: £3 per poem, £5 for two poems (free for under
16’s).
·
Make cheques or
Postal Orders payable to “Festival of Firsts”.
·
Post all entries to:
FOF Poetry, 71 Alderley Road, Hoylake,
CH47 2AU
Please check our website for all the competition rules and more
information about the Festival of Firsts 2012.
http://www.festivaloffirsts.co.uk/festival_of_firsts_poetry_competition.html
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1st June 2012 |
1st £1000
entry £5 |
The Times Stephen Spender
Prize for Poetry in Translation
Three prizes in each of the Open and 18-and-under categories. The
winners of the Open prizes will receive £1000 (first), £750 (second)
and £500 (third); the winners of the under-18 prizes will win £250
(first), £150 (second) and £100 (third). There will be one prize
(£100) awarded in a 14-and-under category. Each entry must comprise
the following: the translation, the original poem, a commentary.
Judges: Susan Bassnett, Edith Hall, Patrick McGuinness & George
Szirtes. 60 lines maximum.Entry £5 (Anyone eighteen or
under on 1 June 2012 is exempt from this charge)
The Times Stephen Spender Prize, The Stephen Spender Trust, 3 Old
Wish Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4JX
For further details or to enter online goto
http://www.stephen-spender.org/
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30th June 2012 |
Large p[rize fund
entry £5 |
Keats-Shelley Prize 2012
For poems up to 40 lines on the theme of 'Gold'. Judges: John
Hartley-Williams and Matthew Sweeney. Maximum of two poems per
entrant. Full details and entry form on website.entry £5 per
poem.
Entries can be emailed in Microsoft Word format to:
susanna.seekings@talktalk.net
Postal entry: Keats-Shelley Competition, c/o Beaufort Montague
Harris Solicitors, Old Bank House, 79 Broad Street, Chipping
Sodbury, BS37 6AD.
Cheques payable to Keats-Shelley Memorial Association
www.keats-shelley.com
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30th June 2012 |
1st $3000
entry $8 |
Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse
Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad
9th year. Submit poems in traditional verse forms. Entries may be
previously published.
First Prize $3,000, Second $1,000, Third $400, Fourth $250, 6 Most
Highly Commended Awards of $150 each
Entry fee $8 for every 25 lines submitted
Submit
online or by mail. Winning entries will be published online. See
guidelines and read past winning entries at
http://www.winningwriters.com/margaret
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1st July 2012 |
1st £250
entry £3 |
The Sportswriter Competition 2012
Prizes:
First place: £250
Second place: £75
Third place: £25
(paid in British Pounds Sterling by bank transfer, cheque or
through PayPal)
The entry fee is £3.00, of which £1.00 will be donated to our
chosen charity, Cyclists Fighting Cancer (
http://cyclistsfc.org.uk/ ). The deadline for entries is
midnight on the 1st July 2012, the day of the Euro 2012
The Sportswriter Competition 2012 is open to anyone aged 18 years
or older.
Entries may be submitted directly through the form on the
website,
http://www.sportswriter.org.uk/writing-competition , or by
email,
info@sportswriter.org.uk.
Entries may be up to 2000 words (or 40 lines for poems) and
should relate to sport in some way. Winning entrants will receive
the cash prizes and their work will be published on the website,
www.sportswriter.org.uk .
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30th September 2012 |
1st $3000
entry $8 |
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad
First Prize $3,000, Second $1,000, Third $400, Fourth $250, 6 Most
Highly Commended Awards of $150 each, plus a $250 bonus prize for
humorous verse
Entry fee $8 for every 25 lines submitted
10th year. Submit poems in any style or genre. Entries may be
previously published. Submit online or by mail. Winning entries will
be published online. See guidelines and read past winning entries
at http://www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry
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15th October 2012 |
1st £2,500
entry £5 |
Sixth Annual Troubadour International
Poetry Prize
Judged by Jane Draycott & Bernard O'Donoghue (with
both judges reading all poems submitted)
Prizes: 1st £2,500, 2nd £500, 3rd £250
plus 20 prizes of £20 each
plus a Spring 2013 Coffee-House-Poetry
season-ticket and a
prizewinners' Coffee-House Poetry reading with Jane Draycott &
Bernard O'Donoghue on Mon 26th Nov 2012 for all prize-winning poets
Submissions: by Mon 15th Oct 2012
Anne-Marie Fyfe (Organiser) coffee-house
poetry at the troubadour
Further detaqils at -
www.coffeehousepoetry.org
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15th November 2012 |
1st Choice of jewellery
entry free |
In collaboration with
Maison Vee's jewellery The Journal/original plus has
pleasure in announcing the free to enter Silversmith Poetry Competition.
But not that free. All poems
[this year?] will have to be on earrings. Other than that the poems
can take whatever form the author wishes - from haiku through
sestina to sonnet to vers libre.
Not only will the winning
earring poem be published in The Journal but its author will
also get to choose a pair of Maison Vee earrings -
http://www.etsy.com/shop/MaisonVees.
And if anyone thinks an earring poem
not amenable to verse.... Come now. A great painting featured an
earring, as did a whole novel. And how many other tales turn on the
discovery/loss of a single earring?
Send all entries marked
'competition' to Sam Smith at The Journal -
smithsssj@aol.com. Closing date will be mid-November, winner
announced end November 2012. |
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Ongoing Competitions |
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We have decided not to list the ongoing competitions section as in
some cases we are unsure as to the legitimacy of the competition.
In future we will only list competitions with a single closing date. |