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21st June 2023 |
1st Prize £220 entry £3.50 |
THE POETRY KIT SPRING COMPETITION 2023 This year's competition is for poetry on
any subject. There are no style or length
restrictions, but it should be stressed that a short poem is
just as likely to be selected as a longer one. 1st prize value is £220 Competition Judge; Lucy
Turnbull, former editor of Optimum Poetry Magazine. Lucy says "I
want to read poems that are surprising and use unique and
exciting images. It does not matter what the subject is
but I want to feel that this is different and I am gaining
something from the poem, an insight or another persons viewpoint
which makes this poem special.". |
15th March 2023 |
1st £300 £5 |
Slipstream Poets Open Poetry Competition 2023This year's Slipstream Poets Open Poetry Competition is now open to entries. The judge is Chris Hardy.
Prizes: All winning poems will be published on the Slipstream website. An additional prize of £50 and the award of the Chanctonbury Cup will be given to the winner of the West Sussex entries. Entries must be no longer than 60 lines. |
15th March 2023 |
1st £600 entry £4 |
Poets & Players Competition 2023The 11th annual poetry competition run by Poets & Players, one of Manchester’s leading organisers of poetry and music events. Open to unpublished poems of no more than 40 lines.
Prizes Winning poems will be published on the Poets & Players website, and winners will be invited to read at the prizegiving ceremony. Judge Philip Gross See Competition 2023: Judge Philip Gross | Poets & Players (poetsandplayers.co) |
17th March 2023 |
!st £700 entry free |
Jane Martin Poetry Prize 2023Established in 2010 in memory of Jane Elizabeth Martin of Girton College, Cambridge. Open to UK-based poets aged between 18 and 30. Entries should consist of a maximum of two poems, and should amount to no more than two sides of A4 in total.
Prizes
Judges include |
25 March 2023 |
1st £2000 entry £7 |
The Ginkgo PrizeThe Gingko Prize 2022 is now open for submissions of poetry that explore the topic of nature and/or the climate crisis. Submissions must be written in the English language and can be any length and form. There are three prizes of £5,000 (1st), £2000 (2nd), and £1000 (3rd), plus an additional £500 prize in partnership with AONB for 'Best poem of UK Landscape'. Judges: Linda Gregerson, Seán Hewitt, and Karen McCarthy Woolf |
31st March 2023 |
1st £1000 entry £15 |
The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2023 Competition for poem on any subject for children aged 7-11 Judge Michael Rosen See The Caterpillar (thecaterpillarmagazine.com) |
31st March 2023 |
1st €1,000 entry E14 |
Fish Poetry Prize The ten winning poems will be published in the Fish Anthology
2023. Judge: Billy
Collins Word Limit: 60 lines Closes: 31 March 2023 Results: 15 May Anthology Published: July '23 Entry Fee: €14 (US$15, £12) (€9 subsequent entries) Prizes: Ten winning poems will be published in the FISH
ANTHOLOGY 2023. 1st: €1,000 2nd: A week residence in Anam Cara Writers Retreat + €300
(subject to pandemic restrictions) 3rd: €300
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31st March 2023 |
1st £100 entry£2 |
The E. H. P. Barnard Poetry Prize
is looking for new poems on the theme of ~ CHANGE ~ for inclusion in a shortlist
and to win three prizes. Adjudicator: Sarah Smith. Shortlist
announced 2 June 2023, Winners 9 June 2023. For poems up to 400 words. First Prize: £100 + a poem video, professionally
performed, produced and promoted. Entry fee - £2 per poem For further details, rules & entry form visit
www.barnardprize.uk |
31st March 2023 |
!st £500 entry £10 |
Jack Clemo Poetry Competition 2023Open to poems on the theme of 'Being born in a different time and background'. Channel your time-travelling fantasies by regressing to the past or visiting an era only imagined in science fiction. Entrants should be UK-based and should submit no more than three poems. Minimum length for entries: 16 lines (no upper limit). First prize £500 |
31st May 2023 |
1st
250 guineas entry £4 |
The Frogmore Poetry Prize 2023Annual prize (now in its 37th year) run by respected independent publisher.
Prizes
Judge See Frogmore Poetry Prize 2023 – submission guidelines – The Frogmore Press |
31st March 2023 |
1st E100 entry E45 |
Artemesia Arts International Poetry CompetitionThe inagural Artemesia Arts International Poetry Competition is now open for entries. Poems must be written in English and can be on any theme in any form or style. This year's judges are Roger McGough and Sheila Schofield Large.
Prizes: See Poetry Competition – Artemesia Arts (artemesia-arts.com) |
31st March 2023 |
1st £100 entry£3 |
The Red Shed Open Poetry CompetitionThe Red Shed Open Poetry Competition 2023 is now open for entries, judged by Sarah Wimbush. Prizes: £100, £50, £20, with an additional £25 Wakefield Postcode prize. Open to previously unpublished poems of 50 lines or less, on any theme. See https://www.currockpress.com/redshedpoetrycomp.html - Currock Press |
8th April 2023 |
1st £50 entry £5 |
Fosseway Writers Poetry Competition 2023Open to poems of 40 lines max, on any theme. As well as the main prizes, there is an extra prize for the best entry from a poet living in the NG22–25 postcodes.
Prizes Judge Leanne Moden |
15th April 2023 |
1st £300 entry £5 |
South Downs Poetry Festival Competition 2023The South Downs Poetry Festival 2023, in conjunction with Binsted Arts, is seeking to award the Binsted Prize 2023 for poems on any theme. This competition is open to all poets aged over 16 years. Winning and commended poets are invited to the prize- giving evening on June 10, 2023, and their poems will also be published in a small competition anthology.
Prizes: Judge:Wendy Klein |
30th April 2023 |
1st £600 entry £4 |
Ver Open Poetry Competition 2023Long-running competition, open to unpublished poems of 30 lines max.
Prizes |
30th April 2023 |
1st £600 entry £5 |
The Ware Poets Open Competition 2023 is now open to all poets aged 16 and over. This year’s judge is Greta Stoddart.
Prizes: A prizegiving event will be held at Ware Arts Centre on Friday 14 July, 2023. |
1st May 2023 |
1st £100 entry £4 |
Waltraud Field International Poetry Competition 2023Regular competition run by by Crewe District Writers' Circle. Open to poems on any theme (40 lines max).
Prizes Judge Paul Francis |
31st May 2023 |
1st £5000 entry £12 |
Bridport Prize 1st £5000 2nd £1000 3rd £500 !0x £100 entry £12 per poem See Poetry - Bridport Prize |
21st June 2023 |
1st Prize £220 entry £3.50 |
THE POETRY KIT SPRING COMPETITION 2023 This year's competition is for poetry on
any subject. There are no style or length
restrictions, but it should be stressed that a short poem is
just as likely to be selected as a longer one. 1st prize value is £220 Competition Judge; Lucy
Turnbull, former editor of Optimum Poetry Magazine. Lucy says "I
want to read poems that are surprising and use unique and
exciting images. It does not matter what the subject is
but I want to feel that this is different and I am gaining
something from the poem, an insight or another persons viewpoint
which makes this poem special.". |
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