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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.".

See https://www.poetrykit.org/comp%20-spring.htm

15th March 2023 1st £300



£5

Slipstream Poets Open Poetry Competition 2023

This year's Slipstream Poets Open Poetry Competition is now open to entries.

The judge is Chris Hardy.

Prizes:
1st - £300
2nd - £150
3rd - £75

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.

See  Competition – Slipstream Poets (slipstream-poets.co.uk)

15th March 2023 1st £600




entry  £4

Poets & Players Competition 2023

The 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 Open to unpublished poems of no more than 40 lines.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
First: £600
Second: £200
Third Prize: £100

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 2023

Established 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
First: £700
Second: £300

Judges include
Rebecca Watts & Adam Crothers

See  Jane Martin Poetry Prize | Girton College (cam.ac.uk)

25 March 2023 1st £2000


entry  £7

The Ginkgo Prize

The 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

See How To Enter – Ginkgo Prize

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

See  https://www.fishpublishing.com/competition/poetry-contest/

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 2023

Open 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

See  Competition – Arts Centre Group

31st May 2023 1st   250 guineas


entry  £4

The Frogmore Poetry Prize 2023

Annual prize (now in its 37th year) run by respected independent publisher.

Prizes
First: 250 guineas
Second: 75 guineas
Third: 50 guineas

Judge
Helena Nelson

See  Frogmore Poetry Prize 2023 – submission guidelines – The Frogmore Press

31st March  2023 1st   E100


entry E45

Artemesia Arts International Poetry Competition

The 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:
- 100 euros for the overall winner
- 50 euros each for two runners-up
- plus publication by Mosaïque Press in the Artemesia Arts anthology 2023

See Poetry Competition – Artemesia Arts (artemesia-arts.com)

31st March 2023 1st £100

entry£3

The Red Shed Open Poetry Competition

The 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 2023

Open 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
First: £50
Second: £30
Third: £20
Local: £10

Judge  Leanne Moden

See  Competitions – Fosseway Writers (wordpress.com)

15th April 2023 1st £300





entry £5

South Downs Poetry Festival Competition 2023

The 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:
1st Prize - £300
2nd Prize - £150
3rd Prize - £50

Judge:Wendy Klein

See   » 2023 Poetry Competition (sdpf.org.uk)

30th April 2023 1st £600


entry £4

Ver Open Poetry Competition 2023

Long-running competition, open to unpublished poems of 30 lines max.

Prizes
First: £600
Second: £300
Third: £100

See Open Competition 2023 | Ver Poets

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:
£600, £300, £150 as well as £150 for the winner of the Ware Sonnet Prize.

A prizegiving event will be held at Ware Arts Centre on Friday 14 July, 2023.

See Layout 1 (poetrypf.co.uk)

1st May 2023 1st £100


entry £4

Waltraud Field International Poetry Competition 2023

Regular competition run by by Crewe District Writers' Circle. Open to poems on any theme (40 lines max).

Prizes
First: £100
Second: £50
Third: £25

Judge  Paul Francis

See  Poetry Competition 2021 (webstarts.com)

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.".

See https://www.poetrykit.org/comp%20-spring.htm

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